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Digvijaya Singh | |
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.jpg) Singh in 2020 | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 10 April 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Raghunandan Sharma |
| Constituency | Madhya Pradesh |
| 14th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh | |
| In office 7 December 1993 – 8 December 2003 | |
| Preceded by | President's rule |
| Succeeded by | Uma Bharati |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Pandit Vasantkumar Ramkrishna |
| Succeeded by | Pyarelal Khandelwal |
| Constituency | Rajgarh |
| In office 1991–1994 | |
| Preceded by | Pyarelal Khandelwal |
| Succeeded by | Lakshman Singh |
| Constituency | Rajgarh |
| Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1998–2008 | |
| Preceded by | Lakshman Singh |
| Succeeded by | Mool Singh |
| Constituency | Raghogarh[1][2] |
| In office 1994–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Shivnarayan Meena |
| Succeeded by | Shivnarayan Meena |
| Constituency | Chachoura[3] |
| In office 1977–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Harlal Shakyawar |
| Succeeded by | Mool Singh |
| Constituency | Raghogarh[4][5] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 February 1947 Indore, Holkar State, British India (now in Madhya Pradesh, India) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouses | Asha Digvijaya Singh
(m. 1969; died 2013)Amrita Rai (m. 2015) |
| Children | 5, including Jaivardhan Singh |
| Alma mater | Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS) Indore |
| Profession | Politician, agriculturist[6] |
| Website | DigvijayaSingh.in |
| Nickname | Diggi Raja[7][8] |
Digvijaya Singh (born 28 February 1947) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 2014. He is a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and Ex-General Secretary of the Indian National Congress party's All India Congress Committee.[9] Previously, he had served as the 14th and 15th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, a central Indian state, in two terms from 1993 to 1998 and from 1998 to 2003. Prior to that he was a minister in Chief Minister Arjun Singh's cabinet between 1980 and 1984. In 2019 Indian general election he was defeated by Pragya Singh Thakur for Bhopal Lok Sabha seat.[10]
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1998". elections.in. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2003". elections.in. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1993". elections.in. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1977". elections.in. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1980". elections.in. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Member's Profile, 10th Lok Sabhawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Noronha, Rahul (12 April 2018). "Diggi raja is back". India Today. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ ANI (13 May 2019). "'Diggi Raja' misleading first-time voters by not voting, claims PM". Business Standard India. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Biography of Digvijaya Singh". Office of Digvijaya Singh. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2019". ECI. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.