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Pujya Tan Singh Ji (25 January 1924 - 7 December 1979) was an Indian politician who served as the member of the
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, the lower house of the parliament for two terms. He founded Shri Kshatriya Yuvak Sangh, an organisation for young
Rajput Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...
s. Previously he was a
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of Rajasthan state.


Early life

Tan Singh ji was born on 25 January 1924 in Nanihal Bairsiala (
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). Taneraj was his childhood name. His father's name was Thakur Balwant Singh Mahecha and his mother's name was Mrs. Moti Kanwar Sodha. His father died only 4 years after his birth. He was married to Smt Bairaj Kanwar.https://thinq360.com/bairaj-kanwar


Political career

After becoming a
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, Tan Singh came to Barmer again and he started advocating here. In the year 1949, he was appointed as the first chairman of Barmer Municipality. In the 1952 elections, Tan Singh was elected to the first Legislative Assembly of
Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...
from Barmer. He was re-elected as an MLA in the year 1957. In 1962, Barmer got only Rs 9000 from
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’s largest constituency. MPs were elected by spending. Lost the 1967 election, then started his own business and also provided employment to many of his colleagues. Re-elected MP in the year 1977. Tan Singh also joined the movement against the ban on
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after Gandhiji’s assassination in the year 1948 and also got voluntary arrest.


Social work

Tansingh ji became very sensitive about the condition and direction of the society. Seeing the deteriorating direction of the society, he became very worried and he collected such people who want to work for the society. On the night of
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of 1946, he laid the foundation of an organization called Shri Kshatriya Yuvak Sangh, which became a milestone for
Rajput Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...
society.


Death

He died on 7 December 1979.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Tan 1924 births 1979 deaths India MPs 1962–1967 India MPs 1977–1979 Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan People from Barmer, Rajasthan Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad politicians Janata Party politicians Swatantra Party politicians Rajasthan MLAs 1952–1957 Rajasthan MLAs 1957–1962 Rajasthan MLAs 1962–1967