V. K. Singh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Indian politician and former army general
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Place of Birth: Bhiwani, Haryana, India
About V. K. Singh
- General Vijay Kumar Singh, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC,MP (born 10 May 1951) is an Indian politician and a retired four star general in the Indian Army.
- Since May 30, 2019, he is serving as the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways in the Second Modi ministry.
- Prior to this, he served as Minister of State for External Affairs in the First Modi ministry, as well as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of the North-Eastern Region. During his military career, Singh served as the 23rd Chief of the Army Staff from 2010 to 2012.
- He became the first serving Indian military Chief of Staff to take the Government of India to court, with regard to a dispute over his date of birth and subsequent retirement. After his retirement from the military, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2014 and was elected Member of Parliament of the Lok Sabha in the 2014 Indian general elections; from the Ghaziabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh.
- He was re-elected in 2019. He has written an autobiography, Courage and Conviction.
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