Surender Singh (15 November 1946 - 31 March 2005) was an Indian politician from the

Haryana Vikas Party Haryana Vikas Party (HVP) (translation: Haryana Development Party) was a political party in the Indian state of Haryana. Its president was Bansi Lal and general secretary Chaudhary Surender Singh. After parted company with Congress in 1996, B ...

and twice (1996, 1998) represented Bhiwani constituency in the Lok Sabha, was a Rajya Sabha member 1986–1992, and twice represented

Tosham Tosham is a town and a Gram Panchayat on the foot of Tosham Hill range in Bhiwani district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Haryana. It has been awarded the title of "Adarsh Village". It is situated in the foothill of Tosha ...

in Haryana Vidhan Sabha. His widow won the Tosham by-poll caused by his death.

Education

He was educated at

Panjab University Panjab University (PU) is an Indian collegiate public state university located in Chandigarh. Funded through both State and Union governments, it is considered a state university. It traces its origins to the University of the Punjab in Lahor ...

Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...

and completed his Master of Arts and Bachelor of Law.

Profession

Advocate and agriculturist, he was son of former Haryana Chief Minister

Bansi Lal Bansi Lal Legha (26 August 1927 – 28 March 2006), also known as Chaudhary Bansi Lal, was an Indian politician and independence activist, who served as the Minister of Defence of India and three-time Chief Minister of Haryana. He is also kno ...

Positions held

1971-73 General-Secretary, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.), Bhiwani 1973-77 Treasurer,

Indian Youth Congress The Indian Youth Congress is the youth wing of the Indian National Congress party. The Indian Youth Congress was a department of the Indian National Congress from the period just after the Partition of India in 1947 until the late 1960s. Whil ...

1977-86 Member, Haryana

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, also known as the Vidhan Sabha or the Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in each of the states and certain union territories of India. Members of the legislative assembly are often directly elected to serve fiv ...

1982-83 Cabinet Minister, Agriculture and Wildlife Preservation, Haryana 1986-92 Member,

Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parliament of India and functions as the institutional representation of India’s federal units — the states and union territories.https://rajyasabha.nic.in/ It is a key component o ...

Member, Committee on Petitions Member, House Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence 1989-90 Member, Public Accounts Committee 1996 Elected to 11th

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

1996-97 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development Member, Railway Convention Committee Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Ministry of Environment and Forests Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence 1998 Re-elected to 12th

Lok Sabha (2nd term) The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-th ...

1998-99 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation Member, Committee on Public Undertakings Member, Committee on Communications its Sub Committee 'A' on Department of Telecom Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation

Special interests

Travelling, participation in the youth activities; including: sports, cultural activities and debates.

Favourite pastimes and recreation

Reading and sports

Sports and clubs

Outstanding sportsman during college days, keen interest in cricket

Countries visited

Canada, Finland, France, Switzerland, US and the former USSR; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to UK, 1998

Other information

He also held positions including President, Bar Association, Bhiwani, 1970–71, chairman, (i) Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana; (ii) Bar Council of

Punjab and Haryana High Court Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 Pe ...

, Chandigarh, 1978 and 1980–82; Member (i) Executive Council,

Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (KUK) is a university established on 11January 1956 in Kurukshetra, in the Indian state of Haryana, from the capital, Delhi. It is a member of Association of Commonwealth Universities. History The univers ...

; (ii) Executive Committee, C.R. Jat College, Hissar; (iii) Executive Committee,

Indian Olympic Association The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) or Indian Olympic Committee (IOC) (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bhāratīya Olaṃpika Saṃgha'') is responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international spor ...

; (iv)

All India Congress Committee The All India Congress Committee (AICC) is the presidium or the central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress. It is composed of members elected from States and union territories of India, state-level Pradesh Congress Commit ...

(Indira); and (v)

Pradesh Congress Committee A Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) is the state-level unit of the Indian National Congress. It is responsible for the organization and management of the party's activities in a particular state of India. The PCC is made up of a president and s ...

(Indira), Haryana.

Death

On 31 March 2005 Singh aged 59, died along with noted industrialist and Power Minister

Om Prakash Jindal Om Prakash Jindal (7 August 1930 – 31 March 2005), also known as O. P. Jindal, was an Indian industrialist and politician. He was the founder of the OP Jindal Group, a major steel and power conglomerate. Early life and education Jindal ...

, in a chopper crash during an emergency landing in

Saharanpur Saharanpur is a city and a Municipal corporation (India), municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the public administration, administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district. Saharanpur city's name was given after the Sain ...

district of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

. He was survived by his wife

Kiran Choudhry Kiran Choudhary (born 5 June 1955) is an Indian politician from Haryana, who is serving as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha with the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2024. She is a five-time former Member of the legislative assembly of Del ...

and daughter

Shruti Choudhry Shruti Choudhry (born 3 October 1975) is an Indian politician from Haryana belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Since October 2024, she has been serving as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Haryana after being elected as a Member of t ...

References

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