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{{Short description|8th Chief Minister of Rajasthan and 11th Vice President of India (2002–2007)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
| image = The Vice President Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in a Traditional Rajasthani Turban during a book release function in New Delhi on January 27, 2004.jpg
| caption = Shekhawat in 2004
| imagesize = 200
| office = 11th [[Vice President of India]]
| president = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
| term_start = 19 August 2002
| term_end = 21 July 2007
| predecessor = [[Krishan Kant]]
| successor = [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]]
| order2 = 8th
| office2 = Chief Minister of Rajasthan
| governor2 = [[Bali Ram Bhagat]] [[Darbara Singh (speaker)|Darbara Singh]] [[Navrang Lal Tibrewal]] {{small|(Acting)}}
| term_start2 = 4 December 1993
| term_end2 = 29 November 1998
| predecessor2 = ''[[President's rule]]''
| successor2 = [[Ashok Gehlot]]
| governor3 = [[D. P. Chattopadhyaya]] [[Sarup Singh]] {{small|(Acting)}} [[Marri Chenna Reddy]]
| term_start3 = 4 March 1990
| term_end3 = 15 December 1992
| predecessor3 = [[Hari Dev Joshi]]
| successor3 = ''[[President's rule]]''
| governor4 = [[Raghukul Tilak]]
| term_start4 = 22 June 1977
| term_end4 = 16 February 1980
| predecessor4 = [[Hari Dev Joshi]]
| successor4 = [[Jagannath Pahadia]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|10|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Khachariyaws, [[Rajputana]] (now in [[Rajasthan]], [[India]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|5|15|1923|10|23|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| otherparty =
| spouse = Suraj Kanwar
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| signature = Signature of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.svg
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2003)
| children = Ratan Rajvi
}}
'''Bhairon Singh Shekhawat''' (23 October 1923 – 15 May 2010) was the 11th [[vice president of India]]. He served in that position from August 2002, when he was elected to a five-year term by the electoral college following the death of [[Krishan Kant]], until he resigned on 21 July 2007, after losing the [[2007 Indian presidential election|presidential election]] to [[Pratibha Patil]]. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He served as the [[List of chief ministers of Rajasthan|Chief Minister of Rajasthan]] three times, from 1977 to 1980, 1990 to 1992 and 1993 to 1998. He represented several constituencies in Rajasthan [[Vidhan Sabha]] from 1952 to 2002. He was also awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] in the year 2003.

== Early life ==
He was born in 1923 to a [[Rajput]] family in the village of Khachriyawas, then in [[Sikar district]], [[Rajputana Agency]], [[British India]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-10-23|title=राजपूतों को आईना दिखाने वाले भैरों सिंह शेखावत|language=hi|work=BBC News हिंदी|url=https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-41715698|access-date=2020-07-17}}</ref> His father Devi Singh was a farmer of the village and his mother, Bane Kanwar was a housewife.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sh. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat {{!}} Vice President of India {{!}} Government of India|url=https://vicepresidentofindia.nic.in/former-vice-president/sh-bhairon-singh-shekhawat|access-date=2020-08-22|website=vicepresidentofindia.nic.in}}</ref> He was very good in studies and completed [[high school]] but was unable to complete college due to his father’s death. He had to support his family. He worked as a farmer and an officer sub-inspector of police.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-23|title=India's 11th Vice President Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat {{!}} BeAnInspirer|url=https://www.beaninspirer.com/indias-11th-vice-president-shri-bhairon-singh-shekhawat/|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Be An Inspirer|language=en-US}}</ref> After working in [[Police Department]] for few years he saw his interest in the politics and joined [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] in 1950. In the year 1952, he resigned from the position of [[Police Inspector]] to contest Elections in [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=भैरोंसिंह शेखावत ने सीकर के थानेदार से लेकर देश के उपराष्ट्रपति तक का सफर ऐसे तय किया|url=https://www.patrika.com/sikar-news/bhairon-singh-shekhawat-biography-in-hindi-3611778/|access-date=2020-08-22|website=Patrika News|language=hi}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
Referred to as "Rajasthan ka ek hi Singh"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/thousands-bid-farewell-to-shekhawat/115475-37-64.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518032538/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/thousands-bid-farewell-to-shekhawat/115475-37-64.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-05-18 |title=Thousands bid farewell to Shekhawat - IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |access-date=2014-07-12}}</ref> (The only lion of Rajasthan) or "Babosa" (Head of the family of Rajasthan) and affectionately as Bhairon Baba, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat entered politics in 1952. In 1952 he was MLA from [[Danta Ramgarh (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Ramgarh]], in 1957 from [[Sri Madhopur (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Sri Madhopur]], 1962 and 1967 he was MLA from Kisan Pol.<ref name=bs>{{cite book|title=Bhairon Singh Shekhawat edited by Rabul Singhal|year=2007|page=106|isbn=9788186830611|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GX9kmylYxzIC&pg=PT89|last1=Singhal|first1=Rabul}}</ref> In 1972 elections he lost but in 1973 he was elected to Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh.<ref name=bs/> In 1975 during emergency he was arrested and sent to [[Rohtak]] jail.<ref name=bs/><ref>{{cite book|title=The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics: 1925 to the 1990s ... By Christophe Jaffrelot|year=1999|page=277|isbn=9780140246025|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsfVOTUnYEC&pg=PA277|last1=Jaffrelot|first1=Christophe}}</ref> He remains the only Non-Congress politician to be the [[Chief minister]] of [[Rajasthan]] 3 times<ref name=":1" /> and was the first [[Vice President of India]] from [[BJP]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Rohit|last=Parihar|date=7 January 2009|title=Bhairon Singh Shekhawat embarrasses BJP|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/bhairon-singh-shekhawat-embarrasses-bjp-36788-2009-01-07|access-date=2020-08-22|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

