https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Akhilesh_Kumar_SinghAkhilesh Kumar Singh - Revision history2026-07-31T04:41:54ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Akhilesh_Kumar_Singh&diff=264361&oldid=prev->Edwige9 at 10:13, 16 December 20212021-12-16T10:13:02Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian politician}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Akhilesh Kumar Singh<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] for [[Rae Bareli (Assembly constituency)|Rae Bareli]]<br />
| term_start = 1993<br />
| term_end = 2017<br />
| predecessor = Ashok Kumar Singh<br />
| successor = [[Aditi Singh (politician)|Aditi Singh]]<br />
| constituency = [[Rae Bareli (Assembly constituency)|Rae Bareli Sadar]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1959|09|15|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Raebareli]], Uttar Pradesh<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|08|20|1959|09|15|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences]], [[Lucknow]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| party = [[Peace Party of India]]<br />
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| residence = [[Raebareli]], Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| children = ''Inter alia'', [[Aditi Singh (politician)|Aditi Singh]])<br />
| alma_mater = [[Feroze Gandhi College]], [[Kanpur University]]<br />
| occupation = Politician<br />
| profession = <br />
| website = <br />
|ambassador_from2=|General Secretary=All India Mahila Congress|National Incharge=Priyadarshini (Mahila Congress Wing)}}<br />
<br />
'''Akhilesh Kumar Singh''' (15 September 1959 – 20 August 2019) was an Indian politician.<br />
<br />
Akhilesh Singh was born on 15 September 1959.<ref name="winters"/> Singh was first elected to the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] in 1993 as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from [[Rae Bareli (Assembly constituency)|Rae Bareli]] Sadar. Singh won reelection twice, in 1996 and 2002, while retaining his affiliation with Congress.<ref name="ssingh">{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Sanjeev |title=Akhilesh Singh's demise may spell doom for Congress in Rae Bareli |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/sanjeev-singh-blog/akhilesh-singhs-demise-may-spell-doom-for-congress-in-rae-bareli/ |accessdate=21 August 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=20 August 2019}}</ref> Expelled from Congress prior to the 2007 election,<ref name="winters">{{cite news |last1=Winters |first1=Bryce J. |title=Akhilesh Singh, father of Congress MLA Aditi Singh from Raebareli, Passed Away |url=https://thenewscrunch.com/akhilesh-singh-father-of-congress-mla-aditi-singh-from-raebareli-passed-away/2174/ |accessdate=21 August 2019 |work=The News Crunch |date=20 August 2019}}</ref> Singh ran as a political independent and won a fourth legislative term.<ref name="ssingh"/> Singh contested the 2012 election after joining the [[Peace Party of India]].<ref name="ssingh"/> Upon the completion of his fifth legislative term, Singh's daughter [[Aditi Singh (politician)|Aditi]] announced that she would contest her father's open seat in 2017, which she won on Congress ticket.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahmad |first1=Qazi Faraz |title='Robin Hood of Rae Bareli', Five-Time MLA Akhilesh Singh Passes Away |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/robin-hood-of-rae-bareli-five-time-mla-akhilesh-singh-passes-away-2276447.html |accessdate=21 August 2019 |work=News 18 |date=20 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Five-time Rae Bareli MLA Akhilesh Singh passes away |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/70749165.cms |accessdate=21 August 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=20 August 2019}}</ref><br />
<br />
In later life, Singh was diagnosed with cancer, and died of the disease while seeking treatment at the [[Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences]] on 20 August 2019.<ref>{{cite news|agency=Indo-Asian News Service |title=UP Congress ex-MLA Akhilesh Singh passes away |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/up-congress-ex-mla-akhilesh-singh-passes-away/820092.html |accessdate=21 August 2019 |work=The Tribune/Hindustani Times |date=20 August 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820064151/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/up-congress-ex-mla-akhilesh-singh-passes-away/820092.html |archivedate=20 August 2019}} [https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ex-up-congress-mla-akhilesh-singh-passes-away/story-VkYD2ItTlERmfXgH53dEoM.html Alt URL]</ref><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
{{authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Akhilesh}}<br />
[[Category:1959 births]]<br />
[[Category:2019 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1993–1996]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1997–2002]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2002–2007]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2007–2012]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017]]<br />
[[Category:Peace Party of India politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in India]]<br />
[[Category:Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University alumni]]<br />
<br />
<br />
{{UttarPradesh-INC-politician-stub}}</div>->Edwige9