Gurmukh Nihal Singh

Sardar
Gurmukh Nihal Singh
1st Governor of Rajasthan
In office
1 November 1956 – 16 April 1962
Preceded byMan Singh II (Rajpramukh)
Succeeded bySampurnanand
2nd Chief Minister of Delhi
In office
13 February 1955 – 31 October 1956
Preceded byChaudhary Brahm Prakash
Succeeded byPosition Abolished[a]
Personal details
Born(1895-03-14)14 March 1895
Died22 December 1969(1969-12-22) (aged 74)
Political partyIndian National Congress
Alma materBanaras Hindu University, University of Delhi
Source: Former Governor of Rajasthan

Gurmukh Nihal Singh (14 March 1895 – 22 December 1969)[2] was the first Governor of Rajasthan[3] and second Chief Minister of Delhi from 1955 to 1956 and was a Congress leader.[4] He was the successor of Brahm Prakash and assumed office in 1955 just for one year. The late journalist Surendra Nihal Singh (1929-2018) was Gurmukh Nihal Singh's son.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Sixty-ninth amendment". Delhi Assembly official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. ^ Assembly, Punjab (India) Legislature Legislative. Debates: Official report (in Punjabi). p. 33. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  3. ^ "ਰਾਜਸਥਾਨ ਦੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਸਿੱਖ ਰਾਜਪਾਲ ਸ: ਗੁਰਮੁਖ ਨਿਹਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ". Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Gurmukh Nihal Singh was the second Chief Minister of Delhi, and also served as the first Governor of the state of Rajasthan".
  5. ^ "In memoriam". The Statesman. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  6. ^ Kapoor, Coomi (17 April 2018). "Veteran journalist S Nihal Singh (1929-2018): Among the last old-school titans". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2 October 2020.


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