Bachi Singh Rawat

Bachi Singh Rawat
Bachi Singh Rawat
MP
	In office; 1996-2009
Succeeded by	Pradeep Tamta
Constituency	Almora
Personal details
Born	1 August 1949; Almora, Uttarakhand
Died	18 April 2021 (aged 71); Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
Political party	BJP
Spouse	Champa Rawat
Children	1 son, Shashank Rawat
Residence(s)	Haldwani, Uttarakhand
	Source: [1]

Bachi Singh Rawat (1 August 1949 – 18 April 2021),^[1] was an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India and a 4 time MP. He represented the Almora constituency of Uttarakhand.

He had to shift base to Nainital for the 15th Lok Sabha, as Almora was designated a reserved constituency. He however lost the Election to K. C. Singh Baba (INC).

Rawat died on 18 April 2021, aged 71 due to COVID-19.^[2]

Early life and education

Bachi Singh Rawat was born in Thapla village, near Ranikhet, Almora district.

He graduated in Law from Lucknow University and went on to get a master's degree in Economics from Agra University.

Positions held

1991 – 92 and 1993 – 95: Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (two terms)
1991 – 92: Member, Library Committee
Aug – Dec 1992: Deputy Minister, Revenue, Uttar Pradesh
1994 – 95: Member, Education Committee and Member, Planning Committee
1996: Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
1996 – 97: Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution and Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications
1997 – 98: Member, House Committee
1998: Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1998 – 99: Member, Committee on Defence and its Sub-Committee-II and Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House and Member, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Parliament and Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
1999: Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
Oct – Nov 1999: Union Minister of State, Defence
22 Nov 1999–2004: Union Minister of State, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology
2004–2009: Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term)
2007–2009: President, BJP Uttarakhand
2011–2012: Chairman, BJP Committee of Manifesto, 2012 Uttarakhand Assembly Elections

References

^ "Former Union minister Bachi Singh Rawat dies at 71". Outlook. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ "Former Uttarakhand BJP president and Union minister Bachi Singh Rawat dies due to Covid-19 | Dehradun News - Times of India". The Times of India. 19 April 2021.

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

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[1] "Former Union minister Bachi Singh Rawat dies at 71". Outlook. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[2] "Former Uttarakhand BJP president and Union minister Bachi Singh Rawat dies due to Covid-19 | Dehradun News - Times of India". The Times of India. 19 April 2021.

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v t e Members of the 13th Lok Sabha from Uttarakhand
GE 1999	Bachi Singh Rawat Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Harpal Singh Sathi Manabendra Shah Narayan Datt Tiwari (1999–2002)
By-election	Mahendra Singh Pal (2002–2004)
14th LS members Members of the 13th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY

v t e Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from Uttarakhand
GE 2004	Bachi Singh Rawat Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2004–2008) Karan Chand Singh Baba Manabendra Shah (2004–2007) Rajendra Kumar Badi
By-election	Tejpal Singh Rawat (2008–2009) Vijay Bahuguna (2007–2009)
13th LS members 15th LS members Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY