Sarup Singh (also Swaroop Singh) (9 January 1917 – 4 August 2003) was an Indian academic turned politician. He remained a faculty member at

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, Delhi, and later became the Vice-Chancellor of the

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(1971–74). He was member of the

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from

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(1978-1984) of

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party. He was later appointed

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in December 1990 and held the position till 1995, and earlier he was the

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. Dr. Sarup Singh Governor of Gujarat Profile

Official website.

Early life and education

Born in Sanghi Village, Rohtak district in

, Singh studied till Class IV in his native village and completed his matriculation from Punjab University in 1934 and Intermediate Arts from

Delhi University Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) ...

in 1936. He also did his B.A. (Hons.) in English from

Ramjas College Ramjas College is a college of the University of Delhi located in North Campus of the university in New Delhi, India.The college admits both undergraduates and post-graduates, and awards degrees under the purview of the University of Delhi. ...

, Delhi (1938), followed by a M.A. in English in 1940.

Career

Singh started his career as a lecturer at

Hindu College, University of Delhi Hindu College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi in New Delhi, India. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in sciences, humanities, social sciences and commerce. In 2022, it is ranked 2nd nationally by Nationa ...

in 1940, where he taught for over a decade, in 1951 he joined

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, and received his Ph.D. in English Literature in 1953. Thereafter he rejoined Hindu College. However the following year, he was appointed Vice-Principal of

, Delhi and later its Principal in 1957. In 1961, when the Department of English was established at the

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, he became its first Head. Then in 1965, he became Professor and Head of the Department of English in the

. Eventually, he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University in January, 1971. He also remained member of

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(1975-1978), and became a member of Rajya Sabha from Haryana (1978 - 1984). He remained

from 12 February 1990 to 20 November 1990. After his death, 'Dr Sarup Singh Chair' was created at the Kurukshetra University, Haryana, while its Department of English also organized "Dr. Sarup Singh Lectures" on his birth anniversary, while the Chair organizes seminars of Shakespeare in collaboration with the Shakespeare Association (India) starting 2006. The first "Dr. Sarup Singh Memorial Lecture" was held at

in 2005.

Works

* ''The Theory of Drama in the Restoration Period''. Orient Longmans, Calcutta, 1963. *''Family Relationships in Shakespeare and the Restoration Comedy of Manners''. Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1983. * ''The Double Standards in Shakespeare and Related Essays : Changing Status of Women in 16th and 17th Century England''. Konark Publications, New Delhi, 1988.

References

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