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Digamber Singh was born on 1 October, 1951 in Barkhera Faujdar, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, is an Indian politician. Discover Digamber 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 66 years old?

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Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 1 October, 1951
Birthday 1 October
Birthplace Barkhera Faujdar, Bharatpur, Rajasthan
Date of death 27 October, 2017
Died Place Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Nationality India

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His wife is Asha Singh

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Parents Ramkali Devi (Mother) Jawahar Singh (Father)
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Children 2; Dr. Shilpi Singh (daughter) and Shailesh Digamber Singh (Son)

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1951

Digamber Singh (1 October 1951 - 27 October 2017) was an Indian politician, who served as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Rajasthan.

Singh spent over two decades as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, representing the Kumher Assembly constituency, later renamed as Deeg-Kumher.

Digamber Singh was born on 1 October 1951 to a Hindu Jat family in the Bharatpur village of Barkhera Faujdar in Rajasthan.

He was the second of six children.

His father, Jawahar Singh, was a ‘Patwaari’ and his mother, Ramkali Devi, a home maker.

His early education took place in Nagar, Rajasthan and secondary education in Jaipur.

1973

In 1973, he completed his MMBS from Dr. Sampurnanand Medical College in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

Shortly after obtaining a degree in surgery and medicine, Singh began experiencing symptoms of muscle weakness and regular fatigue, and was hospitalised in AIIMS for a stroke.

He convalesced at a hospital in New Delhi for a little less than a year before continuing his treatment at home.

It took approximately two years to make a full recovery.

1977

Singh joined the state government's Department of Medicine as an obstetrician in 1977, initially in Nagar tehsil and later Kumher in Bharatpur, Rajasthan.

1980

Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the late 1980s and served as the party's Bharatpur president between 1994 and 1997.

Although, he is said to have been hesitant from stepping into politics, he was convinced by party leaders as Om Prakash Mathur and Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi.

1985

In 1985, he left to open a private hospital, Shree Digamber Hospital, in Bharatpur.

It is now known as the Shree Digamber Group of Hospitals.

His years as an active medical practitioner are believed to have paved way for his political career.

1992

He resigned from the Department of Medicine in 1992 to pursue politics.

1993

He was elected to the 10th Rajasthan National Assembly in 1993 from Kumher at the age of 43.

1996

He stood for Lok Sabha in the 1996 general election but lost to Natwar Singh.

1998

He was re-elected to the Rajasthan National Assembly in 1998 and, as an opposition leader, was critical of the state congress government's negligence towards development projects in eastern Rajasthan.

2003

In 2003, he won a seat in the assembly elections from Kumher for the third consecutive time and was further appointed Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the Government of Rajasthan under Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.

During Singh's tenure, there were multiple government poverty relief schemes and programmes in Rajasthan, such as free testing for dengue to help control the disease.

Dr. Digamber Singh's popularity among the party rank and files and among the people was surging rapidly in the years 2003 onwards.

2006

In 2006, Dr. Digamber Singh, launched a state-wide mission to build stat-of-the-art medical research facilities in Rajasthan.

Singh believed in strengthening the inventory capacity of the state medical staff by providing them research facilities and resources to undertake pioneering medical research.

On 15 August 2006, Singh inaugurated the latest bypass surgery facilities, established by Bharat Vikas Parishad Hospital and Research Centre, in New Delhi, a subsidiary of the facilities in Kota, Rajasthan.

Dr. Singh's tenure as Health Minister is also recalled for its crackdown on illegal and criminal medical practises in the state.

Singh would monthly review data on criminal cases being reported in hospitals and government medical facilities in the state.

These review meetings would often include district-level officers as Collectors and SPs, who were immediately instructed to take action.

2007

In 2007, Singh introduced a programme to improve government health facilities and opened services centres at the panchayat level with the intention of making it more accessible to the poor.

In 2007, the much contentious, Gurjar agitation in Rajasthan took place.

The agitation almost paralysed government machinery in Eastern Rajasthan and propelled Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje to take drastic measures to ensure law and order prevailed.

Amidst heightened tension, Chief Minister Raje assigned the responsibility to mediate with agitators to her cabinet colleague, Dr. Digamber Singh.

2008

In 2008, along with Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, Singh launched the Rajasthan-Norway joint health programme, which aimed to eradicate polio and modernise existing facilities and infrastructure.

After various rounds of dialogues between the government and the agitators, over a period of nine months, the agitation was finally called off in September 2008.

Following the development News 18 journalist Pratap Rao called Singh the "troubleshooting Minister" of the Government.

2009

He held numerous imperative Cabinet portfolios in the Government of Rajasthan, including Minister of Health, Ayurveda, Family Welfare and from 2009 onwards as the Minister of Industries.

He was the Chairman of the Twenty Point Programme and held additional charges of the Ministries of Panchayati raj, Law, Agriculture and Social justice in the Government of Rajasthan.

A prominent Jat leader, Singh was considered the face of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Eastern Rajasthan.

2016

In 2016, during Rajendra Singh Rathore's tenure as Health Minister, a major strike of resident doctors and staff was called-off after Singh brokered a deal between the government and the unions.