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V. P. Singh was born on 25 June, 1931 in Uttar Pradesh, India), is a Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990. Discover V. P. Singh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Age 77 years old
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Born 25 June 1931
Birthday 25 June
Birthplace Uttar Pradesh, India)
Date of death 27 November, 2008
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Nationality India

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His wife is Seetha Kumari ​(m. 1955)​

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Children Ajeya Pratap Singh and Abhai Singh

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1931

Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), shortened to V. P. Singh, was an Indian politician who was the 7th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda.

He is India's only prime minister to have been former royalty.

He was educated at the Allahabad University and Fergusson College in Pune.

Singh was born on 25 June 1931, the third child of the Hindu Rajput Zamindar family of Daiya, which is located on the banks of the Belan River in the Allahabad district.

He was adopted by Raja Bahadur Ram Gopal Singh of Manda and became the heir-apparent.

1941

He became the Raja Bahadur of Manda at the age of 10 in 1941.

His ancestors were rulers of the predecessor state of Manikpur was founded in 1180, by Raja Manik Chand, brother of Raja Jai Chand of Kannauj.

His family belonged to the Gaharwar clan of the Manda Zamindar.

He obtained his education from Colonel Brown Cambridge School, Dehradun, and got his Bachelor of Arts and Law degree from Allahabad University.

He was elected the vice president of Allahabad University Students Union and later received a Bachelor of Science in physics from Fergusson College in the Pune University.

1969

In 1969, he joined the Indian National Congress party and was elected as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Singh was elected from Soraon to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1969 as a member of the Congress Party and became the chief whip for the legislative party.

1971

In 1971, he became a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha.

He got elected to the Lok Sabha in 1971 and was appointed a Deputy Minister of Commerce by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1974.

1976

He served as the Minister of Commerce from 1976 to 1977.

He served as the Minister of Commerce in 1976–77.

1980

In 1980, he became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and was known for the encounter of the gang of Phoolan Devi.

In the Rajiv Gandhi ministry, Singh was given various cabinet posts, including Minister of Finance and Minister of Defence.

He was appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1980 when Indira Gandhi was re-elected after the Janata interlude.

As Chief Minister (1980–82), he cracked down hard on dacoity, a problem that was particularly severe in the rural districts of the southwest Uttar Pradesh.

1983

He received much favourable national publicity when he offered to resign following a self-professed failure to stamp out the problem, and again when he personally oversaw the surrender of some of the most feared dacoits of the area in 1983.

The Behmai massacre provoked outrage across the country thereby causing V. P. Singh to resign in the wake of the killings.

as he was the under whom Phoolan Devi surrendered as he saved her life by instructing the police officers to not kill her in the Police encounter to secure the votes of Dalits (though Phoolan's 22 gang members were killed).

1984

Singh was also the Leader of the Rajya Sabha from 1984 to 1987.

During his tenure as Minister of Defence, the Bofors scandal came to light, and Singh resigned from the ministry.

1988

In 1988, he formed the Janata Dal party by merging various factions of the Janata Party.

1989

In the 1989 elections, the National Front, with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), formed the government and Singh became the 8th Prime Minister of India.

During his tenure as prime minister, he implemented the Mandal Commission report for India's backward castes, which led to major protests against the act.

He also created the Sixty-second Amendment and enacted the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Act in 1989.

During his term the kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed happened and on the ground the terrorists were released.

1990

In 1990 the infamous exodus of Kashmiri Hindus happened from the valley of Kashmir.

Following his opposition to the Ram Rath Yatra, the BJP withdrew its support for the National Front, and his government lost the vote of no-confidence.

Singh resigned on 7 November 1990.

His prime ministerial tenure lasted for 343 days.

1991

Singh was the prime ministerial candidate for the National Front in the 1991 elections, but was defeated.

1992

He spoke out against the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992.

1996

After 1996, Singh retired from political posts, but continued to remain a public figure and political critic.

1998

He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1998, and ceased public appearances until the cancer went into remission in 2003.

2008

However, he died from complications of multiple myeloma and kidney failure in 2008.

He received full state honours.