Kalyan Singh

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kalyan Singh

• Before entering politics, he was a full-time volunteer for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

• After receiving higher education, Kalyan Singh got the job of teaching.

• During the time of National Emergency in 1975, he was arrested and remained in jail for 21 months.

• When the Babri mosque was demolished, he was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He resigned the post of Chief Minister. He did not allow police officers to shoot karsevaks. He took the moral responsibility for the event.

• Whenever he became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, he stopped cheating in the board examinations. Anti-Copying Act, 1992, was implemented by his government in 1992.

• When BJP came into power in 1997, he became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and his government insisted that primary classes should begin the day with the worship of Bharat Mata and Vande Mataram.

• He was removed from the office of the Chief Minister on 21 February 1998 when Naresh Agarwal withdrew his support to Kalyan Singh’s government. Governor Romesh Bhandari dismissed Kalyan Singh’s government and invited Jagdambika Pal to form the new government. However, Allahabad High Court did not allow this form of government and Naresh Agarwal had to return to BJP, Kalyan Singh proved his majority in the assembly and formed the government.

  

• His son Rajveer Singh is also a politician and has been elected as a member of Parliament in the 2014 general elections.

• His grandson Sandeep Kumar Singh is also a politician and Minister of State for Education in the Yogi Adityanath government.

  

• He was honoured with Padma Vibhushan (posthumous) under the category Public Affairs, Uttar Pradesh.