Rao Ram Singh

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{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Col.(Rtd.) Ram Singh Yadav

| caption = Col.(Rtd.) Ram Singh Yadav

| Education =

| birth_date = 9 August 1925

| birth_place = Sadat Nagar,Kosali, Haryana, India

| residence = Gurgaon

| death_date = 30 January 2012

| death_place = Medanta, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

| office = Member of Parliament

| term_start1 = 1991

| term_end1 = 1998

| constituency = Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency

| occupation = Retired Soldier, Agriculture

| term =

| predecessor = Rao Birender Singh

| successor = Rao Inderjit Singh

| party = Indian National Congress

| spouse = Sharada Devi

| children = Sanjay Yadav, Sandhya Yadav, Vinita Yadav

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Ram Singh (1925-2012) was politician from Haryana.{{Cite web|title=lshr07|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3577.htm|access-date=2021-12-08|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}{{Cite web |title=निर्धन व कमेरा वर्ग की आवाज थे कर्नल राव राम¨सह |url=https://www.jagran.com/haryana/rewari-col-rao-ram-singh-jayanti-16511717.html |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}

Life and political career

Ram Singh served in the Indian army. In 1977, he participated in the Rewari assembly constituency for the first time on the Janata Party ticket. In the very first political innings, he got the post of Minister of Education for Haryana. In 1978 he was made the speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha. In the 1982 assembly elections, he contested as an independent after not getting a Congress ticket and won the Rewari seat of Haryana Vidhan Sabha for the second time in a row. After winning, he rejoined the Congress and became the Transport Minister of Haryana. He won the Lok Sabha elections from Mahendragarh defeating ex-Chief Minister of Haryana Rao Birendra Singh. In 1991 and 1992, as a Minister of State in the Union Council of Ministers, he got the responsibility of Wasteland Development. He breathed his last on 30 January 2012.{{Cite web|date=2012-01-30|title=Former union minister, Col Ram Singh passes away|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/former-union-minister-col-ram-singh-passes-away/story-8hfkD8pnxEQOdoD4r3saPM.html|access-date=2021-12-08|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}

Singh died in Medanta Medicity Hospital on 31 January 2012.

References

Category:1925 births

Category:2012 deaths