Charan Singh

Prime Minister of India

6th Prime Minister of India

In office 28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980

Preceded by :- Morarji Desai

Succeeded by :- Indira Gandhi

Born :- 23 December 1902 Noorpur, United Provinces, British india

Died :- 29 May 1987 (aged 84)

Political party :- Janata Party

Spouse(s) :- Gayatri Devi

Religion :- Hindu

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This article is about the Indian Prime Minister. For the fourth satguru of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas, see Charan Singh (guru).
Chaudhary Charan Singh Caudharī Caraṇ Siṅh; 23 December 1902 – 29 May 1987 was the sixth Prime Minister of the Republic of India, serving from 28 July 1979 until 14 January 1980. His well know hunger for power earned him the nick name ” chair singh”
Born into a Aryan Kshatriya Jaat family of Tevatia clan in 1902[1][2], Charan Singh entered politics as part of the Independence Movement. After independence he became particularly notable in the 1950s for opposing and winning a battle against Nehru’s socialistic and collectivist land use policies, for the sake of the Indian Farmer, which endeared him to the agrarian communities throughout the nation, particularly in his native Uttar Pradesh.
The leader of the Bharatiya Lok Dal, a major constituent of the Janata coalition, he was disappointed in his ambition to become Prime Minister in 1977 by Jayaprakash Narayan’s choice of Morarji Desai. He settled at the time for the largely honorary post of Deputy Prime Minister of India. However, the internal stresses of the coalition’s government caused him to leave the government with the former Lok Dal, after being promised by Mrs. Gandhi the support of the Congress Party on the floor of the House in any efforts to form a government. He was sworn in as Prime Minister with the support of just 64 MPs.
During his term as Prime Minister the Lok Sabha never met. The day before the Lok Sabha was due to meet for the first time the Indian National Congress withdrew their support from his Bharatiya Lok Dal Government. Choudhary Charan Singh resigned and fresh elections were held six months later.
He continued to lead the Lok Dal in opposition till his death in 1987, when he was succeeded as party president by his son Ajit Singh. His association with the causes dear to farming communities in the North caused his memorial in New Delhi to be named Kisan Ghat. (In Hindi, Kisan is the word for farmer.)
The university of Meerut city in Uttar Pradesh, India, is named after him (Chaudhary Charan Singh University).