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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dr. Nirmal Kumar Singh
| image = File:Dr. Nirmal Singh.png
| imagesize = 250px
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1956|01|22}}
| birth_place = [[Basohli]], Jammu and Kashmir, India
| occupation = Politician
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Speaker of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 30 April 2018
| term_end = 19 June 2018
| predecessor = [[Kavinder Gupta]]
| office2 = [[Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]]
| term_start2 = 4 April 2016
| term_end2 = 29 April 2018
| governor2 = [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]
| predecessor2 = Himself
| successor2 =
| 1blankname2 = [[Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata2 = [[Mehbooba Mufti]]
| term_start3 = 1 March 2015
| term_end3 = 6 January 2016
| governor3 = [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]
| predecessor3 = [[Tara Chand (Indian politician)|Tara Chand]]
| successor3 = [[Governor's Rule]]
| 1blankname3 = [[Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata3 = [[Mufti Muhammad Sayeed]]
| office4 = [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start4 = 23 December 2014
| term_end4 = June 2018
| constituency4 = [[Billawar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Billawar]]
| predecessor4 = Manohar Lal Sharma
| successor4 =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse =
| nationality = Indian
}}

'''Dr. Nirmal Kumar Singh''' is an Indian politician and the last Speaker of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]] of the [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] autonomous state. He is a former [[Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir|Deputy Chief Minister]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. He is a leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. On 1 March 2015 he assumed the charge as Minister for Power Development and Housing and Urban Development.

He was elected to the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]] in the 2014 assembly election from [[Billawar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Billawar]] in [[Kathua district]]. He defeated former minister Manohar Lal Sharma of [[Indian National Congress]] by a margin of 17,975 votes.<ref>http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0966.htm?ac=66</ref> Dr Nirmal Singh has done PhD in History from Jammu University in 1988 and now serves as a professor of history in [[Jammu University]].<ref>[http://myneta.info/jk2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=787 Dr. Nirmal Kumar Singh(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- BILLAWAR(KATHUA) – Affidavit Information of Candidate:]</ref>

==Early life and education==
Dr Nirmal Singh was born on 22 January 1956 to a humble family in Karanwara [[Basohli]], Jammu and Kashmir. He did his primary education in his native place. He is the youngest to his two brothers. His father was a security aide of erstwhile [[Maharaja Hari Singh]] of Jammu and Kashmir.
He has served as the professor of History at Jammu University.

==Political career==
Singh started taking an active interest in political activities at a young age. He was arrested during [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]] period in 1975. After serving the ABVP as a pracharak in different parts of the country, Dr Singh returned to [[Jammu]] and joined the University of Jammu as a lecturer in the Post Graduate Department of History. Besides teaching at the department, he also took the mantle of the [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]] state president and following a directive from the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]] joined the [[BJP]]. He was appointed the state general secretary of the party in 1998.

Singh contested several [[Lok Sabha]] and state assembly elections over the course of 25 years but had to wait until 2014 for his maiden victory. 58-year-old Singh won the assembly election held in 2014 from [[Billawar]] constituency in [[Kathua]] district by defeating sitting Congress MLA by a margin of nearly 18,000 votes. He is among the first BJP MLAs to be sworn in as a minister in India's only Muslim-majority state. A long-time RSS supporter, the BJP leader is considered the main force behind the rise of party in Jammu region of the state over the years.
<gallery>
Nirmal_Sir_Addressing_Bhalessa_Gandoh_bhadrawah.jpg|Nirmal Singh addressing people of Bhalessa Gandoh, [[Bhaderwah]]
</gallery>

On 30 April 2018, Singh resigned as the Deputy Chief Minister as a part of a cabinet reshuffle.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nirmal Singh resigns as J-K deputy CM ahead of cabinet reshuffle|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nirmal-singh-resigns-as-j-k-deputy-cm-ahead-of-cabinet-reshuffle/articleshow/63964288.cms|work=The Economic Times|accessdate=30 April 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Twitter}}
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| title = [[Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]]
| years = 1 March 2015 – 7 January 2016
| after = [[President's Rule]]
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