Charanjit Singh Atwal (born 15 March 1937) is an Indian politician who was Deputy Speaker of the 14th Lok Sabha of India from 2004 to 2009.
Sardar Atwal's family, like many Punjabis migrated to Indian Punjab as refugees[2] when they found themselves living on the wrong side of the border.
He graduated from GGN Khalsa College, Ludhiana and then obtained his LLB degree from Panjab University, Chandigarh.
[2] In the 2001 election Sardar Atwal stood in the Phillaur constituency (SC) and crushed his political rival Santosh Chowdhury of the Indian National Congress by a huge margin of 98,884 votes.
[3] Santosh Chowdhury was the previous 1999 election winner, winning by what was then a large margin of 26,573 votes.