Partap Singh did his schooling in the village, and then went to Khalsa College, Amritsar, from where he left for the United States of America in 1919. He founded a Sikh school for girls in his village, Kairon.

He was one of the five children of Nihal Singh, a retired soldier who was active with the Singh Sabha movement and was a pioneer of women’s education. Partap Singh was born on October 1, 1901, in Kairon village. As for the books, Uncle Tom’s Cabin still remains my favourite.”īut then Kairon was not someone you could slot easily. Pat came the answer: “Abraham Lincoln, Lenin, Tilak, Gandhi, Patel and Nehru. Khushwant Singh recollects when he asked Kairon the question about what men and which books had the most influence on him. Kairon, his appearance notwithstanding, was quite cosmopolitan. The foreign correspondents should not have been so surprised. This was one of the anecdotes that Sardar Hukam Singh, a former Speaker of the Lok Sabha, often narrated. At the end of the meet, one reporter got up and said: “We have been asking ourselves ‘Who after Nehru?’ Well, we have received an answer today.” At the press conference, the confident Kairon spoke in English with an American accent. People wondered how he would address the foreign reporters. There was some of sniggering - Kairon was not known for his sartorial elegance or urban sophistication. Foreign journalists had been invited by the State government and were told that the Chief Minister of Punjab, Sardar Partap Singh Kairon, would address a press conference. The occasion - the inauguration of the Bhakra Dam. Sardar Partap Singh Kairon was born on October 1, 1901 Kairon: Punjabi dynamism, American accent, lasting legacy

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