Beant Singh (19 February 1922 – 31 August 1995) was an Indian politician and the 12th Chief Minister of Punjab from 1992 until his assassination by suicide bombing.

The family migrated to Canal colonies of the West Punjab but shifted to village Kotli (Kotla Afghana) near Payal in the Ludhiana district after partition.

After serving for some time as Director of the Central cooperative bank in Ludhiana, Beant Singh entered the Punjab Vidhan Sabha (assembly) as an independent candidate in 1969.

On 28 March 2012 the Government Of India stayed the execution of Rajoana after Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal met President Pratibha Patil seeking clemency for him.

[9] In 1993 a businessman wanted to start a large meat processing plant in Lalru, which would have given thousands of Punjabis jobs- though after Namdharis objected Beant Singh withheld permission.

Another grandson, Gurkirat Singh Kotli, raped one French woman in Chandigarh; though there were no legal repercussions as the Congress was in power and he was given a ticket for becoming an MLA from Khanna where he won.