Rao Ram Singh was politician from
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...
.
Life and political career
Rao Ram Singh served in the
Indian army
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. In 1977, he participated in the
Rewari
Rewari is a city and a Municipal Council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. King of Rewari is Rao Onkar Singh.It is located in south-west Haryana around 82 km from Delhi assembly constituency for the first time on the
Janata Party
The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...
ticket. In the very first political innings, he got the post of
Minister of Education for Haryana. In 1978 he was made the
speaker
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Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
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of
Haryana Vidhan Sabha
The Haryana Legislative Assembly or the Haryana Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Haryana state in India.
The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Members of L ...
. 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
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elections from
Mahendragarh
Mahendragarh is a city and a municipal committee in Mahendragarh district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is from Gurgaon and comes under National Capital Region (India).
Etymology
Earlier named ''kanaud'', in early 1860s it was renam ...
defeating ex-
Chief Minister of Haryana
The Chief Minister of Haryana is the chief executive of the Indian state of Haryana. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elect ...
Rao Birendra Singh
Raja Rao Birender Singh (20 February 1921 – 30 September 2009) was a King of erstwhile state of Haryana and an Indian politician. He served first as a minister in the state government of Punjab and then as Chief Minister of Haryana from 24 Mar ...
. 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.
Singh died in Medanta medictiy Hospital on January 31, 2012.
References
1925 births
2012 deaths
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