Rao Birender Singh
| Rao Birender Singh Yadav | |
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| राव बिरेंद्र सिंह यादव | |
| 2nd Chief Minister of Haryana | |
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In office 24 March 1967 – 2 November 1967 |
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| Preceded by | Bhagwat Dayal Sharma |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 February 1921 Rewari, Haryana |
| Died | 30 September 2009 (aged 88) Gurgaon, Haryana |
| Political party | Vishal Haryana Party |
| Spouse(s) | Rani Chandra Prabha |
| Children | Rao Inderjit Singh, Rao Yadavendra Singh and Rao Ajit Singh |
| Parents | Rao Balbir Singh (father) |
| Religion | Hindu |
Rao Birender Singh (20 February 1921-30 September 2009) was an Indian politician. He served first as a minister in the state government of Punjab. He served as Chief Minister of Haryana for a few months (March to November) in 1967, and also served as a minister in Punjab state, Haryana state and the Union cabinet. He also served as the first speaker of Haryana state assembly in 1966-67.
Rao Birendra Singh was born in the village of Nangal Pathani in Haryana as the son of Rao Bahal Singh, an affluent land-owner who belonged to a branch of the royal family of Rewari. He was given in adoption by his father to Rao Balbir Singh, the titular ruler of Rewari, who did not have a son or heir of his own. Rao Balbir Singh was the son of Rao Yudhishthir Singh, his family who was the eldest son and heir of Rao Tularam Singh, last actual ruler of Rewari. Rao Tularam had fought against the British during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and had thereby lost his lands after the British forces had prevailed over the rebels.
After his adoption, Rao Birendra Singh was taken away from the village where he grew up and sent to boarding school in Dehradun, to receive an education appropriate to his new status and future responsibilities. He attended the Col. Brown Cambridge School in Dehradun and graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.
The years that Birendra Singh spent at St. Stephan's college were the early years of India's independence. The college was situated in New Delhi, the very hub of political activity, and Birendra Singh was drawn to politics by the environment. The first elections in free India were held in 1952 and Birendra Singh contested as an independent candidate from his native Ahirwal region, of which the city of Rewari is the urban center. He lost that election because there were many twists and turns of the politics in the Ahirwal region.
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