Bhagwati Singh (1932/3 – 4 April 2021) was a politician and founder of the

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

and a member of the

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representing

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

in the

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from 2004 to 2010 and a member of the

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-p ...

from 1977 until 2003. He died on 4 April 2021 at the age of 88 during his visit to Chandra Bhanu Gupta Krishi Mahavidyalaya of Bakshi Ka Talab from COVID-19. The last rites of Singh will not be done as he had pledged to donate his body to the King George Medical University.

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Profile on Rajya Sabha website
1930s births 2021 deaths Samajwadi Party politicians Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India Year of birth missing Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-SP-politician-stub