Raja Vishwanath Pratap
Singh
Singh
was born in a Rajput Zamindar family. He obtained his education from Colonel
Brown Cambridge School, Dehra Dun and studied at Allahabad and Pune Universities. Singh became a Member of
the Legislative Assembly of Uttar
Pradesh in 1969 as a member of the Congress Pary. He got elected to the Lok Sabha in 1971
and was appointed a Deputy Minister of Commerce by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1974. He served as the Minister of Commerce in 1976–77. He was
appointed by Indira Gandhi as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1980,He
resumed his post as Minister of Commerce in
1983. Singh
was responsible for managing the coalition of the Left and BJP against Rajiv
Gandhi to dethrone him in the 1989 elections. He is remembered for the
important role that he played in 1989 that changed the course of Indian
politics by becoming the Prime Minister of India.He decided to implement the
recommendations of the Mandal Commission which
suggested that a fixed quota of all jobs in the public sector be reserved for members of the
historically disadvantaged so-called
other Backward Classes This decision led to widespread protests
among the upper caste youth in urban areas in northern India. OBC reservation
(less creamy layer) was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2008. Meanwhile, the
Bharatiya Janata Party was moving its own agenda forward. In particular, the Ram
Janmabhoomi agitation, which served as a rallying cry for several
radical Hindu organizations, took on new life. The party president, LK Advani
with Pramod
Mahajan as aide, toured the northern states on a rath – a bus converted
to look like a mythical chariot – with the intention of drumming up
support. Before he could complete the tour by reaching the disputed site in Ayodhya, he was arrested on Singh's orders
at Samastipur on
the charges of disturbing the peace and fomenting communal tension. The kār-seva (demolition of the mosque and construction of the temple)
proposed by Advani on 30 October 1990 was prevented by stationing troops at the
site. This led to the Bharatiya Janata Party's suspension of support to the
National Front government. Singh resigned on 7 November 1990. V. P. Singh died
after a very long struggle at Apollo
Hospital in Delhi on 27 November 2008.
V.P
Singh was the 7th Prime minister of India from 1989 to 1990. Singh is
known for trying to improve the lot of India's lower castes as a Prime
Minister.
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