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Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was born on 23 October, 1925 in Khachariyawas, Rajputana Agency, British India (now in Rajasthan, India), is a Vice President of India from 2002 to 2007. Discover Bhairon Singh Shekhawat'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 84 years old?

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Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 23 October, 1925
Birthday 23 October
Birthplace Khachariyawas, Rajputana Agency, British India (now in Rajasthan, India)
Date of death 15 May, 2010
Died Place Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Nationality India

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1925

Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (23 October 1925 – 15 May 2010) was an Indian politician who served as the 11th vice president of India.

He was born in 1925 to a Rajput family in the village of Khachriyawas, then in Sikar district, Rajputana Agency, British India.

His father Devi Singh was a farmer of the village and his mother, Bane Kanwar was a housewife.

He was very good in studies and completed high school but was unable to complete college due to his father's death.

He had to support his family.

He worked as a farmer and an officer sub-inspector of police.

1950

After working in Police Department for few years he saw his interest in the politics and joined Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1950.

1952

He represented several constituencies in Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha from 1952 to 2002.

In the year 1952, he resigned from the position of Police Inspector to contest Elections in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.

Referred to as "Rajasthan ka ek hi Singh" (The only lion of Rajasthan) or "Babosa" (Head of the family of Rajasthan) and affectionately as Bhairon Baba, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat entered politics in 1952.

In 1952 he was MLA from Ramgarh, in 1957 from Sri Madhopur, 1962 and 1967 he was MLA from Kisan Pol.

1972

In 1972 elections he lost but in 1973 he was elected to Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh.

Shekhawat won every election to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, except in 1972 when he lost from Gandhi Nagar in Jaipur, and in Ganganagar he lost in 1993 and Congress leader Radheshyam Ganganagar won.

1975

In 1975 during emergency he was arrested and sent to Rohtak jail.

He remains the only Non-Congress politician to be the Chief minister of Rajasthan 3 times and was the first Vice President of India from BJP.

1977

He served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan three times, from 1977 to 1980, 1990 to 1992 and 1993 to 1998.

After emergency in 1977 he became MLA from Chhabra as Janata Party candidate.

In that year the Janata Party won 151 of the 200 seats in the state assembly elections of Rajasthan and Shekhawat took over as the first non Congress Chief Minister of Rajasthan in 1977.

1980

His government was dismissed by Indira Gandhi in 1980.

In 1980, Shekhawat joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and became MLA again from Chabda and was leader of opposition.

1985

In 1985, he was MLA from Nimbahera.

1987

At the time of 1987 when a 18 years old girl 'Roop Kanwar' was burnt as Sati, then the matter came in controversy.

1989

However, in 1989 an alliance between the BJP and the Janata Dal won all 25 of the Rajasthan seats in the Lok Sabha and also 138 seats (BJP:84+Janata Dal:54) in the 1990 elections to the Ninth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.

Shekhawat once again became Chief Minister of Rajasthan and was MLA from Dholpur.

1992

His government was dismissed in 1992 and President's rule imposed.

1993

In the next elections, in 1993, Shekhawat led the BJP to be the single largest party, winning 96 seats.

He himself contested from two seats, becoming MLA from Bali, but he lost from Ganganagar seat where he finished third and Congress candidate Radheshyam Ganganagar won.

Three BJP-supported independents also won seats and other independents who supported the BJP took its total to 116.

And Shekhawat became Chief Minister of Rajasthan for third time.

1998

In 1998, Shekhawat was elected from Bali again but the BJP lost power and Shekhawat became Leader of Opposition in the legislative assembly.

1999

In the 1999 general elections, he had recommended the BJP to give Prem Singh Rathore from Hyderabad, a close friend a ticket from Maharajganj(now goshamahal)and helped him win his elections and established strong BJP presence in North Andhra Region.

Shekhawat also helped Rathore in his daughters marriage by fixing the marriage with a relative.

2002

Shekhawat was elected as the Vice-President of India in 2002, when he defeated the opposition candidate, Sushil Kumar Shinde by a margin of 149 votes out of the 750 votes polled.

2003

He was also awarded Padma Bhushan in the year 2003.

2007

He served in that position from August 2002, when he was elected to a five-year term by the electoral college following the death of Krishan Kant, until he resigned on 21 July 2007, after losing the presidential election to Pratibha Patil.

Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

In July 2007, Shekhawat fought the presidential election as an independent candidate backed by National Democratic Alliance as a popular presidential candidate next to A. P. J. Abdul Kalam; but lost to the United Progressive Alliance-Left backed candidate Pratibha Patil.

He became the first vice-president to lose presidential election.

Following this defeat, Shekhawat resigned from the post of vice-president on 21 July 2007.

Shekhawat played the most crucial role in removing Sati (practice) from Rajasthan as a part of their culture, especially among Rajput community.