Surendra Pal Singh (17 May 1917 – 10 December 2009) was an Indian politician and Union government minister. An

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, he was educated at

Colonel Brown Cambridge School Colonel Brown Cambridge School is one of the oldest residential schools in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. It is an English medium school affiliated to the Indian Council of School Certificate Examination (CICSE) board of Education. The school ...

and

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, from which he took a bachelor's degree.

The Fort, Uchagaon

In 1927, at the age of 10-years, he inherited The Fort at Unchagaon,

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Political career

He was a member of the

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from

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State,

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. He was elected to

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, 5th and

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from Bulandshahr.

Death

He died in Bulandshahr on 10 December 2009, at the age of 92-years.

References

1917 births 2009 deaths People from Bulandshahr district India MPs 1962–1967 India MPs 1967–1970 India MPs 1971–1977 India MPs 1984–1989 Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-INC-politician-stub