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	==Death==		==Death==
	Urmila Singh died on 29 May 2018, aged 71. According to family sources, she had been suffering from brain related complications. She was admitted to a private hospital where her condition remained unstable. She is survived by her two sons and a daughter.<ref name="Death">{{cite web\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/may/30/former-himachal-pradesh-governor-urmila-singh-dies-at-71-1821149.html\|title=Former Himachal Pradesh governor Urmila Singh dies at 71\|website=New Indian Express\|date=2018-05-29\|access-date=02-09-2019}}</ref>		Urmila Singh died on 29 May 2018, aged 71. According to family sources, she had been suffering from brain-related complications. She was admitted to a private hospital where her condition remained unstable. She is survived by her two sons and a daughter.<ref name="Death">{{cite web\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/may/30/former-himachal-pradesh-governor-urmila-singh-dies-at-71-1821149.html\|title=Former Himachal Pradesh governor Urmila Singh dies at 71\|website=New Indian Express\|date=2018-05-29\|access-date=02-09-2019}}</ref>

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Urmila Singh
| image = Governor of Himachal Pradesh Urmila Singh.jpg
| office = [[List of Governors of Himachal Pradesh|17th Governor of Himachal Pradesh]]
| term_start = 25 January 2010
| term_end = 24 January 2015
| predecessor = [[Manoj Yadav]]
| successor = [[Manoj Yadav]]
| office1 = Member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = [[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
| term_end1 = 2003
| predecessor1 = Thakur Dal Singh
| successor1 = Ram Gulam Uikey
| constituency1 = [[Ghansor (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghansor]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/Ghansor-in-Madhya-Pradesh|title=Ghansor assembly election results in Madhya Pradesh|website=elections.traceall.in|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
| term_start2 = [[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| term_end2 = 1990
| successor2 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1960|01|01}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| birth_place = Chhapra, [[Chhapra district|Chhaprar]], [[Bihar]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Bhagwat Singh
| children = 4 (2 daughter and 2 sons)
| education = [[B. A.]][[LLB]]
| alma_mater =
| nationality = [[India]]n
| data1 =
| father = Suryadev Singh
| date = 13 June|
| year = 2018|
| source = {{cite web|url=http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/11thvs/11-120.pdf |title=Biography:Singh, Urmila|publisher=Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly}}
}}

'''Urmila Singh''' (6 August 1946 – 29 May 2018) was the former [[List of Governors of Himachal Pradesh|Governor]] of the [[States and Union Territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]]. She was appointed governor on 25 January 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://himachalrajbhavan.nic.in/Governor.html|title=Governor House, Himachal Pradesh, India - Her Excellency The Governor|publisher=himachalrajbhavan.nic.in|access-date=12 May 2010}}</ref>

==Early life==
Urmila Singh was born in Phingeshwar village in Raipur district, now located in [[Chhattisgarh]] state, into a landowning family of central India, which also produced freedom fighters and social reformers. Urmila's great-grandfather, Raja Natwar Singh (alias Lalla Shah) of Haridaypur, was a freedom fighter, who was executed by the British rulers. Some other family members were deported to serve sentences in the [[Andaman and Nicobar islands]].

Urmila Singh was married at a young age to [[Virendra Bahadur Singh]], Raja of [[Seraipally]] princely state in Chhattisgarh. The couple became the parents of one daughter and two sons and Urmila Singh devoted herself to the nurture of her family. Virendra Bahadur Singh became a prominent [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] party political and a member of the [[Madhya Pradesh]] Legislative Assembly, elected from the areas that his family had previously ruled for several centuries. His mother, Rani Shyam Kumari Devi, was a Member of Parliament.

==Political career==
===In Madhya Pradesh===
After the sudden early death of her husband, Urmila Singh stepped into the political arena to contest the assembly seat previously held by him. She was duly elected for several consecutive terms from the family borough to the Madhya Pradesh assembly and remained a member from 1985 to 2003.

She served as a Minister of State for Dairy Development (1993–95) and as Cabinet Minister for Social Welfare and Tribal Welfare (1998–2003). She also served as President of the [[MP Congress]] between 1996 and 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/urmila-singh-takes-over-as-himachal-governor/571738/|title=Urmila Singh takes over as Himachal Governor|date=26 January 2010|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref>

===In Chhattisgarh===
The new state of Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh in 2000, and Urmila's constituency now fell to the portion of the new state. Urmila Singh was therefore automatically a member of the first ever legislative assembly of Chhattisgarh between 2000 and 2003. The Congress party suffered a rout in both states in the 2003 assembly elections and Urmila Singh was one of the casualties.
She lost the elections in 2008 also.

===As Governor===
In recognition of her services to the congress party, the congress-led central government appointed her governor of Himachal Pradesh in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Urmila Singh appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/incoming/Urmila-Singh-appointed-Governor-of-Himachal-Pradesh/article16837877.ece |access-date=8 August 2018 |agency=PTI |work=The Hindu |date=16 Jan 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180808110624/https://www.thehindu.com/incoming/Urmila-Singh-appointed-Governor-of-Himachal-Pradesh/article16837877.ece |archive-date=8 August 2018}}</ref> She took office on 25 January 2010 and completed her term on 24 January 2015,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Correspondent |first1=HT |title=Urmila Singh demits office as HP governor, Kalyan Singh takes additional charge |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/urmila-singh-demits-office-as-hp-governor-kalyan-singh-takes-additional-charge/story-GQ48umcItmd7ldlHBwVbKP.html |access-date=8 August 2018 |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=27 Jan 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180808110551/https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/urmila-singh-demits-office-as-hp-governor-kalyan-singh-takes-additional-charge/story-GQ48umcItmd7ldlHBwVbKP.html |archive-date=8 August 2018}}</ref> becoming the first woman governor in Himachal to do so.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bodh |first1=Anand |title=Urmila Singh first woman HP governor to complete her term |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Urmila-Singh-first-woman-HP-governor-to-complete-her-term/articleshow/45948914.cms |access-date=8 August 2018 |agency=TNN |work=The Times of India |date=20 January 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180808110123/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Urmila-Singh-first-woman-HP-governor-to-complete-her-term/articleshow/45948914.cms |archive-date=8 August 2018}}</ref>

==Death==
Urmila Singh died on 29 May 2018, aged 71. According to family sources, she had been suffering from brain related complications. She was admitted to a private hospital where her condition remained unstable. She is survived by her two sons and a daughter.<ref name="Death">{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/may/30/former-himachal-pradesh-governor-urmila-singh-dies-at-71-1821149.html|title=Former Himachal Pradesh governor Urmila Singh dies at 71|website=New Indian Express|date=2018-05-29|access-date=02-09-2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Current Indian governors}}
{{Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee}}

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