



He obtained his education from Colonel Brown Cambridge School, Dehradun and got his Bachelor of Arts and Law degree from Allahabad University. His family belonged to the Gaharwal clan of the Manda Zamindar. His ancestors were rulers of the predecessor state of Manikpur was founded in 1180, by Raja Manik Chand, brother of Raja Jai Chand of Kannauj. He became the Raja Bahadur of Manda at the age of 10 in 1941. He was adopted by Raja Bahadur Ram Gopal Singh of Manda and became the heir-apparent. Singh was born on 25 June 1931, the third child of the Hindu Rajput Zamindar family of Daiya, which is located on the banks of the Belan River in the Allahabad district. 6.5 Ram temple issue and the fall of the coalition.4.3 Minister of External Affairs (1989).He died on 27 November 2008, at the age of 78 due to kidney failure and was honoured with state honour. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1998, and ceased public appearances until the cancer went into remission in 2003. After 1996, Singh retired from political posts, but continued to remain a public figure and political critic. He spoke out against the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992. Singh was the prime ministerial candidate for the National Front in the 1991 elections, but was defeated. His prime ministerial tenure lasted for 343 days. Following his opposition to the Ram Rath Yatra, the BJP withdrew its support for the National Front, and his government lost the vote of no-confidence. Afterwards there were made the tussle of Singh with the Reliance Group. In 1990 the infamous exodus of Kashmiri Hindus happened from the valley of Kashmir. During his term the kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed happened and on the ground the terrorists were released. He also created the Sixty-second Amendment and enacted the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Act in 1989. In the 1989 elections, the National Front, with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), formed the government and Singh became the 8th Prime Minister of India.ĭuring his tenure as prime minister, he implemented the Mandal Commission report for India's backward castes, which led to major protests against the act. In 1988, he formed the Janata Dal party by merging various factions of the Janata Party. During his tenure as Minister of Defence, the Bofors scandal came to light, and Singh resigned from the ministry. Singh was also the Leader of the Rajya Sabha from 1984 to 1987. In the Rajiv Gandhi ministry, Singh was given various cabinet posts, including Minister of Finance and Minister of Defence. In 1980, he became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and was known for the encounter of the gang of Phoolan Devi. He served as the Minister of Commerce from 1976 to 1977. In 1971, he became a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha. In 1969, he joined the Indian National Congress party and was elected as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was educated at the Allahabad University and Pune University. He is India's only prime minister to have been a former Zamindar. Singh, was an Indian politician who was the 8th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda. Vishwanath Pratap Singh ( Hindi pronunciation: ) (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), also known as V.
