Birender Singh (politician, born 1921)
Rao Birender Singh | |
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Minister of Agriculture , Food, Rural Development, Irrigation, and Civil Supply | |
In office 1980 to 1984 | |
Personal details | |
Born | British India | 20 February 1921
Died | 30 September 2009 Gurgaon, Haryana, India | (aged 88)
Political party | Vishal Haryana Party |
Spouse | Chandra Prabha |
Children | Rao Inderjit Singh, Sudha Rani Rao, Rao Ajit Singh, and Rao Yadavendra Singh |
Parent | Rao Balbir Singh |
Relatives | Rao Sheoraj Singh (brother) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | British India India |
Branch/service | British Indian Army Indian Army |
Years of service | (1939–1947) (1950-1951) |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | Territorial Army |
Maharaja Rao Birender Singh (20 February 1921 – 30 September 2009)
Early life
Rao was born in 1921 and hails from royal
Career
East Punjab
The years that Birendra Singh spent at St. Stephen'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.[8][citation needed]
Birendra Singh then joined the
Creation of Haryana
When India became independent in 1947, the old province of
The final step in this process of re-organization was the separation of the
Defection from Congress
After the formation of Haryana in November 1966, Bhagwat Dayal Sharma became Haryana's first Chief Minister, and Birendra Singh was elected the first speaker of the Haryana assembly which was a spin-off from the Punjab Assembly. The first-ever poll to Haryana Vidhan Sabha was held in March 1967. Birender Singh was elected a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Pataudi assembly constituency as Congress Party's candidate. However, he established the Vishal Haryana Party immediately by defecting from Congress with many MLAs. He was appointed Chief Minister of Haryana on 24 March 1967, replacing Bhagwat Dayal Sharma[10] with his newly formed VHP assuming power.
But the assembly was dissolved, and Haryana placed under President's rule, in November 1967. Congress won the Vidhan Sabha election in 1968 and Bansi Lal became Chief Minister. Birender Singh's VHP came creditable second to Congress in the election.[citation needed]
He was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha in 1971 from the Mahendragarh on the Vishal Haryana Party ticket.[citation needed]
Later career
In September 1978 he merged this party with the Congress. In 1980, he was re-elected to the
Army career
Rao Birender Singh also enrolled in the
- In 1947, he resigned from the army as a captain. He came to Rampura and took all the movable and immovable property of Rao Balbir Singh in his possession.[12][citation needed]
- In the batch of 1949–50, he was selected for Indian Police Service but he did not join that service.
- Again in 1950 to 1951, he joined the Commissioned Officer.[citation needed][13]
Contribution to Rewari
By his efforts, Rewari was made a separate district in 1989. The ruling government was of Chaudhary Om Prakash Chautala who was the Chief Minister.[citation needed]
Education and welfare of Ahirwal areas
Apart from his political service to the Nation Rao Birender Singh also served the backward areas of Ahirwal by establishing many educational institutions like Ahir College Rewari, RBS School-Rewari, Rao Tularam School- Rewari, Rao Tularam Technical College- Delhi. He is the founder of RBS College of Education- Rampura, Rewari.[citation needed]
Death
He died of cardiac arrest in Gurgaon on 30 September 2009.[14]
See also
References
- ISBN 978-81-86436-28-8.
- ^ Deśavāla, Santarāma (2004). Hariyāṇā, saṃskr̥ti evaṃ kalā (in Hindi). Hariyāṇā Sāhitya Akādamī.
- ISBN 978-1-000-08400-9.
- ^ "Rao Birender Singh: A Political Assessment" (PDF). Shodhganga. 16_Chapter 9: 238 – via The Ahirwal region is dominated by the Yaduvanshi Ahir caste and Rao Birender Singh marched along with them for the progress of the region according to some of his contemporaries. They say that nobody is perfect but Rao Birender Singh is near perfection.
- ^ "The Twista and Turns of the Politics in the Ahirwal" (PDF). Shodhganga. 11_Chapter 4: 98.
- ^ "Dynastic politics reigns in Ahirwal". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ Rao Jaswant Singh (14 October 2019). "3 familes, [sic] 3 generations, 70 years: The battle for Rewari continues | Gurgaon News". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "हरियाणा के इस दिग्गज नेता के आगे नहीं चली थी इंदिरा की, हारा था कांग्रेस का प्रत्याशी". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ISBN 978-81-7141-445-1.
- ISBN 978-1-63714-799-3.
- ISBN 978-1-63714-799-3.
- ^ "New role for Dhoni? MSD to be part of defence panel to review NCC". The Week. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Birender Singh, second CM of Haryana, passes away". The Indian Express. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
External Notes
- Dr. Ravindra Singh Yadav & Vijaypal, 1857 ki kranti k purodha: Rao Raja Tularam, 2013, Punit Publication Jaipur, ISBN 978-81-88559-54-1
- Krantidoot Rao Raja Tularam, 1999, Engg. Anil Yadav, Sarita Book House, Delhi.