Arjun Singh
Arjun Singh (born November 5, 1930 in Churhat , Sidhi District , Madhya Pradesh , † March 4, 2011 in New Delhi ) was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress (INC), the two-time Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh , Governor of Punjab and was also Union Minister several times.
Life
Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and Governor of Punjab
Singh, who within the Indian National Congress to the group to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was a member, was on June 9, 1980 as a successor to Sunderlal Patwa from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as well as several months of taking over the executive power by the President ( President's rule ) first Chief Minister from Madhya Pradesh. He held the office for almost five years and was then replaced by Motilal Vora on March 14, 1985 .
He was then appointed governor of Punjab by President Giani Zail Singh, despite his re-election as chief minister on March 14, 1985 . The situation in this state was marked by unrest at the time after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi stormed their highest shrine, the Golden Temple of Amritsar , in 1984 after serious unrest between Hindus and fundamentalist Sikhs . The central figure of the fundamentalist Sikhs, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale , was murdered. More than 250 civilians were killed in the soldiers' storm. On October 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi was murdered by her Sikh bodyguard . Punjab had been under the President's rule since October 6, 1983.
As governor, he was in office until November 13, 1985, during which time he held elections for the legislative assembly (Punjab Vidhan Sabha) , which on September 29, 1985 for the election of Surjit Singh Barnala from the Sikh party SAD ( Shiromani Akali Dal ) led to the Chief Minister of Punjab . Through his mediation, the so-called Rajiv-Longowal agreement came about, which led to the end of the state of emergency in Punjab.
Union Minister
He himself was then appointed to the government of India by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1985 as Union Minister of Commerce and, after a cabinet reshuffle, took over the office of Minister of Communications (Union Minister of Commerce) in the Gandhi cabinet between 1986 and 1988 .
On February 14, 1988 Singh succeeded Motilal Vora as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh and held the post of chief minister of this state until January 24, 1989 and was replaced the next day by Motilal Vora.
In June 1991, Singh was appointed Union Minister for Human Resources Development in his government by Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao . In 1995 he led along with the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and former Foreign Minister of India , Narayan Dutt Tiwari , and some loyal followers Rajiv Gandhi an internal party revolt that led Congress Indira establishing the Indian National, called the Congress-Tiwari - faction ( All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) - AIIC (T)). However, after the 1996 Lok Sabha elections were defeated and the Indian National Congress lost 92 seats and only won 140 seats, and Congress-Tiwari only had four members, Singh returned to the Indian National Congress.
Following the INC's election victory in the Lok Sabha elections and the formation of a coalition from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), Singh was reappointed and held the position of Union Minister for Human Resource Development in the newly formed government by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in May 2004 Office until 2009.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ India: States after 1947 MW (rulers.org)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Singh, Arjun |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th November 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Churhat , Sidhi District , Madhya Pradesh |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 2011 |
| Place of death | New Delhi |