Tribhuvan Narain Singh

Tribhuvan Narain Singh
7th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
In office
18 October 1970 – 3 April 1971
Governor Bezawada Gopala Reddy
Preceded by President's rule
Succeeded by Kamalapati Tripathi
10th Governor of West Bengal
In office
1979–1981
Preceded by Anthony Lancelot Dias
Succeeded by Bhairab Dutt Pande
Member of the Indian Parliament
for Chandauli
In office
1952–1962
Preceded by none
(Member of First Parliament)
Succeeded by Bal Krishna Singh
Personal details
Born (1904-08-08)8 August 1904
Varanasi, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British Raj
(now India)
Died 3 August 1982(1982-08-03) (aged 77)
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Tribhuvan Narain Singh (8 August 1904 – 3 August 1982) was an Indian politician and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He remained Chief Minister from 18 October 1970 till 4 April 1971. Singh later served as Governor of West Bengal from the late 1970s until 1981.[1] He was born and died in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He also served as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and as Union Minister of Industry and Steel.[2]

Political career

A graduate from Kashi Vidyapeeth, He was a member of first and second Lok Sabha, lower house of Indian Parliament from Chandauli constituency.[3]

In October 1970, Sanyukta Vikas Dal was formed by Organization Congress, Jan Sangh and Swatantra Party and Bharatiya Kranti Dal, thus gaining majority in Uttar Pradesh house Assembly. They selected T. N. Singh of Congress (O) to be their leader and thus he became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.[4] He was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from October 1970 to April 1971. One case, namely Har Sharan Verma vs Tribhuvan Narain Singh was decided by a constitutional bench of the Supreme Court in 1971. In that case, the petitioner challenged the appointment of T N Singh as chief minister of UP as at the time of his appointment he was not a member of the legislature of UP. The petitioner contended that Art. 164(4) should be confined to a case where a minister who is a member of the legislature of the state loses his seat. The idea behind Art. 164(4), he argued, was to give him a period of six months to get himself re-elected. He further contended that Art. 164(4) applied only to a minister and not to the chief minister. The constitutional bench of the Supreme Court, after referring to the constituent assembly debates, English practices and to similar provisions in the Australian constitution and South African constitution of 1909, concluded that Art. 164(4) allows a person to be appointed chief minister, who at the time of such appointment is not a member of the legislature of the state concerned. Tribhuvan Narain Singh hence, became the first Chief Minister to be appointed without being a member of either house of the state legislature.Ram Prakash Gupta is only the second person to become chief minister of Uttar Pradesh after Tribhuvan Narain Singh (in October 1970) without being a member of either house of the state legislature.

He also served as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and as Union Minister of Industry and Steel. Singh later served as Governor of West Bengal from the late 1970s until 1981.

Positions held

Tribhuvan Narain Singh was a member of the planning commission for drafting of the Third Five Year Plan.[5]

He also served as the Chancellor of the Calcutta University from the year 1977 to 1980, as Governor of Bengal is Chancellor of the Calcutta University. He was preceded by Anthony Lancelot Dias and succeeded by Bhairab Datt Pande.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Raj Bhavan is not just a heritage building. Rajbhavankolkata.gov.in. Retrieved on 2014-05-21.
  2. ↑ Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh. Indian Express (2007-05-15). Retrieved on 2014-05-21.
  3. ↑ Archived 10 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Contemporary Indian Politics By S.K. Khanna pp 121
  5. ↑ Planning Commission, Government of India : Five Year Plans. Planningcommission.nic.in. Retrieved on 2014-05-21.
  6. ↑ http://www.caluniv.ac.in/convocation/Convocation%20mod.pdf

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Political offices
Preceded by
President's Rule
Administered by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh,
Dr Bezwada Gopala Reddy
title/post previously held by-
Charan Singh		 Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
18 October 1970 – 4 April 1971 		Succeeded by
Kamalapati Tripathi
Government offices
Preceded by
Anthony Lancelot Dias		 Governor of West Bengal
6 November 1977 – 11 September 1981 		Succeeded by
Bhairab Dutt Pande
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