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Biography
Son of Raja Sir Padam Singh of Bushehr; born at Sarahan, District Shimla on 23rd June, 1934; B.A. (Hons), M.A.; educated at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla and St. Stephen’s College, Delhi; married; Agriculturist and Horticulturist.
Honorary Captain in the Indian Army; associated with various cultural & social organizations including President of Sanskrit Sahitya Sammelan and Friends of Soviet Union Society (H.P. State Branch).
Elected Member, Lok Sabha in 1962, 1967, 1972 and in 1980; member of Indian Delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations, 1976; remained Deputy Minister, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Govt. of India from December 1976 to March 1977; Minister of State for Industries, Government of India from September 1982 to April 1983.
Elected to the State Legislative Assembly from Jubbal-Kotkhai Constituency, twice (first on 5th October, 1983 in a by-election and again in 1985 general elections) before being elected from a nearby Rohru Constituency in 1990, 1993, 1998 and 2003.
Chief Minister of the State, April 1983 to March 1990 and December 1993 to March 1998; Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, March 1998 to March 2003. Sworn in as Chief Minister again on 6th March, 2003.
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