He was Minister for Revenue and Rehabilitation in the Punjab Government from 2002 to 2007.
[1] He was born on 24 November 1943 in Samrai near Jalandhar in Punjab, India.
[2] Samra started his career as a sarpanch of Samrai in 1964.
In 1975 he became chairman of development block or panchayat samiti Rurka Kalan.
[4][5][6][7] In the 2002 Congress government he was made Minister for Revenue and Rehabilitation.