Shri Virbhadra Singh

Son of Raja Sir Padam Singh of Bushehar; Born at Sarahan, Distt. Shimla, June 23, 1934; B.A.(Hons), M.A.; Educated at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla and St. Stephen's College, Delhi; Married; Agriculturist and Horticulturist. Honorary Captain in the Indian Army; Elected Member Lok Sabha in 1962, 1967, 1972 and in 1980; Member of Indian Delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations,1976; Deputy Minister, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Govt. of India, December 1976 to March, 1977; Minister of State for Industries, Government of India, September, 1982 to April, 1983. Associated with various Cultural & Social Organisations remained President, Sanskrit Sahitya Sammelan and Friends of Soviet Union Society (H.P.State Branch); Elected twice to the Legislative Assembly from Jubbal-Kotkhai Constituency (first on 5th October,1983, in a by-election; and again in 1985 general elections) Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh, April 8, 1983 to March 5,1990. Elected from a nearby Rohru Constituency in February, 1990; Elected President State Congress Committee, February 1992 to September, 1994; Won from Rohru Constituency again in November, 1993 and assumed Chief Ministership of the State once again on 3rd December, 1993 to 24th March 1998 and elected to State Assembly in 1998, Leader of the Congress Legislative Group in the Assembly. Won from Rohru Constituency in February 2003 and assumed the office of Chief Minister on March 6, 2003. Visits abroad : Extensively travelled all over the world. Favourite Past time : Reading and meeting people. Special Interest : Service of the people. Permanent Address : Holy-Lodge, Shimla.