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Sahib Singh Verma

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Sahib Singh Verma
4th Chief Minister of Delhi
In office
27 February 1996 – 12 October 1998
Preceded byMadan Lal Khurana
Succeeded bySushma Swaraj
Personal details
Born(1943-03-15)15 March 1943
Delhi, British India
Died30 June 2007(2007-06-30) (aged 64)
Jonaicha Khurd, Rajasthan, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Sahib Kaur
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(m. 1954)​
Children5 (including Parvesh Verma, Siddharth Sahib Singh)

Sahib Singh Verma (15 March 1943 – 30 June 2007)[citation needed] was an Indian politician and the former senior vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] He served as Chief Minister of Delhi (1996–1998) and was member of 13th Lok Sabha, Parliament of India (1999–2004).[2] He served as the Union Labour Minister of India.[3]

Life

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Chaudhary Sahib Singh was born on 15 March 1943 in Mundka village of Lakra Jats, Delhi to Mir Singh, a zamindar, and Bharpai Devi in a Jat family.[4][5] In early childhood he was deeply influenced by Arya Samaj.[citation needed]

Singh had a PhD degree in Library Science, and started work as librarian in Bhagat Singh College, Delhi.[6] He also held a master's degree in Arts, (M.A.) and also in Library Science from Aligarh Muslim University.[7]

He was married to Sahib Kaur. They had two sons and three daughters and one of his sons, Parvesh Verma is Member of parliament of Lok Sabha from West Delhi.[8]

Political career

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He was active in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.[9] He had also served the World Jat Aryan Foundation, as its president.[10]

The Union Minister for Human Resource Development Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi presenting "Best Employer's Award - 2003" to one of the awardees at a function, in New Delhi on 3 December 2003 (Wednesday). The Union Minister for Labour Dr. Sahib Singh is also seen.

In 1977 he was elected to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and took the Oath as a Councillor by the hands of Guru Radha Kishan. Initially he won as a Janata Party candidate and was re-elected on a BJP ticket. He became the Education and Development Minister in the Delhi government in 1993.[11]

In 1996, after Madan Lal Khurana was embroiled in a corruption crisis, Sahib Singh became the Chief Minister of Delhi.[12] Singh served as CM for two and a half years, facing increasing rivalry from Khurana.[13] Following an onion price crisis, he was replaced by Sushma Swaraj.

Subsequently, he won the Lok Sabha elections, 1999 from Outer Delhi with a margin of over two lakh votes.[9] In 2002, he became Minister of Labour in the Vajpayee government, and was known as "bull in a China shop" for standing up against the bureaucrats against lowering the Provident Fund interest rate.[13] He was defeated in the 2004 polls.

He died in a road accident in Rajasthan in 2007.[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "List of Office Bearers". BJP. Archived from the original on 8 April 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2007.
  2. ^ "Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 13th Lok Sabha".
  3. ^ Ranjan, Amitav (21 September 2003). "Sahib Singh wanted to visit Serbia to meet fellow Jats". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  4. ^ "For Sahib Singh Verma's son, campaigning runs in the family". The Indian Express. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  5. ^ "tribuneindia... Editorial". Tribune India. 10 October 1999. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Former Delhi CM Sahib Singh Verma dies in road accident". Deccan Herald. 30 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2 July 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
  7. ^ "LIST OF PROMINENT ALUMNI". Archived from the original on 10 August 2017.
  8. ^ Bhushan, Shashi (23 November 2013). "Mothers campaigning for sons in Delhi assembly election". DNA India. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  9. ^ a b Swarup, Harihar (10 October 1999). "Long-standing rivals now compete for Cabinet berths" (Editorial). Tribune India.
  10. ^ Tribune News Service (23 September 2007). "Navjot Sidhu calls for Jat unity". The Tribune. Dharamsala. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  11. ^ "PIB Press Releases". archive.pib.gov.in. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  12. ^ The Hindu[usurped]
  13. ^ a b "Sahib Singh Verma dies in road accident". Zee News. 30 June 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
  14. ^ "Sahib Singh Verma dies in road accident". Hindustan Times. 30 June 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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Preceded by Chief Minister of the Delhi
1996-97 		Succeeded by
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