Piara Khabra
Piara Khabra | |
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Official portrait, 2005 | |
| Member of Parliament for Ealing Southall | |
| In office 9 April 1992 – 19 June 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Syd Bidwell |
| Succeeded by | Virendra Sharma |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Piara Singh Khabra 20 November 1921 Punjab, British India |
| Died | 19 June 2007 (aged 85) White City, London, England |
| Political party | Labour (1972–81; from 1988) |
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| Spouses | Name unknown (died 1985)Beulah Marian (m. 1990) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Khalsa High School |
| Alma mater | Panjab University |
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| Military service | |
| Branch/service | British Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1946 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Piara Singh Khabra JP (Punjabi: ਪਿਆਰਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਖਾਬੜਾ; 20 November 1921 – 19 June 2007) was a Punjabi-British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Southall from 1992 until his death. He was the fifth British Asian, and the first Sikh, to become a British MP.
From the retirement of Sir Edward Heath in 2001 until his death, Khabra was the oldest MP sitting in the House of Commons, and was the last sitting MP to have served in the Commonwealth's forces during the Second World War.