Vijay Kumar Singh Biography 
General Vijay Kumar Singh is an Indian politician belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party and a retired four star general in the Indian Army. He currently serves as a parliamentarian too. He got elected to Lok Sabha in 2014 general elections representing BJP, and currently serves as Minister of State for External Affairs in the central government led by Narendra Modi. He earlier served as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of the North-Eastern Region in the Government, before the reshuffle. He owns an illustrious career in Indian army and served as the 24th Chief of the Army Staff from 2010 to 2012. He was the first serving Indian military Chief of Staff to take the Government of India to court for a dispute related to his date of birth.
Vijay Kumar Singh hails from Bapora village of Bhiwani of present day Haryana. He was born in 1951. His father and grandfather were associated with Indian and British Indian army respectively. Vijay completed his military training from National Defence Academy. He was commissioned into the 2nd Battalion of the Rajput Regiment on 14 June 1970. During his career he has served in various positions, and has commanded many army groups too. On 31 March 2010, he became the first Indian commando to become Chief of Army Staff, and since then he held many administrative positions. Singh retired as Chief of Army Staff on 31 May 2012.
After his retirement from military service, he got attracted to politics. He also showed support for the anti-corruption movement and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 1 March 2014. He contested Lok Sabha elections as a BJP candidate from Ghaziabad and reached parliament for the first time. He defeated film actor Raj Babbar, belonging to Congress party.
Published: October 04, 2018
Updated: October 04, 2018
