Name : Charan Singh
6th Prime Minister of India
In office
28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
Date of birth : 23 December 1902
Date of Death : 29 May 1987
Place of birth : Noorpur village, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Place of death :
Nationality: Indian
Gender: Male
Spouse : Gayatri Devi
Political party : Janata Party
Chaudhary Charan Singh (1902 – 1987) was the sixth Prime Minister of the Republic of India, serving from 28 July 1979 until 14 January 1980.Charan Singh was born on 23 December 1902 to Meer Singh and Netra Kaur at Noorpur village, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. After completing graduation in science and masters in arts from Agra he did his LLB and started practicing as a civil lawyer at Ghaziabad.
Charan Singh joined the Indian National Congress in 1929 and took active part in the Freedom Movement. He remained in the party till 1967. He was elected leader of the Sanyukta Vidhayak Dal (SVD) and became the Chief Minister of coalition Government in 1967-68, which lasted less than a year. He became the Chief Minister of another coalition government of Uttar Pradesh in 1970, once again for a brief spell of 6 months.
He was elected to the 6th Lok Sabha in 1977 and was the Home Minister in Morarji’s cabinet. In 1979 Charan Singh took over as the Prime Minister of India for less than a month. He passed away on May 29, 1987.
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