|
Names |
VIRBHADRA SINGH |
| Date of
Birth |
June 23, 1934 |
| Identity |
Indian Politician
from Himachal Pradesh |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- April 08, 1983: He took
over as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
- March 05, 1990: He retired
as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
- December 03, 1993: He took
over as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
- March 24, 1998: He retired
as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
- March 06, 2003: He took
over as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
- December 30, 2007: He
retired as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
- May 28, 2009: He took over
as the Minister of Steel, Govt of India.
- August 03, 2009: A legal
case was registered against him and his wife by the
Anti-Corruption Bureau of Himachal Pradesh.
- January 18, 2011: He
retired as the Minister of Steel, Govt of India.
- January 19, 2011: He took
over as the Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises,
Govt of India.
- June 26, 2012: He resigned
from the Union Cabinet as a consequence of corruption
charges being pressed against him.
- December 25, 2012: He took
over as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. The couple
was also acquitted of all corruption charges.
- 2015: Central Bureau of
Investigation filed a case against Singh and his family for
owning assets to the tune of Rs. 6.1 crore disproportionate
to his known sources of income.
- September 26, 2015:
Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) raided 11 properties
of Virbhadra Singh to probe the charges of accumulating
disproportionate assets.
-
October 26, 2015:
Supreme Court of India turned down a CBI plea seeking stay
against an earlier order issued by Himachal Pradesh High
Court granting protection from arrest and other relief to
him and his wife in a disproportionate assets case.
- April 03, 2017:
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached a farmhouse in
Delhi belonging to his family. The farmhouse, worth around
Rs 27 crore, was attached under the Prevention of Money
Laundering Act (PMLA).
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|
General |
- The longest-serving Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
- He was an elected member of the Lok Sabha in 1962, 1967,
1972, 1980 and in 2009.
- He is a member of the Indian National Congress.
- His wife, Pratibha Singh, was also a politician and a
Lok Sabha member from Mandi.
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