Indian Politician and Union Home Minister of India

Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh, is an Indian politician and lecturer who is serving as the 29th Minister of Defence since 2019 and as the Deputy Leader of the House, Lok Sabha since 2014. He previously served as the 25th Union Minister of Home Affairs in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019, making him the first person born after Indian independence to hold the office. He was the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2014. Singh was a veteran leader of the BJP who started his career as a swayamsevak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

Born

1951

July 10

Died

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1950s

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1951 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

138 Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
420 Having usurped the throne of Emperor Gong of Jin, Liu Yu proclaims himself Emperor of the Liu Song dynasty.
645 Isshi Incident: Prince Naka-no-Ōe and Fujiwara no Kamatari assassinate Soga no Iruka during a coup d'état at the imperial palace.
988 The Norse King Glúniairn recognises Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and accept Brehon Law; the event is considered to be the founding of the city of Dublin.

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The world in 1951

When Rajnath arrived

april 11 Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan.
april 11 The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
april 17 The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
april 22 Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

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Nikola Tesla 1856–1943 Serbian-American inventor and engineer (born 1856) Isabela Merced 2001– American actress John Calvin 1509–1564 French pastor and theologian (died 1564) John Wyndham 1903–1969 English author (died 1969) Karl Plagge 1897– German general and engineer (died 1957) Mahathir Mohamad 1925– Malaysian physician and politician, 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia Mary McLeod Bethune 1875–1955 American educator and activist (died 1955) Nick Adams 1931–1968 American actor and screenwriter (born 1931) Urban Meyer 1964– American football player and coach

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1951

Alley Mills 1951– American actress Andrei Kozyrev 1951– Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia Ashok Gehlot 1951– Indian politician, 21st Chief Minister of Rajasthan Barry Marshall 1951– Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Bobby Jones 1951–1971 American basketball player Bootsy Collins 1951– American singer-songwriter and bass player Charly García 1951– Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player Chesley Sullenberger 1951– American airline pilot and safety expert Chris Cooper 1951– American actor

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