== Political career ==

=== Janata Party ===
After emergency in 1977 he became MLA from Chhabra as [[Janata Party]] candidate.<ref name=bs/> In that year the [[Janata Party]] won 151 of the 200 seats in the state assembly elections of Rajasthan and Shekhawat took over as the first non Congress Chief Minister of Rajasthan in 1977. His government was dismissed by Indira Gandhi in 1980.<ref name=bs/>

=== Bharatiya Janata Party ===
In 1980, Shekhawat joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and became MLA again from Chabda and was leader of opposition. In 1985, he was MLA from Nimbahera.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nimbahera Elections Results 2018, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Nimbahera, Rajasthan|url=https://www.elections.in/rajasthan/assembly-constituencies/Nimbahera.html|access-date=2020-10-06|website=Elections in India}}</ref> However, in 1989 an alliance<ref>{{cite web |url=http://centreright.in/2014/03/the-1989-advani-parallel-for-modi-in-2014/#.U3TaGoG4X7A |title=The 1989 Advani Parallel for Modi in 2014 |publisher=Centreright.in |access-date=2014-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120854/http://centreright.in/2014/03/the-1989-advani-parallel-for-modi-in-2014/#.U3TaGoG4X7A |archive-date=17 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> between the BJP and the [[Janata Dal]] won all 25 of the Rajasthan seats in the [[Lok Sabha]] and also 138<ref name="rajassembly1">{{cite web |url=http://rajassembly.nic.in/house-tenure.htm |title=House Tenure - Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |publisher=Rajassembly.nic.in |access-date=2014-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505065333/http://www.rajassembly.nic.in/house-tenure.htm |archive-date=5 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> seats ([[BJP]]:84+[[Janata Dal]]:54)<ref name="rajassembly1" /> in the 1990 elections to the Ninth<ref name="rajassembly1" /> [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]. Shekhawat once again became Chief Minister of Rajasthan and was MLA from Dholpur.<ref name="bs" /> His government was dismissed in 1992 and [[President's rule]] imposed.<ref name="bs" /><ref name="rajassembly1" />

In the next elections, in 1993, Shekhawat led the BJP to be the single largest party, winning 96 seats. He himself contested from two seats, becoming MLA from [[Bali (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Bali]], but he lost from [[Ganganagar (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Ganganagar]] seat where he finished third and Congress candidate Radheshyam Ganganagar won. Three BJP-supported independents also won seats and other independents who supported the BJP took its total to 116. And Shekhawat became Chief Minister of Rajasthan for third time.<ref name=bs/>

In 1998, Shekhawat was elected from Bali again but the BJP lost power and Shekhawat became Leader of Opposition in the legislative assembly.<ref name=bs/> Shekhawat won every election to the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]], except in 1972 when he lost from Gandhi Nagar in [[Jaipur]], and in Ganganagar he lost in 1993 and Congress leader Radheshyam Ganganagar won. .<ref name="rediff1">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/former-vice-president-bhairon-singh-shekhawat-dead/20100515.htm |title=Former vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat dead - Rediff.com India News |work=Rediff.com |access-date=2014-07-12}}</ref>

Shekhawat was elected as the [[Vice-President of India]] in 2002, when he defeated the opposition candidate, [[Sushil Kumar Shinde]] by a margin of 149 votes out of the 750 votes polled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bhairon-singh-shekhawat-uses-political-skills-to-win-vice-presidential-polls/1/218894.html |title=Bhairon Singh Shekhawat uses political skills to win vice-presidential polls : INDIASCOPE - India Today |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |date=26 August 2002 |access-date=2014-07-12}}</ref>

In July 2007, Shekhawat fought the Presidential election as an independent candidate backed by National Democratic Alliance as a popular Presidential candidate next to [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]; but lost to the [[United Progressive Alliance]]-Left backed candidate [[Pratibha Patil]]. He became the first vice-president to lose presidential election. Following this defeat, Shekhawat resigned from the post of Vice-President on 21 July 2007.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

