V. P. Singh

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V. P. Singh was an Indian politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of India and was known for implementing the Mandal Commission recommendations on reservations for backward classes.

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instanceOf Indian politician
human
birthDate 1931-06-25
birthPlace Allahabad, United Provinces, British India
linked to: Allahabad
causeOfDeath kidney-related illness
chiefMinisterTermEnd 1982-07-19
chiefMinisterTermStart 1980-06-09
child Ajeya Singh
constituencyRepresented Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency)
Fatehpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
countryOfCitizenship India
deathDate 2008-11-27
deathPlace New Delhi, India
education Allahabad University
Fergusson College, Pune
familyName Singh
formedGovernmentAs leader of National Front coalition
fullName Vishwanath Pratap Singh
givenName Vishwanath
ideology secularism
social justice
knownFor anti-corruption stance
expanding reservations for Other Backward Classes in India
implementing Mandal Commission recommendations
memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
Jan Morcha
Janata Dal
movement Mandal Commission implementation movement
linked to: Mandal Commission
occupation activist
politician
officeEnd 1990-11-10
officeStart 1989-12-02
ordinalInOffice 7
parliamentaryHouse Lok Sabha
positionHeld Minister of Defence of India
Minister of Finance of India
Prime Minister of India
precededBy Rajiv Gandhi
religion Hinduism
servedAs Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
signaturePolicy implementation of 27% OBC reservations in central government jobs
spouse Sita Kumari
succeededBy Chandra Shekhar
supportedBy Bharatiya Janata Party (external support)
Left Front parties (external support)
termEndedDueTo withdrawal of support by Bharatiya Janata Party

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Rajiv Gandhi succeededBy V. P. Singh
subject linked to: Rajiv
B. G. Deshmukh workedUnder V. P. Singh
Janata Dal foundedBy V. P. Singh
Janata Dal primeMinisterFromParty V. P. Singh
Janata Dal notableLeader V. P. Singh
Patna College hasNotableAlumni V. P. Singh