# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sukhdev-singh-dhindsa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:17:55.283Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sukhdev-singh-dhindsa"
name: "Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa"
slug: "sukhdev-singh-dhindsa"
description: "Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa was an Indian politician who was a member of the Rajya Sabha. He was a onetime President of Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt), which was formed by the merger of Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic) and Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali) led by him and Ranjit Singh Brahampura respectively. He returned to the Shiromani Akali Dal political party by merging his party back into it in March 2024. He had previously been a member of 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing the Sangrur constituency of Punjab. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in the awards list of 26 January 2019. However, he returned it in December 2020 during the farmer protests."
tagline: "Indian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sukhdev_Singh_Dhindsa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1936-04-09"
deathDate: "2025-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump