Ravindra Pratap Singh

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| name = Ravindra Pratap Singh

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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1938|7|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = VijaiMaukote, Pratapgarh District, United Provinces, British India (present-day, Uttar Pradesh, India)

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| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| constituency = Amethi, Uttar Pradesh

| term = 1977-1980

| predecessor = Vidya Dhar Bajpai

| successor = Sanjay Gandhi

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| party = Janata Party

| otherparty = Bharatiya Jana Sangh

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| spouse = {{marriage|Nirmala Devi|February 1952}}

| children = 6

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| source = https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2600.htm

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Ravindra Pratap Singh (7 July 1938) is an Indian former politician associated with Jana Sangh, Janata Party, and BJP. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh defeating Sanjay Gandhi in the 1977 Indian general election as member of the Janata Party.{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ZgdAQAAMAAJ|access-date=18 May 2019|date=October 1989|publisher=Times of India|page=18}}{{cite book|author=V. B. Kulkarni|title=My Country and My Rulers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hoEdAAAAMAAJ|access-date=18 May 2019|year=1977|publisher=Jaico Press|page=309}}{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/uttar-pradesh/news/congress-will-ultimately-weaken-in-amethi-but-not-this-time/articleshow/69182334.cms | title=Congress will ultimately weaken in Amethi but not this time | work=The Times of India | date=4 May 2019 | access-date=18 May 2019}}{{cite book|author=Sunita Aron|title=The Dynasty: Born to Rule|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mUywDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT94|access-date=18 May 2019|date=1 April 2016|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-85827-10-5|pages=94–}}

Personal life

Singh was born on 7 July 1938 to Naresh Bahadur Singh at Vijayi Mau village, Kunda Tehsil, Pratapgarh district. He got his primary education from Gandhi Higher Secondary School, Sangipur, Pratapgarh. He received his Bachelor of Commerce and LLB degrees from Udai Pratap Autonomous College in Varanasi. Singh married Nirmala Devi in February 1952, with whom he had three sons and three daughters. By profession he was a lawyer and agriculturist.

Positions held

Various positions held by Singh.{{cite web |title=Members Bioprofile |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2600.htm |website=loksabhaph.nic.in |access-date=4 September 2020}}

  • District Vice-president, Jan Sangh
  • District Joint Secretary, Jan Sangh
  • District Secretary, Jan Sangh
  • Secretary, Ranbir Ranjay Degree College, Amethi
  • Sultanpur, chairman, Shri Naresh Bahadur Junior Higher Secondary School, Kohra, Amethi
  • Samyukta Sevak, Bharat Sevak Samaj
  • Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1967 to 1969

References

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