Chaudhary Surender Singh (15 November 1946 - 31 March 2005) was an Indian politician from the

Haryana Vikas Party Haryana Vikas Party (HVP) (translation: Haryana Development Party) was a political party in the Indian state of Haryana. Its president was Bansi Lal and general secretary Chaudhary Surender Singh. After parted company with Congress in 1996, Ba ...

and twice (1996, 1998) represented Bhiwani constituency in the Lok Sabha, was a Rajya Sabha member 1986–1992, and twice represented

Tosham Tosham is a town and a Gram Panchayat on the foot of Tosham Hill range in Bhiwani district in the Indian state of Haryana. It has been awarded the title of "Adarsh Village". It is situated in the foothill of Tosham hill range of Aravali Moun ...

in Haryana Vidhan Sabha. His widow won the Tosham by-poll caused by his death.

Education

He was educated at

Panjab University Panjab University (PU) is a Collegiate university, collegiate public state university located in Chandigarh, Punjab. Funded through both Punjab, India, State and Government of India, Union governments, it is considered a state university (Indi ...

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

and completed his Master of Arts and Bachelor of Law.

Profession

Advocate and agriculturist, he was son of former Haryana Chief Minister

Bansi Lal Bansi Lal Legha (26 August 1927 – 28 March 2006) was an Indian independence activist, senior Congress leader, former Chief Minister of Haryana, former Defence Minister of India, and the architect of modern Haryana. Bansi Lal was part of the ...

Positions held

1971-73 General-Secretary, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.), Bhiwani 1973-77 Treasurer,

Indian Youth Congress The Indian Youth Congress is the youth wing of the Indian National Congress party. The Indian Youth Congress was a department of the Indian National Congress from the period just after the Partition of India in 1947 until the late 1960s. While ...

1977-86 Member, Haryana

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislati ...

1982-83 Cabinet Minister, Agriculture and Wildlife Preservation, Haryana 1986-92 Member,

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

Member, Committee on Petitions Member, House Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence 1989-90 Member, Public Accounts Committee 1996 Elected to 11th

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

1996-97 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development Member, Railway Convention Committee Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Ministry of Environment and Forests Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1998-99 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation Member, Committee on Public Undertakings Member, Committee on Communications its Sub Committee 'A' on Department of Telecom Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation

Special interests

Travelling, participation in the youth activities; including: sports, cultural activities and debates.

Favourite pastimes and recreation

Reading and sports

Sports and clubs

Outstanding sportsman during college days, keen interest in cricket

Countries visited

Canada, Finland, France, Switzerland, US and the former USSR; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to UK, 1998

Other information

He also held positions including President, Bar Association, Bhiwani, 1970–71, chairman, (i) Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana; (ii) Bar Council of

Punjab and Haryana High Court Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 Per ...

, Chandigarh, 1978 and 1980–82; Member (i) Executive Council, Kurukshetra University; (ii) Executive Committee, C.R. Jat College, Hissar; (iii) Executive Committee,

Indian Olympic Association The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) or Indian Olympic Committee (IOC) is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams ...

; (iv)

All India Congress Committee The All India Congress Committee (AICC) is the presidium or the central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress. It is composed of members elected from state-level Pradesh Congress Committees and can have as many as a thousan ...

(Indira); and (v)

Pradesh Congress Committee The elected committee that directs the Indian National Congress in an Indian state is known as Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC). It is elected by card-holding members of the Congress and in turn elects state president and delegates to the All I ...

(Indira), Haryana.

Death

On 31 March 2005 Singh aged 59, died along with noted industrialist and Power Minister

Om Prakash Jindal Om Prakash Jindal (7 August 1930 – 31 March 2005), popularly known as O.P. Jindal, was born in Hisar, Haryana. He established a successful business enterprise Jindal Steel and Power under the flagship of the Jindal Organization, of which he ...

, in a chopper crash during an emergency landing in

Saharanpur Saharanpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district. Saharanpur city's name was given after the Saint Shah Haroon Chishti. Saharanpur is declared as on ...

district of

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 ...

. He was survived by his wife Kiran Choudhry and daughter

Shruti Choudhry Shruti Choudhry (born 3 October 1975) is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress. Early life Shruti Choudry was born in New Delhi on 3 October 1975. Her parents were Surender Singh and Kiran Choudhry, both of whom had served as ...

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