Arjun Singh

Arjun Singh Biography

Arjun Singh was a famous politician and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh belonging to Indian national congress. He was an important figure in the Indian political domain who served as the Union Minister of Human Resource Development during the term 2004 to 2009. Singh was a minister in the P.V. Narasimha Rao cabinet too. But he resigned the position soon after the Babri Masjid demolition to form the All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) along with Narayan Dutt Tiwari. Singh died on 4 March 2011, following a heart attack at the age of 80. Arjun Singh was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh when the Bhopal tragedy occurred. He has also been involved with infamous Churhat lottery case and Kerwa Dam palace scandals. He has also invited many controversies during his political career.

Arjun Singh was born to Rao Shiv Bahadur Singh, a famous Congress politician in the ministry of Jawaharlal Nehru. He belonged to a Jagirdaar family who died in jail in 1953. He was sent to jail in 1950 for forging documents. Arjun was married to Saroj Devi and the couple had three children. Among three, two joined politics, Ajay Singh Rahul and Veena Singh. He was thrice the chief minister of undivided Madhya Pradesh, before Chhattisgarh was formed in 2000. He has also served as the Union Minister of Human Resource Development in the Manmohan Singh Government (2004-09).

Singh became minister for the first time under Narasimha Rao’s government. He is known for introducing reservation for backward classes. Following his resignation from Rao’s government in 1991, he formed a new party, the All India Indira Congress along with Narayan Dutt Tiwari. But in 1996 Lok Sabha elections, the party lost its position. Thus he returned back to Congress.

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Updated: May 06, 2014