Arjun Singh
| Arjun Singh | |
|---|---|
Arjun Singh in 1984
|
|
| Minister of Human Resource Development | |
|
In office 2004–2009 |
|
| Preceded by | Murli Manohar Joshi |
| Succeeded by | Kapil Sibal |
| Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh | |
|
In office 8 June 1980 - 10 March 1985 |
|
| Preceded by | President's rule |
| Succeeded by | Motilal Vora |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 November 1930 Churhat, Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Died | 4 March 2011 (aged 80) All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi, India |
| Spouse(s) | Saroj Kumari |
| Alma mater | Allahabad University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Arjun Singh (5 November 1930 – 4 March 2011) was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party. He was the Union Minister of Human Resource Development in the Manmohan Singh cabinet from 2004 to 2009. He died on 4 March 2011 due to a heart attack.
Arjun Singh was born in a Rajput family.
Singh died on 4 March 2011, at the age of 80. He had been admitted in Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences a few days previously with chest neurological problems and died of a heart attack. He was cremated at his home town of Churhat, Madhya Pradesh.
minister in the P.V. Narasimha Rao cabinet but he resigned after the Babri Masjid demolition. At the time, he formed the All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) along with Narayan Dutt Tiwari, former Union minister and ex-CM of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal) as President, but he lost in the 1996 Loksabha elections from Satna in Madhya Pradesh and the Congress too lost power at the center.
Later he returned to Congress and lost again from Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He served as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh three times, Union minister and Governor of Punjab once for a short period. As Governor of Punjab, he worked for the Rajiv-Longowal Accord for peace in Punjab. He was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 2000.
...
Wikipedia