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Doctor Digamber Singh | |
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| दिगम्बर सिंह | |
 Singh in 2016 | |
| Chairman of the Twenty Point Programme | |
| In office 3 May 2015 - 27 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Vasundhara Raje |
| Succeeded by | Chandrabhan (INC) |
| Cabinet Minister Panchayati Raj, Social Justice, Law and Agriculture, Government of Rajasthan | |
| In office 8 August 2016 - 27 October 2017 | |
| Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan | |
| In office 2013 - 2015 | |
| Cabinet Minister for Industries, Government of Rajasthan | |
| In office 2008 - 2009 | |
| Succeeded by | Shanti Dhariwal, INC |
| Cabinet Minister for Health, Ayurveda and Family Welfare, Government of Rajasthan | |
| In office 2003 - 2008 | |
| Succeeded by | Narpat Singh Rajvi, BJP |
| Member of Legislative Assembly, Kumher | |
| In office 1993 - 2013 | |
| Succeeded by | Vishvendra Singh, INC |
| Constituency | Deeg-Kumher |
| President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatpur | |
| In office 1991 - 1994 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1951 Barkhera Faujdar, Bharatpur, Rajasthan |
| Died | 27 October 2017 (aged 66) Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
| Resting place | Dr. Digamber Singh ‘Samadhi’, Bharatpur, Rajasthan |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Asha Singh[1] |
| Children | 2; Dr. Shilpi Singh (daughter) and Shailesh Digamber Singh (Son) |
| Parent | Ramkali Devi (Mother) Jawahar Singh (Father) |
| Residence(s) | ‘Bharatpur House’, 354-55, Hanuman Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan |
| Education | SN Medical College |
| Profession | Gynaecologist |
| Cabinet | First Raje Ministry |
| Committees | Business Advisory Committee, 1998 - 2003; as Chairman, 2003 - 2009.
Committee on Welfare of Women & Children, 2003 - 2008. Committee on Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions, 2008 - 2013. Committee on Public Accounts, as Chairman, 2008 - 2013. |
| Awards | Lohagarh Sapoot Award 2006 |
Digamber Singh (1 October 1951 – 27 October 2017)[2] was an Indian politician, who served as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Rajasthan.[3] Singh spent over two decades as a Member of the Legislative Assembly,[4] representing the Kumher Assembly constituency, later renamed as Deeg-Kumher.[5][6] He held numerous imperative Cabinet portfolios in the Government of Rajasthan, including Minister of Health,[4][3] Ayurveda, Family Welfare and from 2009 onwards as the Minister of Industries.[7]
He was the Chairman of the Twenty Point Programme and held additional charges of the Ministries of Panchayati raj, Law, Agriculture and Social justice in the Government of Rajasthan.[8] A prominent Jat leader, Singh was considered the face of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Eastern Rajasthan.
- ^ "नहीं रहीं स्व. डॉ दिगंबर सिंह की धर्मपत्नी आशा सिंह, अंत्येष्टि में शामिल हुए कई भाजपा नेता" [BJP leader late Digamber Singh wife Asha Singh died in Bharatpur]. Patrika News (in Hindi). 31 August 2021. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Former Rajasthan minister Digamber Singh passes away". 27 October 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ a b Bohra, Sanjay (13 November 2017). "BJP looks for prominent Jat leaders in Rajasthan". The Asian Age. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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- ^ "राज्य सरकार ने दिगंबर सिंह को बनाया बीसूका उपाध्यक्ष, कैबिनेट मंत्री का दर्जा | Digambar singh became bisuka in jaipur - Dainik Bhaskar". Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.