Arjun Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)

Arjun Singh
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 3 April 2000 (2000-04-03) – 4 March 2011 (2011-03-04)
Constituency	Madhya Pradesh
Minister of Human Resource Development
In office 22 May 2004 (2004-05-22) – 22 May 2009 (2009-05-22)
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Murli Manohar Joshi
Succeeded by	Kapil Sibal
In office 23 June 1991 (1991-06-23) – 24 December 1994 (1994-12-24)
Prime Minister	Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao
Preceded by	Rajmangal Pandey
Succeeded by	Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao
Leader of the House in Lok Sabha
In office July 10, 1991 (1991-07-10) – November 20, 1991 (1991-11-20)
Prime Minister	Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao
Preceded by	Chandra Shekhar
Succeeded by	Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1991 (1991)–1996 (1996)
Preceded by	Sukhendra Singh
Succeeded by	Sukhlal Kushwaha
Constituency	Satna
In office 1985 (1985)–1988 (1988)
Preceded by	Lalit Maken
Succeeded by	Constituency vacant
Constituency	South Delhi
12th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
In office 14 February 1988 (1988-02-14) – 23 January 1989 (1989-01-23)
Preceded by	Motilal Vora
Succeeded by	Motilal Vora
In office 9 June 1980 (1980-06-09) – 12 March 1985 (1985-03-12)
Preceded by	President's rule
Succeeded by	Motilal Vora
Minister of Communications
In office 22 October 1986 (1986-10-22) – 13 February 1988 (1988-02-13)
Prime Minister	Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by	Ram Niwas Mirdha
Succeeded by	Vasant Sathe
Minister of Commerce
In office 15 November 1985 (1985-11-15) – 20 January 1986 (1986-01-20)
Prime Minister	Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by	Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Succeeded by	Punjala Shiv Shankar
16th Governor of Punjab
In office 14 March 1985 (1985-03-14) – 14 November 1985 (1985-11-14)
President	Giani Zail Singh
Preceded by	Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala
Succeeded by	Hokishe Sema
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1990 (1990)–1991 (1991)
Preceded by	Ajay Singh
Succeeded by	Ajay Singh
Constituency	Churhat
In office 1988 (1988)–1990 (1990)
Preceded by	Laxmi Patel
Succeeded by	Nand Kumar Patel
Constituency	Kharsia
In office 1977 (1977)–1985 (1985)
Preceded by	Chandra Pratap Tiwari
Succeeded by	Ajay Singh
Constituency	Churhat
In office 1972 (1972)–1977 (1977)
Preceded by	KP Singh
Succeeded by	Indrajeet Patel
Constituency	Sidhi
In office 1967 (1967)–1972 (1972)
Preceded by	Ranvijaya Pratap Singh
Succeeded by	Ranvijaya Pratap Singh
Constituency	Umaria
In office 1957 (1957)–1967 (1967)
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency dissolved
Constituency	Majholi
Personal details
Born	(1930-11-05)5 November 1930 Churhat, Bagelkhand Agency, British India
Died	4 March 2011(2011-03-04) (aged 80) New Delhi, India
Political party	Independent (1957-1960) Indian National Congress (1960-1996, 1998-2011) All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) (1996-1998)
Spouse	Saroj Kumari
Children	Ajay Singh Abhimanyu Singh Veena Singh
Alma mater	Allahabad University

Arjun Singh (5 November 1930 – 4 March 2011) was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress, who served twice as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in the 1980s. He also served twice as the Union Minister of Human Resource Development, in the Manmohan Singh and P. V. Narasimha Rao ministries.

He is widely remembered for introducing 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes in educational institutions including IITs, NITs, IIMs, AIIMS and IISc, with the 93rd Constitutional Amendment and Central Educational Institutions(CEIs) (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006.^[1]