Jaswant Singh
Introduction :
Jaswant Singh is 75 years old Loksabha MP, elected from Darjeeling of West Bengal state as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party Party.
Jaswant Singh was born to Late Shri Thakur Sardar Singhji & Late Smt. Kunwar Baisa and is married to Smt. Sheetal Kumari. He/She has 2 son(s)Background information of Jaswant Singh:
An army major, Jaswant is among few non RSS leaders who reached to the top in the BJP. He became a party member, soon after BJP was founded and was elected to Rajya Sabha in 1980. In fact, during the BJP-led NDA rule, Jaswant held defence, external affairs and finance portfolios before falling out the parent organisaton over favourable portrayal of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan in his book on the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. He enjoys clean image. Jaswant’s son Manvendra is a journalist turned politician.
More information
| Commissioned to the Central India Horse in 1957 |
| resigned Commission to join politics |
| Chaired several Task Forces to recommend policy to the Government amongst others on (i) Telecommunications, (ii) Information Technology, and (iii) Energy |
| was member of Group of Ministries on (a) Reforming the National Security System (b) Hydrocarbon Vision 2025 |
Basic Details
| Party Name | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Assets ( In Rupees) | More than 8 Crore(s) |
| Background | No significant family background |
| Profession | Political and Social Worker |
| Education | graduate |
Contact Details
| Permanent Address | Village - Temawas, Gram Panchayat, Mewanagar,Tehsil - Pachpadra, Jasol, Distt. - Barmer,Rajasthan |
| Delhi Address | 15, Teen Murti Lane, , New Delhi - 110 001 |
| Phone | 011-23792301,011-23016228 |
| Fax | 011-23015623 |
| Email address |
Positions held
| 1980 | Elected to Rajya Sabha |
| 1986 | Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term) |
| 1986-1989 | Member, Public Accounts Committee, Rajya Sabha;Member, Committee on Previleges, Rajya Sabha |
| ;Member, Commitee on Public Undertakings, Rajya Sabha | |
| 1987 | Member, Consultative Committee constituted under the Punjab State |
| 1989-1991 | Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987 |
| 1990 | Elected to 9th Lok Sabha |
| 1991-1996 | Chairman, Estimate Committee |
| 1991 | Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term);Chairman, Committee on Environment and Forests |
| 1992 | Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into Irregularities in Securities and Banking Transactions |
| 1993 | Chairman, Committee on Energy |
| 1996-97 | Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
| May 1996 | Union Cabinet Minister, Finance |
| 25 Mar. 1998-4 Feb. 1999 | Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission |
| Jul. 1998 | Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (3rd term) |
| Dec. 1998-1 Jul. 2002 | Union Cabinet Minister, External Affairs |
| Feb-Oct. 1999 | Union Cabinet Minister, Electronics (Simultaneous charge) |
| 6 Aug.-13 Oct. 1999 | Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport (Simultaneous charge) |
| 15 Oct. 1999 | Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (4th term) |
| 18 March-15 Oct. 2001 | Union Cabinet Minister, Defence (Simultaneous charges) |
| 1 Jul. 2002-9 Apr. 2003 | Minister of Finance & Company Affairs, Govt. of India |
| 10 April 2002-21 May 2004 | Union Cabinet Minister, Finance |
| 2004 | Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (5th term);Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha |
| Aug. 2004-Aug. 2006 | Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests |
| Aug. 2004-May 2009 | Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Installation of Portraits/Stautes of National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House Complex |
| Aug 2005 | Member, General Purposes Committee |
| 2009 | Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term) |
| 6 Aug. 2009 - 31 Dec. 2009 | Chairman, Committee on Public Accounts |
| 1 Jan. 2010 | Member, Committee on Public Accounts |
| 10 Sep. 2009 | Member, Committee on Budget |
Books Published
| Has contributed widely to Indian and foreign magazines, newspapers and journals on international affairs, security and development issues, Has written the following books: (i) National Security- An outline of our Concerns |
| (ii) Shauryam Tejo (in Hindi) |
| (iii) Defending India |
| (iv) District Diary |
| (v) Khankhanama - A biography of Bairam Khan( in Hindi) |
| (vi) Defendre l"inde (in French) |
| (vii) A call to Honour: In Service of Emergent India |
| (viii) Travels in Transoxiana |
| (ix) Victoria Cross- Till Memory Serves |
| (x) Conflict & Diplomacy |
| (xi) Ayodhya - Our Republic Post 6 December 1992: A Dialogue |
| (xii) Jinnah: India - Partition - Independence. |
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