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Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), shortened to V. P. Singh, was an Indian politician who was the Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda. He was educated at Allahabad University and Fergusson College in Pune. In 1969, he joined the Indian National Congress party and was elected as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Born on June 25, 1931 at Allahabad, Shri V.P. Singh is the son of Raja Bahadur Ram Gopal Singh. He was educated at Allahabad and Poona Universities. He was married to Smt. Sita Kumari on June 25, 1955 and has two sons. A scholarly man, he was the proud founder of Gopal Vidyalaya, Intermediate College, Koraon, Allahabad. He was the President of the Students Union at Udai Pratap College, Varanasi in 1947-48 and was the Vice-President, Allahabad University Students Union.
Jun 22, 2024 · V.P. Singh, politician and government official who was prime minister of India 1989–90. He was the principal founder in 1988 of the Janata Dal political party, which he used as a cornerstone to create a large nationwide opposition coalition called the National Front.
V. P. Singh ministry. 14th ministry of the Republic of India: Vishwanath Pratap Singh. Date formed: 2 December 1989 () Date dissolved: 10 November 1990 () People and organisations; Head of state: R. Venkataraman: Head of government: Vishwanath Pratap Singh: Deputy head of government: Chaudhary Devi Lal: Member party: Janata Dal (National Front) (Supported by BJP 85/543 MPs). Status in legislature: Coalition. 280 / 543 (52%) Opposition party:
6 days ago · V.P. Singh’s first visit as prime minister, however, was to Amritsar’s Golden Temple, where he walked barefoot to announce that he hoped to bring a “healing touch” to Punjab’s sorely torn state. India - V.P. Singh, Coalition, Fall: V.P. Singh, who had initially denied any interest in becoming prime minister, emerged after the 1989 elections as the leader of the loosely knit JD coalition whose extreme wings were basically antipathetic to each other. ...
Witnessing V P Singh's meteoric rise on the national stage, Rajiv tried to counter him with another prominent Rajput stalwart Satyendra Narain Singh but failed eventually. Singh, who was the head of the Janata Dal, was chosen leader of the National Front government. And on 26 November he sworn the position.
Nov 15, 1990 · News Cover Story V.P. Singh: Fall of a prime minister. Get 37% off on an annual Print +Digital subscription of India Today Magazine SUBSCRIBE. Office didn't corrupt V.P. Singh, but it showed him up for what he was - not yet a leader. He inherited one of the most difficult jobs in the world: running India with a minority government hanging in an impossible balance between the Left and the BJP. Live TV. Share. Advertisement.
Nov 30, 2008 · V. P. Singh talking to reporters when he was premier in 1990. Credit... Agence France-Presse. Vishwanath Pratap Singh was born into a landed family in Allahabad in the northern state Uttar Pradesh ...
May 16, 2024 · As V P Singh built his anti-corruption campaign against Rajiv Gandhi, the BJP under L K Advani was aggressively pushing its Hindutva agenda in coordination with the VHP and RSS. The campaign for the construction of a temple in Ayodhya got a fillip after the locks of the Babri Masjid were opened on February 1, 1986, after an order by the Faizabad district court.
Nov 27, 2008 · New Delhi: Former prime minister V.P. Singh, who dethroned Rajiv Gandhi to form, in 1989, India’s second non-Congress coalition government and later tried social engineering through reservations ...
