Rao Ram Singh

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Col.(Rtd.) Ram Singh Yadav
Member of Parliament
Preceded byRao Birender Singh
Succeeded byRao Inderjit Singh
ConstituencyMahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency
In office
1991–1998
Personal details
Born9 August 1925
Sadat Nagar,Kosali, Haryana, India
Died30 January 2012
Medanta, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseSharada Devi
ChildrenSanjay Yadav, Sandhya Yadav, Vinita Yadav
ResidenceGurgaon
OccupationRetired Soldier, Agriculture

Ram Singh was politician from Haryana.[1][2]

Life and political career

Ram Singh served in the Indian army. In 1977, he participated in the Rewari assembly constituency for the first time on the Janata Party ticket. In the very first political innings, he got the post of Minister of Education for Haryana. In 1978 he was made the speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha. In the 1982 assembly elections, he contested as an independent after not getting a Congress ticket and won the Rewari seat of Haryana Vidhan Sabha for the second time in a row. After winning, he rejoined the Congress and became the Transport Minister of Haryana. He won the Lok Sabha elections from Mahendragarh defeating ex-Chief Minister of Haryana Rao Birendra Singh. In 1991 and 1992, as a Minister of State in the Union Council of Ministers, he got the responsibility of Wasteland Development. He breathed his last on 30 January 2012.[3]

Singh died in Medanta Medicity Hospital on January 31, 2012.[4]

References

  1. ^ "lshr07". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  2. ^ "निर्धन व कमेरा वर्ग की आवाज थे कर्नल राव राम¨सह". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  3. ^ "Former union minister, Col Ram Singh passes away". Hindustan Times. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  4. ^ "Former union minister, Col Ram Singh passes away". Hindustan Times. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2021-12-08.