Nirlep Kaur

Nirlep Kaur (1927–1987) was a politician from Punjab, India. She represented Sangrur in the 4th Lok Sabha.

Early life Born on 11 August 1927 in Patiala, in a royal family, Nirlep Kaur was the daughter of Sardar Gian Singh Rarewala, who later became the first Chief Minister of Patiala and East Punjab States Union. Kaur attended Sacred Heart Convent School, Lahore. She and Rajmata Mohinder Kaur of Patiala were the first two women from reorganised Punjab to enter the Indian parliament. She had previously been a secretary for Swatantra Party and the president of Mata Sahib Kaur Vidyalaya in Patiala. In the 1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, she contested from Payal but lost to Beant Singh of the Indian National Congress by a difference of 2,936 votes.

Personal life On 14 March 1942, she married Sardar Rajdev Singh Akoi, from whom she has three children. Her house had the first swimming pool in the city of Chandigarh.