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| name = Anshuman Singh<br />
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| birth_date = 7 July 1935<br />
| birth_place = [[Allahabad]], [[United Provinces of British India]], [[British Raj]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|3|8|1935|7|7|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Prayagraj]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India<br />
| order = [[Governor of Rajasthan]]<br />
| term_start = 16 January 1999<br />
| term_end = 14 May 2003<br />
| predecessor = [[Navrang Lal Tibrewal]]<br />
| successor = [[Nirmal Chandra Jain]]<br />
| order2 = [[Governor of Gujarat]]<br />
| term_start2 = 25 April 1998<br />
| term_end2 = 16 January 1999<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Krishna Pal Singh]]<br />
| successor2 = [[K.G. Balakrishnan]]<br />
| order3 = Justice of [[Rajasthan High Court]]<br />
| term_start3 = 28 April 1994<br />
| term_end3 = 6 July 1997<br />
| order4 = Judge of [[Allahabad High Court]]<br />
| term_start4 = 1984<br />
| term_end4 = 1994<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = <br />
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'''Anshuman Singh''' (7 July 1935<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nJ22AAAAIAAJ&q=Anshuman+Singh+1935|title=Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts, as on|year=1988|publisher=Supreme Court of India}}</ref> – 8 March 2021) was an Indian judge and governor. He served as the [[Governor of Gujarat]] from 1998 to 1999 and as the [[Governor of Rajasthan]] from 1999 to 2003. Prior to his gubernatorial roles, he was a judge of the [[Allahabad High Court]] and later served in the [[Rajasthan High Court]].<br />
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==Early life and judicial career==<br />
Singh was born on 7 July 1935 in [[Allahabad]], in the [[United Provinces of British India]] (now [[Prayagraj]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]). He completed degrees in arts and law and began his legal career in 1957 as an advocate in the Allahabad District Court.<ref name="rajbhawan">{{Cite web|title=Justice Shri Anshuman Singh|url=https://rajbhawan.rajasthan.gov.in/content/rajbhawan/en/formergovernors/justiceshanshumansingh.html|website=Raj Bhawan Rajasthan|access-date=15 April 2025}}</ref><br />
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He was appointed as a judge of the [[Allahabad High Court]] in 1984. In 1994, he was transferred to the [[Rajasthan High Court]], where he served until 1997.<ref name="rajbhawan" /><br />
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==Governorship==<br />
After retiring as judge, Singh was appointed as the [[Governor of Gujarat]] on 25 April 1998 and served in that position until 16 January 1999. He then became the [[Governor of Rajasthan]], a role he held from 16 January 1999 to 14 May 2003.<ref name="rajlist">{{Cite web|title=List of Former Governors|url=https://rajbhawan.rajasthan.gov.in/content/rajbhawan/en/formergovernors/listformergovernors.html|website=Raj Bhawan Rajasthan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Governors|url=https://rajbhawan.rajasthan.gov.in/content/rajbhawan/en/formergovernors.html|website=Raj Bhawan Rajasthan}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Anshuman Singh died on 8 March 2021 in [[Prayagraj]] due to complications related to [[COVID-19]] during the pandemic in India.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Former Rajasthan Governor Anshuman Singh dies due to Covid|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-rajasthan-governor-anshuman-singh-dies-due-to-covid/articleshow/81394249.cms|work=The Economic Times|date=8 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=पूर्व राज्यपाल जस्टिस रिटायर्ड अंशुमान सिंह का निधन|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/news/former-gujarat-and-rajasthan-governor-justice-retired-anshuman-singh-passes-away-in-prayagraj-at-the-age-of-85-128302296.html|work=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi|date=8 March 2021}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://rajbhawan.rajasthan.gov.in/content/rajbhawan/en/formergovernors/justiceshanshumansingh.html Profile at Raj Bhawan Rajasthan]<br />
* [http://rajassembly.nic.in/gov_anshu.htm Profile at Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]<br />
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