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Rajnath Singh

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  • Born 10 July 1951
  • Age 73
  • Birth Place Bhabhaura, Uttar Pradesh India
  • Profession Politician, Lecturer
  • Political Party Bharatiya Janata Party
  • In Office Deputy Leader Of The House, Lok Sabha 30 May 2019 - 4 June 2024, 25th Union Minister Of Home Affairs 26 May 2014 - 30 May 2019, 8th National President Of Bharatiya Janata Party 24 January 2013 - 8 July 2014, 27th Union Minister Of Agriculture 24 May 2003 - 22 May 2004, 19th Chief Minister Of Uttar Pradesh 28 October 2000 - 8 March 2002, 34th Union Minister Of Road Transport & Highways 22 November 1999 - 27 October 2000, Member Of Parliament, Rajya Sabha 26 November 2002 - 25 November 2008, 4th National President Of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha 1988-1990
  • Residence 17, Akbar Road, New Delhi

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rajnath singh BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 20 Jan 2025
Rajnath Singh, one of the key leaders of the BJP and currently the Union Defence Minister, has had a long political career spanning several decades. Rajnath Singh's political journey began in the early 1970s when he became associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). His strong ideological...

rajnath singh PERSONAL LIFE

Father Rambadan Singh
Mother Gujrati Devi
Spouse Savitri Singh ​(1971), ​
Children 3, including Pankaj Singh
Education M.Sc. in Physics

POSITIONS HELD BY Rajnath Singh

Position Tenure
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1977 - 1980
Minister of Home Affairs 26 May 2014 - 30 May 2019
Member of the 16th Lok Sabha 26 May 2014 - 24 May 2019
Member of the 15th Lok Sabha 2009 - 2014
Member of the 17th Lok Sabha 30 May 2019 - Present
Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare 24 May 2003 - 22 May 2004
Minister of Defence (India) 31 May 2019 - Present
Minister of Road Transport and Highways 22 November 1999 - 27 October 2000
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh 28 October 2000 - 8 March 2002
Member of the Lok Sabha 2024 - Present

RAJNATH SINGH NEWS

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at GSV convocation: ‘Logistics management was deciding factor in the success of Operation Sindoor’

July 28, 2025 2:10 am

Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya was established as a central university under the Ministry of Railways in 2022.

Pahalgam civilians targeted for their dharma, terrorists killed for their karma: Rajnath in Hyderabad

July 04, 2025 9:41 pm

Rajnath Singh was speaking at an event that was organised as part of the 128th birth anniversary celebrations of freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju.

‘Bihar was deliberately kept backward’: In Patna, Rajnath targets Lalu

July 03, 2025 6:50 am

“In Laluji’s jungle raj, this land became a laboratory for crime and terror. Where once the Constitution’s voice was heard, the sound of gunfire echoed instead,” Rajnath Singh said.

After delay, India may get 1st batch of Apache choppers from US by July-end

July 03, 2025 4:26 am

In 2020, India and the United States signed a contract to procure six additional Apache helicopters for the Army, following a contract to procure 22 helicopters for the Indian Air Force in 2015. All 22 helicopters for the IAF have been delivered.

India and US to sign defence framework when Rajnath Singh, his American counterpart Pete Hegseth meet next

July 03, 2025 7:21 am

The US Department of Defence said Hegseth noted at the meeting that Trump and Modi had set a “strong foundation for our relationship, which we’re building on here today: productive, pragmatic and realistic”.

Rajnath tells Hegseth to speed up GE jet engine delivery, Apache copters

July 02, 2025 3:58 am

Rajnath Singh also thanked the United States for its "unwavering support" to India’s counter-terrorism efforts

The world this week | SCO silent on Pahalgam terror attack; uncertainty looms large amid tenuous Israel-Iran ceasefire; India, US hold final round of trade talks

July 06, 2025 9:26 am

From India refusing to sign the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s draft joint statement, and Iran hinting at suspending cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog to New Delhi and Washington seeking to finalise a trade deal ahead of the July 9 deadline, and Rwanda and Congo signing a peace deal, a lot has happened in the world this week.

‘Some countries use cross-border terrorism as instrument of policy… shelter terrorists’: Rajnath Singh at SCO meet

June 26, 2025 9:47 am

Rajnath Singh at SCO Summit: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, addressing the SCO Defence Ministers' meeting in China, outlined India's firm stance against terrorism while speaking about Operation Sindoor.

Rajnath, Doval likely to visit China to attend SCO meeting

June 23, 2025 7:52 am

China is the host of the SCO leaders’ Summit in Tianjin, and these meetings are preparatory for the leaders’ meeting to be hosted by President Xi Jinping

Defence Ministry kicks off overhaul of acquisition procedure as big-ticket, indigenous military buys take centrestage

June 20, 2025 8:01 am

The move comes at a time the government has upped big-ticket military procurements, prioritising those made indigenously.

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