Sardar Niranjan Singh Talib (1901–1976),[1] was a journalist, an independence activist, revolutionary and influential leader of Indian National Congress leader and also served as Punjab Pradesh Congress Chief. He was a noted Gandhian and joined the Non-cooperation movement on call of Mahatma Gandhi in 1920.[2][3][4][5][6] He was editor of nationalist daily Punjabi newspaper Desh Darpan, which was once published from Calcutta.[7][2] Further, he was also a close associate of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and at one point of time associated closely with All India Forward Bloc[8] as many sources claim, he drove the car, in which Netaji escaped from his house arrest in Calcutta.[7][9][10] Before independence, he spent around 10 years in total in various jails in British India.[3][11] Earlier he served as personal aide of Maharaja of Nabha, Ripudaman Singh, till the King was deposed.[12] After independence served as Minister in Punjab Government as Public Works Department minister[13] and also Head of Capital Project, Public Health, Engineering and Housing, which founded Chandigarh as newly developed capital city.[14] In 1962 he won election from Chandigarh, as a Congress party candidate.[15] He served as member of Rajya Sabha from Punjab for the years 1974 till his death in 1976.[16]
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^ abDatta, Chaman Lal; Studies, Punjabi University Department of Punjab Historical (1972). Who's Who: Punjab Freedom Fighters. Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. pp. XXXVI. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ abReference India. Tradesman and Men India. 1975. p. 210. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^Singh, Fauja (1972). Eminent Freedom Fighters of Punjab. Punjabi University, Department of Punjab Historical Studies. p. 175. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^Socialist India. Indian National Congress. All India Congress Committee. 1972. pp. 3, 7, 28. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^Arora, Subhash Chander (1 January 1990). President's Rule in Indian States: A Study of Punjab. Mittal Publications. p. 63. ISBN 978-81-7099-234-9. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ abBose, Pradip (1999). Subhas Bose and India Today: A New Tryst with Destiny ?. Deep & Deep Publications. ISBN 978-81-7629-179-8. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Commemoration Volume: A Tribute in His Centenary Year. Scottish Church College. 1998. p. 210. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^"Researcher shares Netaji's Great Escape route". enewstime.in. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^Vandana Shukla (22 May 2002). "Netaji's Punjabi connection | undefined News - Times of India". The Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^"Petition from Security Prisoners Niranjan Singh Talib For (1) Transfer to some Jail Near amritsar (2) Increase of italian Family Allowance to Rs-150/- Pm". INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^Dhoot, Naina Singh; Singh (Prof.), Surinder (2005). The Political Memoirs of an Indian Revolutionary. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. p. 211. ISBN 978-81-7304-633-9. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^Civic Affairs. P. C. Kapoor at the Citizen Press. 1960. p. 105. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^Council, Punjab (India) Legislature Legislative (1961). Debates; Official Report. pp. XXXVVII. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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