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Bhagwati Singh

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Bhagwati Singh
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
2004 – 2010
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born
Bhagwati Singh

(1933-08-26)26 August 1933
Died4 April 2021(2021-04-04) (aged 87)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Political partySamajwadi Party
OccupationPolitician

Bhagwati Singh (26 August 1933 – 4 April 2021) was a politician and founder[1] of the Samajwadi Party and a member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha from 2004 to 2010[2] and a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1977 until 2003.

Death

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He died on 4 April 2021 at the age of 87 during his visit to Chandra Bhanu Gupta Krishi Mahavidyalaya of Bakshi Ka Talab from COVID-19.[3] [4] The last rites of Singh will not be done as he had pledged to donate his body to the King George Medical University.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Samajwadi Party founder member Bhagwati Singh passes away". The Indian Express. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Bhagwati Singh". PRSIndia. 25 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Lucknow: Covid detected in Bhagwati Singh's body hours after death | Lucknow News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. ^ "SP leader and socialist thinker Bhagwati Singh passes away".
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