30-818: Makhan is born a masculine given name and surname. Notable people with the surname include: Given name [ edit ] Makhan Lal Fotedar (1932–2017), Indian politician Mark Khangure (Makhan Singh Khangure), Indian-born radiologist Makhan Shah Labana 15th-century devout Sikh and trader Makhan Singh (disambiguation) , multiple people Makhan Lal Singla (born 1949), Indian politician Surname [ edit ] Abdul Kuddas Makhan (1947–1994), Bangladeshi politician K. S. Makhan (born 1975), Indian wrestler, actor, singer and politician Kyranbek Makhan (born 1992), Chinese basketball player See also [ edit ] Makhan Bada Mahkan, Syria [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
60-638: A 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes in all Central Government educational institutions. The 93rd Amendment Act of 2005 to the Indian Constitution added clause (5) in Article 15 which enables the government to make any special provision for the development of any socially and educationally backward classes of people, or scheduled castes or scheduled tribes, with regard to their enrolment in educational institutions, which would include private educational institutions, whether aided or unaided by
90-600: A hospital in Gurgaon on the outskirts of Delhi. He was living in Gurgaon, Haryana with his family, and was survived by three sons and two daughters. Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930) Arjun Singh (5 November 1930 – 4 March 2011) was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress , who served twice as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in the 1980s. He also served twice as
120-655: A plot set into motion by the Sangh itself. This followed his denouncement of the Ekal Vidyalayas, one-teacher schools run for the benefit of the tribals of India by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad , as communal . A case under the Anti-Dowry Act was registered against Arjun Singh in 2007. The then Uttar Pradesh government had decided to seek CBI inquiry into dowry harassment case. Arjun Singh
150-585: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Makhan Lal Fotedar Makhan Lal Fotedar (5 March, 1932 – 28 September, 2017) was an Indian politician who served as a senior leader of the Congress political party. He was a close aide of the Nehru family , especially Indira Gandhi . He had also been a cabinet minister in the Government of India and had held important cabinet posts. Fotedar
180-742: Is widely remembered for introducing 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes in educational institutions including All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), with the Ninety-third Constitutional Amendment and Central Educational Institutions(CEIs) (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006. This led to anti-reservation protests against this act. The protests ended after Supreme Court of India upheld
210-586: The Babri Masjid demolition . He resigned as Minister of Human Resource Development in 1994. In 1996, he rebelled against the INC leadership and formed the All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) along with Narayan Dutt Tiwari . However, he lost in 1996 from Satna . Later, he returned to INC after the emergence of Sonia Gandhi . He lost in 1998 from Hoshangabad . He was elected to
240-960: The Basic Structure of the Constitution of India . In March 2007, the Supreme Court of India granted an injunction to suspension of OBC reservations. In April 2008, a 5-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court, in the Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India case, upheld the Ninety-third Constitutional Amendment , and reinstated the Act in a judgement delivered by Chief Justice India K. G. Balakrishnan , with Justices Arijit Pasayat, C K Thakker, R V Raveendran and Dalveer Bhandari . OBC reservations were implemented in all central universities and institutions, but
270-453: The Indian National Congress in 1960. He was re-elected from Majholi in 1962 and became a minister in the INC government of Dwarka Prasad Mishra . In 1967 , he lost the election from Churhat due to a fallout with the then chief minister Dwarka Prasad Mishra . However, he won a bypoll in the same year from Umaria. He was elected from Sidhi in 1972 and became a minister in the INC government of Prakash Chandra Sethi . In 1977 , he
300-691: The Rajya Sabha in 2000 from Madhya Pradesh and was re-elected in 2006. He was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 2000. He served as Minister of Human Resource Development from 2004 to 2009 in the Manmohan Singh cabinet. Arjun Singh had immense contributions for social justice in India. He is credited with implementing reservations for Other Backward Classes in higher educational institutions. After
330-679: The State Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Assam and West Bengal , Arjun Singh promised to reserve 27% seats for Other Backward Classes in All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian Institutes of Management, and other central universities. The Ninety-third Constitutional Amendment , that was introduced by the First Manmohan Singh ministry , granted
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#1732772290965360-530: The Union Minister of Human Resource Development , in the Manmohan Singh and P. V. Narasimha Rao ministries. The surrender of dacoit Phoolan Devi in 1983 was a significant event during his tenure as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, reflecting efforts by his government to restore law and order, particularly in the Chambal region, while also dealing with the underlying socio-economic issues. He
390-409: The surname Makhan . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Makhan&oldid=1252079699 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
420-605: The Commerce ministry and was appointed Minister of Communications . He held this post till 1988 when he returned to the Government of Madhya Pradesh and again became Chief Minister of the state. He resigned his Lok Sabha seat and won a bypoll to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kharsia in 1988. However, he resigned as Chief Minister in 1989 owing to the Churhat lottery scam, and
450-450: The age of 80. He had been admitted in Delhi 's All India Institute of Medical Sciences with chest pain and neurological problems , and died of a heart attack . He was cremated at his home town of Churhat . Arjun Singh's son Ajay Singh aka Rahul Bhaiya is an INC politician and former Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly . His grandson is Arunoday Singh ,
