Uday Pratap Singh

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
''For politician from MP, see [[Uday Pratap Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)]]''
''For other people called Uday Singh, see [[Uday Singh (disambiguation)]]''

'''Uday Pratap Singh''' (born 18 May 1932) is a politician of the [[Samajwadi Party]] in India who represented the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] between 2003 and 2008. He was a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] from 1989–1996.

== Early life and family ==
Singh was born on 18 May 1932 to Harihar Singh Chaudhary and Puspa Yadav at [[Garhiya]] in what is now [[Mainpuri district]], Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="biodata"/> His family were comfortably-off civil servants.<ref name="hindu"/> After obtaining [[Masters of Arts|MA]] degrees in English and in Hindi from St. John's College, [[Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University|Agra University]],<ref name="biodata"/> he became an English lecturer the Jain Inter-College, [[Karhal]] in 1958. There he taught the future leader of the Samajwadi Party, [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]].<ref name="hindu"/> He married Chaitanya Yadav on 20 May 1958 and has a son and three daughters. His wife predeceased him. His Son Dr.Asim Yadav Who is, a close aide of [[Akhilesh Yadav]] has won Legislative Council Election On [[Samajwadi Party]] Ticket in 2015 From Agra Graduate Zone.<ref name="biodata">{{cite web |title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952 |url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx |publisher=Parliament of India |access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref>

== Career ==
Singh has been a member of the [[Janata Dal]] political party (1989–91), the [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|Samajwadi Janata Party]] (1991–92) and, since 1992, the Samajwadi Party. He was elected as a member of the [[Ninth Lok Sabha|Ninth]] (1989–91) and [[Tenth Lok Sabha]]s (1991-1996) was a member of the [[National Commission for Backward Classes]], a department of the [[Government of India]] from November 2002.<ref name="biodata"/> His elections were from the [[Mainpuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mainpuri constituency]], which he subsequently gave up in [[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996]] to allow his friend and former pupil, Mulayam Singh Yadav, to stand.<ref name="hindu"/>

Singh was elected to the Rajya Sabha in January 2003 and retired on 25 November 2008. Aside from various parliamentary committees, he has also been a member of educational bodies, including the board of management of [[Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University]], a position to which he was appointed in 2006.<ref name="biodata"/> Following the appointment of [[Akhilesh Yadav]], the son of Mulayam, as [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]], he was given a ministerial portfolio.<ref name="hindu"/> Subsequently, in early 2017, it was suggested that Singh was siding with Akhilesh during a Yadav family squabble for control of the Samajwadi Party in which he was pitted against his father.<ref>{{cite news |work=Financial Express |title=Mulayam Singh isolated at the top; kin and colleagues join exodus to Akhilesh Yadav camp |date=2 January 2017 |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/mulayam-singh-isolated-at-the-top-kin-and-colleagues-join-exodus-to-akhilesh-yadav-camp/493793/ |access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref>

Singh is interested in Hindi poetry and promotion of Indian languages generally. Himself a Hindi poet, he has attended [[kavi sammelan]]s both in India and elsewhere.<ref name="biodata"/> He has composed election songs for the Samajwadi Party and paeans to its leader, Mulayam Singh Yadav. He is the chairperson of Uttar Pradesh [[Hindi Sansthaan]] and has been recognised with a [[Sahitya Shiromani]] award.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/Singing-to-the-gallery/article14015997.ece |title=Singing to the gallery |first=Omar |last=Rashid |date=23 January 2016 |access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref> He has been the National President of the [[All India Yadav Mahasabha]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yadavsmovement.in/|title= All India Yadav Mahasabha President|website=www.yadavsmovement.in}}</ref>

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