Thakur Baldev Singh
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Thakur Baldev Singh
|image = File:Thakur Baldev Singh Jasrotia.jpg
|caption = File photo of Thakur Baldev Singh.
| birth_date = {{birth date |df=y|1919|06|18}}
| death_date = 25 August 2008 (aged 89)
|office1 = Member of Lok Sabha
|term_start1 = 1977
|term_end1 = 1980
|governor1 = Lakshmi Kant Jha
|constituency1 = Jammu
|predecessor1 = Inder Jit Malhotra
|successor1 = Girdhari Lal Dogra
|office2 = President of BJP (J&K)
|term_start2 = 1980
|term_end2 = 1989
|successor2 = Chaman Lal Gupta
|birth_place = Poona (now Pune), Bombay Presidency.
| death_place = Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir.
|nationality = Indian
|party = Praja Parishad (1942 - 1963), Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1963 - 1977), Bharatiya Janata Party (1980 - 2008)
|occupation = Politician
| education = B.A., LL.B. Punjab University (Lahore)
| spouse = Bimla Devi
| children = Four sons, three daughters
| residence = Village Sanooda, Kathua, Jammu & Kashmir
}}
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Thakur Baldev Singh (27 Jan 1999 – 25 August 2018) was an Indian Politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He was member of Lok Sabha from Jammu, State President of Bharatiya Jana Sangh and later Bharatiya Janata Party (Jammu and Kashmir). He was elected to the 6th Lok Sabha. He was also a two time member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2403.htm |title=Members Bioprofile |website=164.100.47.132 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716131548/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2403.htm |archive-date=2015-07-16}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2008/08/26/former-bjp-mp-passes-away-in-jammu-1219745758.html|title = Former BJP MP passes away in Jammu|work=One India|date = 26 August 2018}}
He worked for the poor and spoke for Dogras in Lok Sabha. He was called 'People's Leader'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.earlytimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=183437|title = Baldev Singh remembered on 8th death anniversary|work=The Early Times|date = 25 August 2016}}
Early Life
Born in Poona (now Pune), Bombay Presidency where his father Subedar Major Narayan Singh was posted in the British Indian Army. Baldev Singh grew up in a Jasrotia Rajput family with patriotic and nationalistic sentiments. He was a law graduate from Punjab University, Lahore.{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2403.htm |title=Members Bioprofile |website=164.100.47.132 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716131548/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2403.htm |archive-date=2015-07-16}}
Political Career
Singh joined Jammu Praja Parishad in 1942.{{Cite web|url=https://www.earlytimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=183437|title = Baldev Singh remembered on 8th death anniversary|work=The Early Times|date = 25 August 2016}} He went to jail in 1949 and 1952 for the merger of Jammu and Kashmir with India and the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution during the Jammu Praja Parishad Movement along with Syama Prasad Mukherjee.{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2403.htm |title=Members Bioprofile |website=164.100.47.132 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716131548/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2403.htm |archive-date=2015-07-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.earlytimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=183437|title = Baldev Singh remembered on 8th death anniversary|work=The Early Times|date = 25 August 2016}} In 1977 he constested for the Lok Sabha from Jammu Lok Sabha constituency as an independent candidate and won securing 1,53,837 votes against Balraj Puri of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference with a margin of 27,939 votes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1977-election-results.html|title=1977 India General (6th Lok Sabha) Elections Results|website=www.elections.in|access-date=2018-04-08}} In 1980 he was elected to Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket from Hiranagar Assembly constituency.{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2403.htm |title=Members Bioprofile |website=164.100.47.132 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716131548/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2403.htm |archive-date=2015-07-16}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2008/08/26/former-bjp-mp-passes-away-in-jammu-1219745758.html|title = Former BJP MP passes away in Jammu|work=One India|date = 26 August 2018}} In 1987 he was again elected to Legislative Assembly from Hiranagar on BJP ticket securing 17,088 votes against Ram Das Dogra of Indian National Congress with a margin of 2,508 votes.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha-details/1987/jammu-&-kashmir/hiranagar/32/11074/72|title=AC: Hiranagar 1987 |website=www.indiavotes.com}}
Personal Life
Singh was married to Bimla Devi and had four sons and three daughters. He loved playing hockey, gardening and hunting.{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2403.htm |title=Members Bioprofile |website=164.100.47.132 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716131548/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2403.htm |archive-date=2015-07-16}}
References
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Category:Lok Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir
Category:Bharatiya Jana Sangh politicians
Category:University of the Punjab alumni
Category:Politicians from Jammu
Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1977–1983
Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 1987–1996
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