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Baldev Singh
ਬਲਦੇਵ ਸਿੰਘبلدیو سنگھ
The Sikh leader who spoke for the Panth in the negotiations of 1946–47 and became India's first Defence Minister.
An industrialist from Ropar district, Baldev Singh was a minister in Khizar's Punjab government and the Sikh representative in the talks with the British and the Congress.
As Defence Minister from 1947 he oversaw the Indian Army through Partition and the first war in Kashmir.