Digvijay Singh (Bihar politician)

Digvijay Singh
Union Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance
In office 21 November 1990 – 22 December 1991
Prime Minister	Chandra Shekhar
Union Deputy Minister, Ministry of External Affairs
In office 28 November 1990 – 22 June 1991
Prime Minister	Chandra Shekhar
Union Minister of State, Ministry of Railways
In office 13 October 1999 – 21 July 2001
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Bangaru Laxman
Succeeded by	O. Rajagopal
Union Minister of State, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
In office 22 July 2001 – 31 August 2001
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Union Minister of State, Ministry of Railways
In office 1 September 2001 – 30 June 2002
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	O. Rajagopal
Succeeded by	Bandaru Dattatreya
Union Minister of State, Ministry of External Affairs
In office 1 July 2002 – 22 May 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Personal details
Born	(1955-11-14)14 November 1955 Gidhaur, Bihar, India
Died	24 June 2010(2010-06-24) (aged 54) London, England
Spouse	Putul Kumari
Children	Two Daughters (Mansi Singh) and (Shreyasi Singh)
Residence(s)	Gidhaur, Bihar
Alma mater	Patna University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and University of Tokyo
As of 2015-06-24 Source: [1]

Digvijay Singh (14 November 1955 – 24 June 2010) was an Indian politician from the state of Bihar, and an associate of George Fernandes of Janata Dal and later Samata Party, now led by Uday Mandal its President.^[1] He represented Banka in the Lok Sabha a few times. He was elected to Rajya Sabha twice. He died on 24 June 2010 in London after suffering a brain haemorrhage.

He served as a Union Minister of State in the Chandra Shekhar Government (1990–1991) and later in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee led National Democratic Alliance Government (1999–2004). He had also served as the President of National Rifle Association of India since 1999.