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| name = Lakshman Singh<br />
|native_name = <br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1955|01|14|df=y}}<br />
|death_date = <br />
|office2= [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
|constituency2 = [[Rajgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajgarh]]<br />
|predecessor2 = [[Digvijaya Singh]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Narayansingh Amlabe]]<br />
|term_start2 = 1994<br />
|term_end2 = 2009<br />
|office = Member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency = [[Raghogarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raghogarh]]<br />
| term_start = [[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]] <br />
|term_end = 1994<br />
| predecessor =[[Mool Singh]]<br />
| successor = [[Digvijaya Singh]]<br />
| education = <br />
| alma_mater = [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]]<br />
| profession = [[Politician]]<br />
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br /><small>(1990–2004)<br />(2013-present)</small><br />
|otherparty=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] <small>(2004–2009)</small><br />
| father = [[Balbhadra Singh (politician)|Balbhadra Singh]]<br />
|spouse = {{marriage|Jagrati Singh|1978|2001}} <br /> {{marriage|Rubina Singh|2001}} <br />
| website = <br />
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'''Lakshman Singh''' (also spelled '''Laxman Singh''') is an Indian politician who represented the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC), and later its rival BJP in the [[Lok Sabha]], the [[lower house]] of the [[Parliament of India]]. He is a 5 term Member of Parliament and 2 term Member of legislative Assembly.<br />
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==Education & Personal Life==<br />
Lakshman Singh was born on 14 January 1955 in [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="bio13" /> His father was [[Balbhadra Singh (politician)|Balbhadra Singh]], who was an MLA (independent who supported Hindu Mahasabha) and had been the ruler of the former [[princely state]] of Raghogarh, the present day [[Guna district]] of Madhya Pradesh.<br />
His elder brother [[Digvijaya Singh (politician)|Digvijaya Singh]] was the [[Chief Minister]] of Madhya Pradesh as well as a member of the [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite news |publisher=Outlook |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?240313 |accessdate=16 July 2013 |title=Tornapartism: Families divided by party colours talk about living under one roof |first=Debarshi |last=Dasgupta |date=27 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Digvijay Singh |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=16 October 2003 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM2/Digvijay-Singh/Article1-8453.aspx |accessdate=16 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004142008/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM2/Digvijay-Singh/Article1-8453.aspx |archivedate= 4 October 2013 }}</ref><br />
He studied at The [[Daly College]], Indore, and [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]]. <br />
In 1978, he married Jagrati Singh, and they later had a son and daughter.<ref name="bio12" /> After her death he married Rubina Sharma in 2001.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Singh was twice elected as a member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]], from 1990-1992 and 1993–1994.<ref name="bio12" /> In 1994, he was elected to the [[10th Lok Sabha]] in a [[by-election]]. He gained the second term in the [[11th Lok Sabha]] in [[1996 Indian general election|1996 General Election]] and was elected to the [[12th Lok Sabha]] in [[1998 Indian general election|1998 General Election]]. A further re-election followed in the [[1999 Indian general election|1999 General Election]]. All of these Lok Sabha elections were from the [[Rajgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency]] and as a candidate of the INC.<ref name="bio13">{{cite web |title=Biographical Sketch: X1II Lok Sabha |publisher=Parliament of India |url=http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13MP32.htm |accessdate=16 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="bio12">{{cite web |title=Biographical Sketch: XII Lok Sabha |publisher=Parliament of India |url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12MP32.htm |accessdate=16 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="bio11">{{cite web |title=Biographical Sketch: X1 Lok Sabha |publisher=Parliament of India |url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok11/biodata/11mp28.htm |accessdate=16 July 2013}}</ref><br />
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Singh switched political allegiance, joining the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), and was elected to the [[14th Lok Sabha]] (2004-2009) from Rajgarh. But he lost the election for the [[15th Lok Sabha]], when Congress defeated BJP in Rajgarh constituency.<ref name="bio15">{{cite web |title=Biographical Sketch: 15th Lok Sabha |publisher=Parliament of India |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=448 |accessdate=16 July 2013}}</ref><br />
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He returned to the Congress in January 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Suchandana |title=Digvijaya's brother Laxman returned to Congress party on Monday |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Digvijayas-brother-Laxman-returned-to-Congress-party-on-Monday/articleshow/18119513.cms |accessdate=24 July 2018 |agency=TNN |work=The Times of India |date=21 January 2013 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180724163847/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Digvijayas-brother-Laxman-returned-to-Congress-party-on-Monday/articleshow/18119513.cms |archivedate=24 July 2018 |location=Bhopal |language=English |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh's brother Laxman returns to the party |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/congress-digvijaya-singh-laxman-singh-india-today-151008-2013-01-07 |accessdate=24 July 2018 |agency=PTI |date=7 January 2013 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180724163436/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/congress-digvijaya-singh-laxman-singh-india-today-151008-2013-01-07 |archivedate=24 July 2018 |location=Bhopal |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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