1. Rajnath Singh was the Deputy Leader of the House, Lok Sabha since 2014.
59 Facts About Rajnath Singh
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Rajnath Singh served the Home Minister in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019, making him the first person born after India obtained independence to hold that position.
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Rajnath Singh was the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2014.
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Rajnath Singh has previously served as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2000 to 2002 and a Cabinet Minister for Road Transport and Highways in the Vajpayee Government from 1999 to 2000 and the minister of Agriculture from 2003 to 2004.
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Rajnath Singh was the President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha from 1988 to 1990.
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Rajnath Singh was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Haidergarh twice, and held the office of chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
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Rajnath Singh was a member of Lok Sabha from Lucknow since 2014 and Ghaziabad from 2009 to 2014.
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Rajnath Singh was a member of Rajya Sabha from 2002 to 2008 and from 1994 to 2001.
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Rajnath Singh was born in Bhabhaura village of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh to father Ram Badan Singh and mother Gujarati Devi.
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Rajnath Singh received his primary education from a local school of his village and went on to secure a master's degree in physics, acquiring first division results from Gorakhpur University.
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Rajnath Singh had been associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since 1964, at the age of 13 and remained connected with the organisation.
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Rajnath Singh became Shakha Karyavah of Mirzapur in the year 1972.
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Rajnath Singh became the general secretary of the RSS's Mirzapur branch in 1972.
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In 1975, aged 24, Rajnath Singh was appointed District President of the Jana Sangh.
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Rajnath Singh was arrested in the year 1975 during the state of National Emergency for associating with JP Movement and was detained for a time period of 2 years.
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Rajnath Singh successfully fought the election and was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Mirzapur.
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Rajnath Singh became the State President of the BJP youth wing in 1984, the National general secretary in 1986 and the National President in 1988.
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Rajnath Singh was elected into the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.
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In 1991, when the Bharatiya Janata Party formed its first government in Uttar Pradesh under chief minister Kalyan Rajnath Singh, he was appointed education minister of Uttar Pradesh.
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Rajnath Singh held the education portfolio for a tenure of two years.
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Rajnath Singh helped push the controversial Anti-Copying Act in response to perceived widespread cheating in schools and colleges in Uttar Pradesh.
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In 1991, Rajnath Singh led a partial rewrite of history textbooks used in government schools and introduced vedic mathematics into the curriculum.
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Rajnath Singh was at that time very much close to Atal Bihari Vajpayee and had a very clean image among the people of the State.
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Rajnath Singh had said that discrimination in job opportunities should end in the state.
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Rajnath Singh tried to rationalise the reservation structure in government jobs by introducing the most Backward Classes among the OBC and SC, so that the reservation system could favour those at the bottom of society.
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When Rajnath Singh took office as chief minister, Uttar Pradesh had the highest state crime rate in India.
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Rajnath Singh thus made establishing law and order a key part of his policy.
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On 7 February 2001, Rajnath Singh inaugurated the DND Flyway which connects Delhi to Noida.
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In 2003, Rajnath Singh was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture and subsequently for Food Processing in the NDA Government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and was faced with the difficult task of maintaining one of the most volatile areas of India's economy.
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Rajnath Singh brought down interest rates on Agriculture loans and established Farmer Commission and initiated Farms Income Insurance Scheme.
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Rajnath Singh announced his position of "no compromise" in relation to the building of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya at any cost and commended the rule of Vajpayee as Prime Minister, pointing towards all the developments the NDA made for the ordinary people of India.
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Rajnath Singh criticised the role of the English language in India, claiming that most of Indian population is unable to participate in Indian economy and cultural discourse due to extreme preferences shown to English at the expense of native languages.
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Rajnath Singh had held many positions for the RSS and the BJP, including serving as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and the President of the BJP's youth wing.
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Rajnath Singh resigned after the NDA lost the 2009 Indian general election.
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Rajnath Singh became the BJP National President on 31 December 2005, a post he held till 19 December 2009.
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On 24 January 2013, following the resignation of Nitin Gadkari due to corruption charges, Rajnath Singh was re-elected as the BJP's National President.
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Rajnath Singh played a large role in the BJP's campaign for the 2014 Indian general election, including declaring Narendra Modi the party's Prime Ministerial candidate despite opposition from within the BJP.
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Rajnath Singh contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow constituency and was elected as a Member of the Parliament.
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Rajnath Singh was appointed the Union Minister of Home Affairs in the Narendra Modi government and was sworn in on 26 May 2014.
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Rajnath Singh triggered controversy amid the protests over the police action at Jawaharlal Nehru University, on 14 February 2016, claiming that the "JNU incident" was supported by Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed.
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Rajnath Singh gave the statement when there was an Anti-National speeches in the JNU Delhi over the anniversary of hanging of Kashmiri Separist Maqbool Bhat and Afzal Guru on 9 February 2016.
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Rajnath Singh assured the citizens that what he said was right and he people assurance of not tolerating the Anti-National Acts.
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Rajnath Singh himself praised the app and at that time was the first donor of the app.
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The main reason was that Rajnath Singh threatened China to stop its import and start of Trade War.
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On 9 October 2017 China announced that it was ready to maintain peace at frontiers with India reacting to Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Rajnath Singh visit to Nathu La.
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Rajnath Singh became the Defence minister of India on 31 May 2019.
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Rajnath Singh was given Ministry of Defence after Amit Shah was given the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Rajnath Singh met with officials of the Indian Army and visited the Ladakh Range.
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Rajnath Singh met with the Chief of the Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, CNS Admiral Karambir Singh and COAS General Manoj Mukund Naravane to discuss about the situation.
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Rajnath Singh said that he can not guarantee to what extent the tension would go.
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Rajnath Singh stated that fake news and rumours were being spread.
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Rajnath Singh admitted that the Chinese Army has tried to cross the LAC.
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On 10 December 2024, Rajnath Singh held talks with Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov.
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Rajnath Singh reaffirmed India's commitment to strengthening defence ties with Russia.
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Rajnath Singh virtually inaugurated the four-day Indo-Pacific Military Health Exchange conference.
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On 28 April 2023, Rajnath Singh met with Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu.
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Rajnath Singh married Savitri Singh on 5 June 1971, with whom he has two sons and a daughter.
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Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj Singh is a politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly from Noida, Uttar Pradesh from BJP.
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Rajnath Singh is a devout Hindu and a religious man and is known for soft-spoken behaviour.