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Buta Singh was born on 21 March, 1934 in Mustafapur, Jalandhar district, Punjab, British India (now India), is an Indian politician (1934–2021). Discover Buta 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 86 years old?

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Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 21 March, 1934
Birthday 21 March
Birthplace Mustafapur, Jalandhar district, Punjab, British India (now India)
Date of death 2 January, 2021
Died Place AIIMS, New Delhi, India
Nationality India

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1934

Buta Singh (21 March 1934 – 2 January 2021) was an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress.

Buta Singh was born on 21 March 1934 in Mazhabi Sikh family at Mustafapur, Jalandhar district, Punjab, British India.

He was educated at Lyallpur Khalsa College in Jalandhar, from where he was awarded a B.A. (Hons), and at Guru Nanak Khalsa College in Bombay, where he earned a M.A. Singh then gained a Ph.D. from Bundelkhand University.

1960

He fought his first elections as an Akali Dal member and joined the Indian National Congress in the late 1960s at the time when that party was split.

1962

Singh was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1962, for the Moga constituency.

1964

He married Manjit Kaur in 1964; the couple had three children.

He worked as journalist before entering politics.

1967

He was subsequently elected to the 4th (from Ropar in 1967), 5th, 7th, 8th (from Jalore), 10th (1991), 12th and 13th Lok Sabhas.

He was involved with the Congress Party since Jawaharlal Nehru was Prime Minister and he was close to former Indian prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.

But he was first elected to the Indian Parliament from the Moga constituency as Akali Dal candidate, defeating his Congress opponent.

He switched to Ropar constituency in 1967, this time as a Congress candidate, and was elected from there to Lok Sabha a couple of times.

1978

He became General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary (1978–1980), Home Minister of India and later Governor of Bihar (2004–2006).

Other portfolios that he has held include those for railways, commerce, parliamentary affairs, sports, shipping, agriculture, communications and housing.

1982

He was also the chairperson of Asian Games organizing committee when the competition was held in India in 1982.

1998

In 1998, as Communications Minister he was indicted in the JMM bribery case, and forced to resign.

2005

As the Governor of Bihar, Singh's decision to recommend the dissolution of the Bihar Assembly in 2005 was sharply criticised by the Supreme Court of India.

The court ruled that Singh had acted in haste and misled the federal cabinet because he did not want a particular party claiming to form the government, to come to power.

Singh, however, claimed that the party was resorting to unfair means to secure support to form the government.

2006

On 26 January 2006 Singh sent a fax to Abdul Kalam offering to resign his post.

The next day he left office and was replaced temporarily by West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi.

Singh died in New Delhi from complications of a cerebral haemorrhage on 2 January 2021, at age 86.

2007

He was the Union Home Minister of India, Governor of Bihar and was chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes from 2007 to 2010.

He was chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (ranked as Cabinet Minister) from 2007 to 2010.

He wrote a book Punjabi Speaking State – A Critical Analysis and a collection of articles on Punjabi literature and Sikh history.

Indira Gandhi chose him to select a new party symbol when Congress was split.

He was very closely involved with her in Operation Blue Star and as a minister he oversaw reconstruction of the Golden Temple following that exercise.

His name was also in the finalists for the post of President of India along with Giani Zail Singh in the Indira era.

2014

He contested 2014 Lok Sabha election from Jalore (Lok Sabha constituency) as an independent, backed by Samajwadi Party, but he came third.