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Kanwar Rajendra Singh Jaswal (21 Oct 1926 – 08 Sep 1989)

Kanwar Rajendra Singh Jaswal, was born to Thakur Gangaram and Smt Laxmi Devi, in village Deoli in Sawan Valley, and rose to the highest position in Punjab State Electricity board, due to his dedication and hardwork.

His father had retired as Risaldar Major after 1st World War from Hudson Horse. He did his primary education from Gagret. He graduated from Engineering College Lahore in 1946.

Under his stewardship a few noteable achievements were as under :- •	Construction of 33 KV Line from Kullu to Dalhousie. •	Construction of 132 KV lines from Phagwara to Luddhiana and Hoshiarpur to Hamirpur. •	Constructions of 220 KV lines from Jalandhar to Amritsar, Largewal and Patiala. •	Construction of 1100 KV Ropal Thermal Plant from where he retired as a General Manager. •	After retirement he took philanthropic work where he constructed 20 houses for people whose houses were washed away in floods in Gurdaspur in 1987. He also constructed a higher secondary school for poor children.

He was married to Savita Jaswal daughter of Thakur Singh Jamwal, the first Indian Chief Engineer of erstwhile state of J&K. His daughter Kalpana is settled in Seattle USA while his son Manvendra Singh Jaswal is a serving Brigadier in Indian Army.

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