10 Facts About Jagir Kaur

Bibi Jagir Kaur Labana was born on 15 October 1954 and was the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee.

Jagir Kaur was the first woman to be elected president of the SGPC, and has been elected a total of three times.

Jagir Kaur had held the same post from March 1999 to November 2000, when she resigned amid allegations that she was involved in the murder of her daughter.

Jagir Kaur died in March 2004 after a brief illness.

Jagir Kaur is an active member of the Shiromani Akali Dal, a Sikh political party with a strong following in Punjab.

Jagir Kaur joined the party in 1995 and was shortly thereafter appointed member of the party's working committee.

Jagir Kaur was appointed Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister in addition to holding the portfolios of social welfare, development of women and children welfare in the Parkash Singh Badal Cabinet.

Jagir Kaur resigned the post of minister when she was appointed the President of the SGPC.

Jagir Kaur's rise was meteoric, rising from the position of a teacher in Mathematics to the post of President of the SGPC.

In 2017, the Supreme Court rejected a plea by Bibi Jagir Kaur to suspend her conviction so that she can contest the Assembly elections in Punjab.