Hukum Singh
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Hukum Singh | |
|---|---|
| Member of parliament for Kairana | |
| In office 16 May 2014 – 3 February 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Begum Tabassum Hasan |
| Succeeded by | Begum Tabassum Hasan |
| Constituency | Kairana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1938 |
| Died | 3 February 2018 (aged 79)[1] |
| Party | Bharatiya Janta Party (1995-2018) Indian National Congress (1974-1980) (1985-95) Janata Party (Secular) (1980-85) |
| Spouse |
Rewati Singh (m. 1958) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Allahabad University (LLB) |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Hukum Singh (5 April 1938 – 3 February 2018)[1] was an Indian politician who served as the Member of Parliament from Kairana in Uttar Pradesh[2] as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. He was a member of the Panel of Chairpersons of the 16th Lok Sabha,[3] and the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Water Resources.[4]
Singh was born on 5 April 1938 to Maan Singh and Leelavati in Kairana. He received his Bachelor of Arts and LLB degrees from Allahabad University. Singh married Rewati Devi on 13 June 1958, with whom he has five daughters.[5] He was previously elected as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for seven terms (1974–77,1980–89,1996-2014).[5] He has also served as a Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh governments under both BJP and the Congress.[6][7] He died on 3 February 2018 at a private hospital in Noida, Uttar Pradesh after suffering from severe breathing difficulties for a brief period.[8]
Education and career
A law graduate from Allahabad University, he cleared PCS (J) exams in 1963. But instead of becoming a judicial officer, he joined the Indian Army as a Commissioned Officer after 1962 Indo-China war.[9] He participated in the 1965 Pakistan war as a captain, in the Poonch sector in Kashmir.[10] He then took voluntary retirement in 1969.[10] He entered active politics in 1974, becoming an MLA for the first time on a Congress ticket. He went on to win Assembly elections seven times and held the post of deputy speaker of the Assembly from 1983 to 1985. He won his fourth term, as a BJP candidate, in 1996 and his first Lok Sabha elections in 2014.[5][11]
