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Her
Excellency Smt. Urmila Singh
Governor of Himachal Pradesh |
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Date of Birth: |
6th August, 1946 at Fingeshwar, Raipur (Chhatisgarh)
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Permanent Residence:
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Village Ghurwada, Tehsil Lakhnadaun, District
Seoni, Madhya Pradesh
Phone: 07690-288018
69, New MLA-MP Colony, Jawahar Chowk, Bhopal,
Madhya Pradesh
Phone: 0755-2777477, Mobile : 09425011124
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Official Residence: |
Raj Bhawan, Shimla-171
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Phone: 0177-2624152-53-54, 0177- 2624451/2624840, 0177-2624440,0177-2624814,
0177-2624294 |
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Family Background: |
Born in a family of Freedom fighters of
Gondwana and social reformers in village Fingeshwar in Raipur district
erstwhile Madhya Pradesh (Now in Chhattisgarh) |
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Grand-Grand Daughter of Shaheed Raja Natwar
Singh alias Lalla Shah of Hridaypur in Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh
who was hanged by the Britishers. Other members of the family were sent to
Kalapani (life imprisonment) in exile. |
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Daughter- in- law of late Rani Shyam Kurnari
Devi, widow of Shri Virendera Bahadur Singh, Both remained MPs or MLAs
throughout their life. |
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Spouse: |
Late Shri Virendra Bahadur Singh |
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Sons & Daughters: |
(i) Shri Yogendra Singh
(ii) Shri Dharmendra Singh
(iii) Smt. Rachna Sodhi |
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Education: |
B.A., L.L.B. (I) |
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Government Appointments: |
Member of Legislative
Assembly from Ghansaur (Seoni) Madhya Pradesh (1985-90,
1990-98 and 1998-2003).
Minister of State for Finance and Dairy Development, Madhya Pradesh (1993-95).
President, Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (1996-98).
Minister for Social Welfare and Tribal Welfare Departments, Madhya Pradesh
(1998-2003).
Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, a Constitutional
Commission set up under Article 338A of the Constitution (18 June, 2007) to 24
Januray, 2010. |
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Assignments in Social
and Community work: |
Chairperson, Madhya Pradesh State
Social Welfare Board, Bhopal (1988-89)
Member, Central Social Welfare Board, Bhopal (1978-90.
Member, MP Scheduled Castes Welfare Advisory Committee, Bhopal (1978-80).
Member National Food and Nutrition Board, Bhopal (1986-88).
Founder President of Ujjain Citizen Forum since, 1988.
President Madhya Pradesh Organization for Tribal Women since 1993.
Associated with several other Social voluntary organizations of Madhya
Pradesh. |
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Assumed the Office of the Governor of Himachal
Pradesh on 25th January 2010. |
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