Mohinder Kaur w/o Late S. Sukhjinder Singh former Education Minister Punjab and mother of Sukhpal Singh Khaira Leader of Opposition, MLA Bholath, breathed her last yesterday night at their residence in Chandigarh. Mohinder Kaur was 88 years old is survived by six daughters and her son Sukhpal Singh Khaira.
Mohinder Kaur was born to Major Jagat Singh and Sardarni Bhagwan Kaur at V. Khera Dona in the erstwhile princely state of Kapurthala in the year 1929. Two of her brothers Niranjan Singh Khera and Gurbaksh Singh has retired Brigadier and Colonel of the Indian army respectively.
After receiving the early education she was married to Sukhjinder Singh, who quit as DSP Punjab Police in the year 1972 to join politics and later served the state of Punjab twice as Education Minister.
Mohinder Kaur was a devout Sikh and lived her whole life as per the ethos and traditions of Sikhism. Although she remained a housewife but was very active socially and also performed her duties politically in the absence of her late husband Sukhjinder Singh, who was often detained Emergency and under National Security Act (NSA) during the turbulent times of Punjab in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Having the great passion for her community and the state of Punjab, Mohinder Kaur courted arrest at the Golden Temple Amritsar during the “Dharam-Yudh Morcha” in 1982 along with a jatha of more than 150 ladies. She and her jatha were detained at the District Jail Ludhiana for a few months.
One of her daughters is married to Justice Ranjit Singh Randhawa a retired judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court now serving as Chairman of the Bargari Commission. Her granddaughter is married to the grandson of late S. Darbara Singh former Chief Minister Punjab, while her only grandson Mehtab Singh Khaira is an Advocate in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Her cremation will take place today 3 PM at their native village Ramgarh in district Kapurthala. Bhog of Mohinder Kaur will be held on 26th of December Tuesday, at village Ramgarh district Kapurthala.
