Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister and veteran Congress leader Virbhadra Singh passed away at the age of 87 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Singh was a nine-time MLA was elected to the State Legislative Assembly first time in October 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He remained Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh from April 8, 1983 to March 5, 1990; December 3, 1993 to March 23, 1998; from March 6, 2003 to December 29, 2007; and from December 25, 2012 to December 26, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was at present MLA from the Arki Assembly constituency in Solan district. Mr. Singh was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1962 and in all, he was a five-time MP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He served as Minister of State for Industries in 1982-1983; Union Minister of Steel from 2009-2011; and Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises from 2011-2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was also the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee president in 1977, 1979, 1980 and 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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