480-666: The case was argued by Kapil Sibal and the order for re-examination was squashed on the grounds that it had been issued in a haste and "had not applied his mind". After the Mumbai train bombings of 2006 , he reportedly quoted at a Cabinet meeting the statements of a former judge of the Maharashtra High Court that an earlier attempt on the headquarters of the Hindu revivalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Nagpur had been
510-573: The gas leak, has recorded that the final sanction to permit the flight came from Arjun Singh's office. While Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Singh was involved in the scandal known as the Churhat Lottery case. The Churhat Children Welfare Society was floated in 1982 by relatives of Singh, and permitted to raise funds via lottery, and also given tax relief as a charity. However, there were widespread allegations that substantial sums of money were siphoned off from donations and used to construct
540-609: The government was required to exclude the creamy layer from the OBC, but not SC/ST. Arjun Singh was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh when the deadly gas leak from the Union Carbide factory occurred. It is widely alleged that on the fateful night between 2 and 3 December 1984, when the gas leak occurred, Arjun Singh fled to his Kerwa Dam Palace (outside Bhopal ) to save himself from deadly effects of leaked gas and
570-614: The government, but apart from minority educational institutions. After the 93rd Amendment Act, the Central Educational Institutions(CEIs) (Reservation in Admission) Act, was enacted by the Union Parliament in the year 2006. This led to widespread anti-reservation protests where students engaged in street protests across India. Later on, students took legal action against the Act by filing Public Interest Litigation , claiming that it violated
600-498: The lavish Kerwa Dam Palace near Bhopal. The donations to the society included a Rs 150,000 donation from Union Carbide , whose chief Warren Anderson was permitted to leave the country after the gas leak, allegedly by Arjun Singh's office. At a public litigation hearing, the Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that "Arjun Singh owed an explanation to the nation about the costs and sources of construction of
630-579: The palatial mansion in Bhopal". While Singh had claimed the value of the palace was Rs 1.8 million, the IT Department estimated the cost at above Rs one crore . However, a one-judge commission investigating the scandal gave a clean chit to Arjun Singh. The case was re-opened however, after the Jain Hawala case , and Singh was asked to submit fresh re-estimates of the palace cost. In court,
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#1732772290965660-571: The regularisation of slums and providing free electricity connections to residents. During his time in office, the dacoit Phoolan Devi surrendered. His five-year tenure was also notably marked by the Bhopal Gas Tragedy . He led the INC to victory in 1985 , yet again winning from Churhat, but was forced to resign as Chief Minister after just one day due to differences with Sriniwas Tiwari . Motilal Vora succeeded him as Chief Minister. He resigned his Madhya Pradesh assembly seat and
690-468: The reservations in higher education. Arjun Singh was born on 5 November 1930 into a Rajput family as the son of Shiv Bahadur Singh , a jagirdar and the 26th Rao of Churhat thikana, and an INC politician. He received his Bachelor of Laws from Rewa Darbar College, where he was the student union president in 1953. Arjun Singh was first elected to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1957 from Majholi as an independent candidate. He joined
720-466: Was accused of irregularities and corruption in the grant of "Deemed University" status to private for-profit educational institutions which did not meet requisite educational standards, during his tenure as Minister for Human Resources Development. The Government of India initiated proceedings to repeal the "Deemed University" status of 44 such institutions in January 2010. Singh died on 4 March 2011, at
750-737: Was appointed Governor of Punjab in 1985. He worked for the implementation of the Rajiv-Longowal Accord for peace in Punjab . However, after eight months, he resigned as Governor and became Minister of Commerce in the Rajiv Gandhi cabinet. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from South Delhi in a bypoll in 1985, necessitated by the assassination of the sitting MP Lalit Maken . He was appointed First Vice-President of Indian National Congress by Rajiv Gandhi. In 1986, he resigned
780-774: Was born in the village of Mattan in the Anantnag district of the Kashmir Valley , in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir , within British India . He was also a leader of the Kashmiri Pandits . From 1967 to 1977, he was member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Pahalgam constituency and was also cabinet minister in the government of Jammu and Kashmir under Syed Mir Qasim . He had been an MP from Rajya Sabha from 1985 to 1996. He
810-490: Was elected from Churhat and became the Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly . In 1980 , when INC achieved a simple majority in the assembly, he won from Churhat and became the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh , despite the presence of strong contenders such as Sethi, Vidya Charan Shukla and Shiv Bhanu Singh Solanki . As chief minister, Singh implemented several populist initiatives, including
840-574: Was known as the Chanakya of Indian politics in the eyes of Congress party. He resigned from the Indian National Congress after the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid and also resigned from P V Narasimha Rao's cabinet. Then along with N. D. Tiwari and Arjun Singh , he split from All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) but returned to Indian National Congress after Sonia Gandhi took over as congress President. He died on 28 September 2017, at
870-584: Was not available to manage the crisis or lead the administration. Subsequently, the Arjun Singh government's mishandling was criticised by the court in the verdict on the Bhopal disaster as pronounced by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhopal on 7 June 2010. The media raised serious questions about his role in the release of Warren Anderson . In particular, the pilot of the aircraft in which Warren Anderson flew out of India after
900-571: Was succeeded by Motilal Vora . He won in 1990 from Churhat. In 1991 , he won from Satna . He resigned his assembly seat and harboured ambitions of becoming Prime Minister after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi . However, P. V. Narasimha Rao became Prime Minister and Singh was appointed the Minister of Human Resource Development . He publicly expressed discontent with the Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao after
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