Patiala, Oct 29, 2019 (Yes Punjab News)
Harbhajan Singh Deol saw the light of the day on 27th April 1936 in the north of India in the Punjabi village of Boparai Kalan (Ludhiana). It was a period of great socio political turbulence when the masses were facing tragic waves of war, blood and violence.
Deol inherited the gospel of love, truth, freedom and struggle from his illustratious father, Principal Iqbal Singh, and was exposed to diverse linguistic, social, political and cultural influences in the course of his life.
He did his masters at Punjab University, Hoshiarpur and also did his post graduate studies at the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham, U.K.
Thus equipped with a critical and keen outlook to analyze the social and cultural lives of people on a global level, Harbhajan Singh Deol has remained a keen observer and an active participant in the Trade Union movement both in England and India and is greatly respected for his trade Union activities.
He was elected the President of Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union, Member of the Punjab Public service Commission and Administrative Member of the Punjab State Electricity Board prior to his joining the faculty of Punjabi University, Patiala as a Reader in the Department of Public Administration and was later selected as Professor and Head National Integration Chair at Punjabi University, Patiala.
He was appointed the Commissioner of Linguistic Minorities in India (with its headquarters at Allahabad) where he submitted three reports on the language problems of India through the President which were presented in both houses of the Indian parliament.
Harbhajan Singh Deol’s published works include Trade Unionism – An Introduction, Approaches to National Integration, Beaurocracy in Marxist Theory, Racism in Britain and many other works in English and Punjabi.
