Sarup Singh | |
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| Governor of Kerala | |
| In office 12 February 1990 – 20 December 1990 | |
| Governor of Gujarat | |
| In office 21 December 1990 – 1 July 1995 | |
| Governor of Rajasthan(acting) | |
| In office 26 August 1991 – 4 February 1992 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1917-01-09)9 January 1917 |
| Died | 4 August 2003(2003-08-04) (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Academic, Politician |
Sarup Singh (also Swaroop Singh) (9 January 1917 – 4 August 2003[1]) was an Indian academic turned politician. He remained a faculty member atKirori Mal College, Delhi, and later became the Vice-Chancellor of theUniversity of Delhi (1971–74).[2] He was member of theRajya Sabha fromHaryana (1978-1984) ofLok Dal party.[3] Earlier he was theGovernor of Kerala,[4] and later appointedGovernor of Gujarat[5] in December 1990 and held the position till 1995. He also served as actingGovernor of Rajasthan from August 1991 till February 1992.[6]
Born in Sanghi Village,Rohtak district inHaryana, Singh studied till Class IV in his native village and completed his matriculation fromPunjab University in 1934 and Intermediate Arts fromDelhi University in 1936. He also did his B.A. (Hons.) in English fromRamjas College, Delhi (1938), followed by a M.A. in English in 1940.[5][7]
Singh started his career as a lecturer atHindu College, University of Delhi in 1940, where he taught for over a decade, in 1951 he joinedUniversity College, London, and received his Ph.D. in English Literature in 1953. Thereafter he rejoined Hindu College. However the following year, he was appointed Vice-Principal ofKirori Mal College, Delhi and later its Principal in 1957.
In 1961, when the Department of English was established at theUniversity of Kurukshetra, he became its first Head.[8] Then in 1965, he became Professor and Head of the Department of English in theUniversity of Delhi. Eventually, he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University in January, 1971.[5]
He also remained member ofUnion Public Service Commission (1975-1978), and became a member of Rajya Sabha from Haryana (1978 - 1984).
He remainedGovernor of Kerala from 12 February 1990 to 20 November 1990.[9][10]
After his death, 'Dr Sarup Singh Chair' was created at theKurukshetra University, Haryana,[7] while its Department of English also organized "Dr. Sarup Singh Lectures" on his birth anniversary, while the Chair organizes seminars of Shakespeare in collaboration with the Shakespeare Association (India) starting 2006.[8][11] The first "Dr. Sarup Singh Memorial Lecture" was held atUniversity of Delhi in 2005.[12]
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