Rajnath Ram Badan Singh is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party who currently serves as the Home Minister. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as a Cabinet Minister in the Vajpayee Government.
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Rajnath Singh was born on July 10, 1951 to a family of farmers in a village called Bhabhaura in Chandauli District of Uttar Pradesh. His father was Shri Rambadan Singh and mother was Smt. Gujarati Devi. He completed his basic education in his village and thereafter finished his master's degree in Physics with first division from Gorakhpur University of Uttar Pradesh. Rajnath Singh worked at the K.B. Post Graduate College at Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, as a lecturer in Physics. He is married to Savitri Singh and the couple have two sons and one daughter. In 1964, at a very early age of 13, Rajnath Singh got associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and continued the association even while he was working as lecturer in K. B. Post Graduate College at Mirzapur. Rajnath Singh held major positions as a young cadet of RSS. He was the organisational secretary of the Gorakhpur unit of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) from 1969 to 1971. ABVP is the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Rajnath Singh became the General Secretary of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Mirzapur in 1972. In 1974, he was appointed as secretary of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh's Mirzapur unit.
Political Journey of Rajnath Singh :-
He became the Bharatiya Jana Sangh for the Mirzapur unit in 1974. The Bharatiya Jan Sangh was a precursor to the present Bharatiya Janata Party.
In 1975, he was the District President of Jan Sangh and District Coordinator of the JP Movement.
Rajnath Singh was arrested during the Emergency and imprisoned for 18 months.
He was elected as MLA in Uttar Pradesh State Assembly in 1977.
He was the Bharatiya Janata Party’s State Secretary in Uttar Pradesh in 1983.
In 1984, he was the State President of Bharatiya Janata Party's Youth Wing.
Rajnath Singh became National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party's Youth Wing in 1986.
He was the National President of Bharatiya Janata Party's Youth Wing in 1988.
He was elected Member of Legislative Council for Uttar Pradesh in 1988.
From 1991 to 1992, he served as the Education Minister of the first BJP government in Uttar Pradesh. During his tenure, he implemented the Anti Copying Act and introduced Vedic Mathematics in the syllabus. He also introduced changes in various history textbooks.
From 1994 to 1999, Rajnath Singh became a member of the Rajya Sabha. Also, in 1994 he served as the Chief Whip of Bharatiya Janata Party in Rajya Sabha