Bhagwati Singh

{{Short description|Indian politician (died 2021)}}

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| name = Bhagwati Singh

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| office = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

| term = 2004–2010

| constituency = Uttar Pradesh

| birth_name = Bhagwati Singh

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1933|08|26}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|04|04|1933|08|26}}

| death_place = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

| nationality = Indian

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| occupation = Politician

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|party = Samajwadi Party

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Bhagwati Singh (26 August 1933 – 4 April 2021) was a politician and founder{{Cite web|date=2021-04-04|title=Samajwadi Party founder member Bhagwati Singh passes away|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/samajwadi-party-founder-member-bhagwati-singh-passes-away-7258338/|access-date=2021-05-11|website=The Indian Express|language=en}} of the Samajwadi Party and a member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha from 2004 to 2010{{Cite web|url=https://www.prsindia.org/mptrack/bhagwatisingh|title=Bhagwati Singh|date=25 October 2016|website=PRSIndia}} and a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Death

He died on 4 April 2021 at the age of 87 during his visit to Chandra Bhanu Gupta Krishi Mahavidyalaya of Bakshi Ka Talab from COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/covid-detected-in-bhagwatisinghs-body-hrs-after-death/articleshow/81921371.cms|title=Lucknow: Covid detected in Bhagwati Singh's body hours after death | Lucknow News – Times of India|website=The Times of India}}

{{Cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/sp-leader-and-socialist-thinker-bhagwati-singh-passes-away/north/news/2361577.html|title=SP leader and socialist thinker Bhagwati Singh passes away}} The last rites of Singh will not be done as he had pledged to donate his body to the King George Medical University.

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