Kalyan Singh | |
|---|---|
 Singh in September 2014 | |
| 21st Governor of Rajasthan | |
| In office 4 September 2014 – 8 September 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Margaret Alva |
| Succeeded by | Kalraj Mishra |
| Governor of Himachal Pradesh (Additional charge) | |
| In office 28 January 2015 – 12 August 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Urmila Singh |
| Succeeded by | Acharya Devvrat |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Devendra Singh Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Rajveer Singh |
| Constituency | Etah, Uttar Pradesh |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Chhatrapal Singh Lodha |
| Succeeded by | Kamlesh Balmiki |
| Constituency | Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh |
| 16th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 21 September 1997 – 12 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Mayawati |
| Succeeded by | Ram Prakash Gupta |
| In office 24 June 1991 – 6 December 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
| Leader of the Opposition Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 4 July 1993 – 12 June 1995 | |
| Chief Minister | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Preceded by | Rewati Raman Singh |
| Succeeded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Minister of state for Health Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 1977–1980 | |
| Chief Minister | Ram Naresh Yadav Banarsi Das |
| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1985–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Anwar Khan |
| Succeeded by | Premlata Devi |
| Constituency | Atrauli |
| In office 1967–1980 | |
| Preceded by | Babu Singh |
| Succeeded by | Anwar Khan |
| Constituency | Atrauli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 January 1932 Atrauli, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 21 August 2021 (aged 89) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse |
Ramwati Devi
(m. 1952; died 2021) |
| Children | 2 (including Rajveer Singh) |
| Awards | Padma Vibhushan (2021) (posthumous) |
| Source: [1] | |
Kalyan Singh (5 January 1932 – 21 August 2021) was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He served twice as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as a Member of Parliament. He was the Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh during the demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992. He is considered an icon of Hindu nationalism, and of the agitation to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Singh became a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh while still in school. He entered the Uttar Pradesh legislature as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Atrauli in 1967. He won nine more elections to that constituency as a member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the BJP, the Janata Party and the Rashtriya Kranti Party. Singh was appointed Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the first time in 1991, but resigned following the demolition of the Babri Masjid. He became Chief Minister for a second term in 1997, but was removed by his party in 1999, and left the BJP, forming his own party.
Singh re-entered the BJP in 2004, and was elected a Member of Parliament from Bulandshahar. He left the BJP for a second time in 2009, and successfully contested the 2009 Indian general election as an independent from Etah. He joined the BJP again in 2014, and was appointed Governor of Rajasthan. He served a five-year term, and re-entered active politics in 2019. In September 2019 he was brought to trial for criminal conspiracy to demolish the Babri Masjid. He was acquitted by a special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation in 2020. He died on 21 August 2021 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award.