Digamber Singh

Dr.
Digamber Singh
Singh in 2016
Chairman of the Twenty Point Programme
In office
3 May 2015 - 27 October 2017
Preceded byVasundhara Raje
Succeeded byChandrabhan (INC)
Cabinet Minister Panchayati Raj, Social Justice, Law and Agriculture, Government of Rajasthan
In office
8 August 2016 - 27 October 2017
Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan
In office
2013 - 2015
Cabinet Minister for Industries, Government of Rajasthan
In office
2008 - 2009
Succeeded byShanti Dhariwal, INC
Cabinet Minister for Health, Ayurveda and Family Welfare, Government of Rajasthan
In office
2003 - 2008
Succeeded byNarpat Singh Rajvi, BJP
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
1993 - 2013
Succeeded byVishvendra Singh, INC
ConstituencyDeeg-Kumher
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatpur
In office
1991 - 1994
Personal details
Born(1951-10-01)1 October 1951
Barkhera Faujdar, Bharatpur, Rajasthan
Died27 October 2017(2017-10-27) (aged 66)
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseAsha Singh[1]
Children2
EducationSN Medical College
ProfessionDoctor and politician
AwardsLohagarh Sapoot Award 2006

Digamber Singh (1 October 1951 – 27 October 2017)[2] was an Indian politician, who served as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Rajasthan.[3] Singh spent over two decades as a Member of the Legislative Assembly,[4] representing the Kumher Assembly constituency, later renamed as Deeg-Kumher.[5][6] He held numerous imperative Cabinet portfolios in the Government of Rajasthan, including Minister of Health,[4][3] Ayurveda, Family Welfare and from 2009 onwards as the Minister of Industries.[7]

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

  1. ^ "नहीं रहीं स्व. डॉ दिगंबर सिंह की धर्मपत्नी आशा सिंह, अंत्येष्टि में शामिल हुए कई भाजपा नेता" [BJP leader late Digamber Singh wife Asha Singh died in Bharatpur]. Patrika News (in Hindi). 31 August 2021. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Former Rajasthan minister Digamber Singh passes away". 27 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b Bohra, Sanjay (13 November 2017). "BJP looks for prominent Jat leaders in Rajasthan". The Asian Age. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference patrika-death was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference deccanherald was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference delimitation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Inaugural Address By Dr Samlee Plianbangchang Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia" (PDF). World Health Organization. September 2007. p. 1. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  8. ^ "राज्य सरकार ने दिगंबर सिंह को बनाया बीसूका उपाध्यक्ष, कैबिनेट मंत्री का दर्जा | Digambar singh became bisuka in jaipur - Dainik Bhaskar". Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.