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Sardar Buta Singh

Buta Singh
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Minister of Home Affairs
In office
1986–1989
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of AgricultureMinister of Rural Development
In office
1984–1986
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
Governor of Bihar
In office
2004–2006
Chairman National Commission for Scheduled Castes
In office
2007–2010
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Sports
In office
1982–1984
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Chairman Asian Games Special Organizing Committee
In office
1981–1982
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Minister of Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
In office
1995–1996
Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao
Personal details
Born (1934-03-21) 21 March 1934 (age 82)
Mustafapur, Jalandhar district, Punjab
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Manjit Kaur
Children Arvinder Singh Lovely
Residence 11-A Teen Murti Marg New Delhi

Buta Singh (born 21 March 1934) is an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. He was the Union Home Minister of India, Governor of Bihar and more recently was chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes from 2007-2010.

Buta Singh was born on 21 March 1934 in the village of Mustafapur in Jalandhar district, Punjab, British India. He was educated at Lyallpur Khalsa College in Jalandhar, from where he was awarded a B.A. (Hons), and at Guru Nanak Khalsa College in Bombay, where he earned a M.A. Singh then gained a Ph.D. from Bundelkhand University. He married Manjit Kaur in 1964; the couple had three children.

He worked as journalist before joining politics. He fought his first elections as an Akali Dal member and joined the Indian National Congress in the late 1960s at the time when that party was split.

Buta Singh was first elected to the Indian Parliament from the Sadhna constituency. He has been involved with the Congress party since Jawaharlal Nehru was Prime Minister and he was close to former Indian Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He has been elected eight times as a member of the Lok Sabha in 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 12th and 13th Lok Sabha. He became General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary (1978-1980), Home Minister of India and later Governor of Bihar (2004-2006). Other portfolios that he has held include those for railways, commerce, parliamentary affairs, sports, shipping, agriculture, communications and housing. He was chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (ranked as Cabinet Minister) from 2007-2010.


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