Virbhadra Singh

Virbhadra Singh (23 June 1934 – 8 July 2021) was an Indian politician. He was the longest-serving and 4th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. He was the Chief Minister from 2012 to 2017 before being replaced by BJP's Jai Ram Thakur in December 2017. He also was Chief Minister from 1983 to 1990, from 1993 to 1998 and from 2003 to 2007. He was an elected member of the Lok Sabha in 1962, 1967, 1971, 1980 and in 2009. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. 

Early life
Virbhadra Singh was born at Sarahan, Shimla district on 23 June 1934. He was born in a royal family of the princely state of Bushahr.

Singh studied at Colonel Brown Cambridge School, Dehradun, St. Edward's School, Shimla and Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. He later got a BA Honours degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.

He married Ratna Kumari in May 1954. The couple's daughter Abhilasha Kumari is a former judge.

In 1986, he was married for the second time, to Pratibha Singh. His second wife was elected to Lok Sabha in 2004. 

Death
Sign was hospitalized with COVID-19 in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh in June 2021. He died from the infection on 8 July 2021, aged 87.

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Category:1934 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India
Category:Members of the Lok Sabha
Category:People from Himachal Pradesh