Chaudhary Charan Singh

Chaudhary Charan Singh was an Indian freedom fighter, an ardent patriot, an able administrator and an astute statesman.

By Zainab Ashraf | Wednesday, February 14, 2024, 05:44:48 PM [IST]

Chaudhary Charan Singh Biography

He married Gayatri Devi on 5 June 1925 and was blessed with one son and five daughters.
Influenced by the ideas and teachings of Swami Dayanand Saraswati and under the spell of Lokmanta Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi, he joined the Indian National Congress in 1929. In addition to this, he helped in preparing the Land Utilization Bill.
His legal profession gave him ample opportunities to come in contact with the people and their problems, especially those of the farmers. He took a leading part in the formulation and finalisation of the Debt Redemption Bill in 1939, which brought great relief to the indebted peasants.
Apart from this, he played a key role in the eradication of the Zamindari System in Uttar Pradesh.
After the 1967 general elections, he quit the INC and set up the Jan Congress and later entire opposition came together to form the Smyukta Vidhayak Dal (SVD), including the Jan Congress with Charan Singh as its leader.
In Dec 1968, a new party named Bhartiya Kranti Dal was formed of which Charn Singh was one of the founding members.
He was one the main architects in the formation of the Janata Party at the national level in 1977. But he resigned from the Janata Party in 1979 and tried to revive the Bharatiya Kranti Dal with the new name Lok Dal.
He was a great scholar of Indian economics and planning and had written several books on the same.
He breathed his last on 29 May 1987 following a cardiovascular failure.

Chaudhary Charan Singh Personal Life

Full Name	Chaudhary Charan Singh
Date of Birth	23 Dec 1902
Date of Death	29 May 1987 (Age 84)
Place of Birth	Noorpur, Ghaziabad
Party Name	Bharatiya Janta Party
Education	Post Graduate
Profession	Advocate and Politician
Father's Name	Mir Singh
Mother's Name	Netra Kaur
Spouse's Name	Gayatri Devi
Children	1 Son(s) 5 Daughter(s)

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Education Qualification of Chaudhary Charan Singh

Chaudhary Charan Singh completed his school education in his native village, Noorpur. He graduated in Science and did his M.A. in History from Agra University. He passed the LL.B. examination in 1927.

Interesting Facts about Chaudhary Charan Singh

A huge Kisan Rally was organised in Delhi to mark the 76th birthday celebration of Charan Singh to put the issues of farmers into the focus.
His quest for the betterment of the farming community caused his memorial in New Delhi to be named as 'Kisan Ghat.'
R.Venkataram, former Vice-President of India described him as 'a champion for the cause of India's peasantry.'

Political Timeline of Chaudhary Charan Singh

1984 : Elected to the Eight Lok Sabha.
1980 : Elected to the Seventh Lok Sabha
1979 : Appointed as the Finance Minister. Prime Minister
1977 : Elected to the sixth Lok Sabha under the banner of the Janata Party. Union Home Miniter. Deputy Prime Minister.
1970 : During the president's Rule, he became the leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh State Legislative Assembly.
1969 : Won the mid-term Assembly Elections and became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
1967 : Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
1951 : Became Cabinet Minister in the State holding the charge of Justice and Information.
1946 : Appointed by Pandit Govind Ballah Pant as Parliamentary Secretaries.
1937 : Elected to the Legislative Assembly of the United Province from Chhaprauli.

Chaudhary Charan Singh Early Life

1932: Vice-chairperson of the District Board, Meerut in 1932.
1927: Worked as an advocate at Ghaziabad and later on shifted to Meerut.

Chaudhary Charan Singh Achievements

He was posyhumously honoured by Bharat Ratna in 2024.

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