Rao Narbir Singh

Rao Narbir Singh is a politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[1] He is an active social and political reformer. He was Cabinet Minister (2014–19) in BJP Government, Government of Haryana for Department of Public Works (B&R)^[2] and Department of Public Health Engineering (Water Supply and Sanitation), Haryana. He won as BJP candidate from Badshahpur Assembly constituency during the 2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election.^[3]

Rao Narbir Singh
Minister of Industry Government of Haryana
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 October 2024
Chief Minister	Nayab Singh Saini
Preceded by	Mool Chand Sharma
Minister of Environment & Forest Government of Haryana
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 October 2024
Chief Minister	Nayab Singh Saini
Preceded by	Sanjay Singh
Minister of Public Works Department Government of Haryana
In office 26 October 2014 – 27 October 2019
Chief Minister	Manohar Lal Khattar
Succeeded by	Dushyant Chautala
Minister of Public Health Engineering Government of Haryana
In office 26 October 2014 – 27 October 2019
Chief Minister	Manohar Lal Khattar
Succeeded by	Manohar Lal Khattar
Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2024
Preceded by	Rakesh Daultabad
Constituency	Badshahpur
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Rao Dharampal
Succeeded by	Rakesh Daultabad
Constituency	Badshahpur
In office 1996–2000
Preceded by	Rao Dharampal
Succeeded by	Rao Dharampal
Constituency	Sohna
In office 1987–1991
Preceded by	Rao Inderjit Singh
Succeeded by	Rao Inderjit Singh
Constituency	Jatusana
Personal details
Born	(1961-04-02) 2 April 1961 (age 63) Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) Haryana Vikas Party Lok Dal Bahujan Samaj Party
Spouse	Anita Singh
Children	2
Residence	Gurgaon
Occupation	Politician social worker agriculturist
Website	raonarbirsingh.in

Early life

Singh was born in Gurgaon on 2 April 1961. He is a grandson of Mohar Singh Yadav who was an M.L.C. in Punjab state before partition of India and Pakistan in 1942. His father Mahavir Singh Yadav was also a former cabinet Minister in the State of Haryana.

Political career

He has successfully contested Legislative elections from Jatusana (Haryana) in 1987 and Sohna (Haryana) in 1996. He has previously held the portfolios of State Home Minister in 1987 and Transport, Food & Supply and Cooperation Minister in 1996 in the Government of Haryana. He became the youngest elected representative in the country to hold the office of State Home Ministry at age 26. He also had additional charge of Sports and Printing & Stationery ministry in 1996. He unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha election from Gurgaon in 2009.

Electoral record

Year	Election	Party		Constituency Name	Result
1987	7th Haryana Assembly		Lok Dal	Jatusana	Won
1991	8th Haryana Assembly		Indian National Congress	Salhawas	Lost
1996	9th Haryana Assembly		Haryana Vikas Party	Sohna	Won
2000	10th Haryana Assembly		Bahujan Samaj Party	Gurgaon	Lost
2005	11th Haryana Assembly		Bharatiya Janata Party	Jatusana	Lost
2009	15th Lok Sabha		Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)	Gurgaon	Lost
2014	13th Haryana Assembly		Bharatiya Janata Party	Badshahpur	Won
2024	15th Haryana Assembly				Won

Career graph

• 1982 – Director, Central Cooperative Bank, Gurgaon
• 1983 – Sarpanch, Village Gairatpur Bass
• 1984 – Chairman, Market Committee, Sohna
• 1987 – MLA (Jatusana constituency)
• 1987 – State Home Minister, Government of Haryana youngest minister at age of 25? which is record and holds till now
• 1996 – MLA (Sohna constituency)
• 1996 – Food & Civil Supplies, Transport and Cooperative Minister, Government of Haryana^[4]
• 2014 onward – Chairman, Rao Mohar Singh College of Education, Behrampur^[5]
• 2014 onward - Vice-President, BJP Haryana.
• 2014 - Cabinet Minister, Government of Haryana for Department of Public Works (B&R), Haryana Official website and Department of Public Health Engineering (Water Supply and Sanitation), Haryana^[6]

References

1. Kashyap, Anirban (1993). Governor's role in Indian constitution. Lancers Books. p. 663. ISBN 9788170950332. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
2. "Haryana Public Works (Building and Roads) Minister, Narbir Singh said that the Public Works Department would soon launch a Whatsapp number, where people would be able to send pictures of damaged roads of their areas along with location details. | Directorate of Information, Public Relations & Languages, Government of Haryana". www.prharyana.gov.in. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
3. "MLA Details". haryanaassembly.gov.in. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
4. "Ahirwal region, Karnal dist big gainers in new Haryana Cabinet". The Economic Times. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
5. "RAO MOHAR SINGH COLLEGE OF EDUCATION". rmscollege.com. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
6. "Party-hopper Narbir finds his way back to power - Times of India". The Times of India. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2019.