== Notable Policies ==

=== Against Sati Pratha ===
Shekhawat played the most crucial role in removing [[Sati (practice)]] from [[Rajasthan]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=RAJALAKSHMI |first=T. K. |title='Sati' and the verdict |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30221385.ece |access-date=2020-08-19 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref> as a part of their culture, especially among [[Rajput]] community.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 May 2010 |title=Life and deeds of the late Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat! |url=https://www.narendramodi.in/i-pay-my-obeisance-to-the-life-and-deeds-of-the-late-shri-bhairon-singh-shekhawat-3005 |url-status=live |access-date=2021-06-17}}</ref> At the time of 1987 when a 18 years old girl 'Roop Kanwar' was burnt as Sati,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-22|title=India's last known case of sati: 'She ceased to be a woman… was a Goddess'|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/she-ceased-to-be-a-woman-was-a-goddess-6016915/|access-date=2020-08-19|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> then the matter came in controversy. Then at that time without thinking about his votebank, he put a total ban on this practice.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Am confident that I will win: Shekhawat|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2007/jul/04inter.htm|access-date=2020-08-19|website=rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Celebrating A Death {{!}} Outlook India Magazine|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/celebrating-a-death/202411|access-date=2020-08-19|website=outlookindia.com/}}</ref>

=== Antyoday Yojna ===
Shekhawat started the "Antyoday Yojna" scheme, which was intended to uplift the poorest of the poor. The chairman of the [[World Bank]], [[Robert McNamara]], referred to him as the Rockefeller of India.<ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite news |agency=PTI|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-15/india/28281953_1_12th-vice-president-bhairon-singh-shekhawat-narpat-singh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107115133/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-15/india/28281953_1_12th-vice-president-bhairon-singh-shekhawat-narpat-singh |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 January 2014 |title=Former Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat dead |date=15 May 2010 |work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2014-02-06}}</ref>

=== Powerful Administration ===
Shekhawat was also known for his control over bureaucracy and the police. He had involvement in policies designed to improve literacy and industrialisation in Rajasthan, as well as tourism centred on the themes of heritage, wildlife and villages. He was also lauded by both, national and international leaders for his historic conduct of the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=29343 |title=Press Information Bureau English Releases |publisher=Pib.nic.in |access-date=2014-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shekhawat.com/bhairon-singh-shekhawat/ |title=Bhairon Singh Shekhawat - Former Vice President of India |publisher=Shekhawat.Com |access-date=2014-07-12}}</ref>

== Death ==
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat succumbed to cancer and other related health problems, and died on 15 May 2010 at the [[Sawai Man Singh Hospital]] in [[Jaipur]].<ref name="indiatimes1"/> He was cremated the next day, at a plot of land provided by the government of Rajasthan, where his memorial is now built. His funeral was attended by thousands of people. He was survived by his wife, Suraj Kanwar and his only daughter, Ratan Rajvi who is married to BJP leader [[Narpat Singh Rajvi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/thousands-bid-farewell-to-shekhawat/article768693.ece |title=Thousands bid farewell to Shekhawat |work=The Hindu |date=17 May 2010 |access-date=2014-02-06}}</ref>

His wife, Suraj Kanwar (1927 - 2013), died on 9 March 2013 at the age of 86 and was cremated at Shekhawat's [[Samadhi (shrine)|memorial]] as per her last wish.<ref>PTI, (9 March 2014) "Former VP Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's wife dies," Press Trust of India (New Delhi), archived from the original 9 March 2014 at 10:34 IST {{cite web|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/4482675_Former-VP-Bhairon-Singh-Shekhawat-s-wife-dies.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-03-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309141419/http://www.ptinews.com/news/4482675_Former-VP-Bhairon-Singh-Shekhawat-s-wife-dies.html |archive-date=9 March 2014 }}</ref>

== Electoral history ==
[[File:Bhairon Singh Shekhawat being received by the Governor of Orissa, Shri Rameshwar Thakur and the Chief Minister of Orissa, Shri Naveen Patnaik at Biju Patnaik Airport, Bhubaneswar, Orissa on October 13, 2006.jpg|thumb|Vice President Shekhawat along with former Governor of Odisha [[Rameshwar Thakur]].]]
[[File:The Vice President, Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat inspecting guard of honour given on his arrival at Biju Patnaik Airport, Bhubaneswar, Orissa on October 13, 2006.jpg|thumb|Vice President Shekhawat inspecting guard of honor at [[Biju Patnaik International Airport]].]]
Shekhawat was a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly on the following occasions:<ref name="Opposition Leader - RLA">{{cite web |title=Opposition Leader - RLA |url=http://rajassembly.nic.in/bhairon.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902114159/http://rajassembly.nic.in/bhairon.htm |archive-date=2 September 2014 |access-date=2014-07-12 |publisher=Rajassembly.nic.in |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*1952 - 1957, [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Jana Sangh]] [[Member of the State Legislature (India)|MLA]] from [[Danta Ramgarh (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Danta-ramgarh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan Assembly Election Results in 1951|url=https://www.elections.in/rajasthan/assembly-constituencies/1951-election-results.html|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Elections in India}}</ref>
*1957 - 1962, Jana Sangh MLA from [[Sri Madhopur (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Sri Madhopur]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan Assembly Election Results in 1957|url=https://www.elections.in/rajasthan/assembly-constituencies/1951-election-results.html|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Elections in India}}</ref>
*1962 - 1967, [[Member of the State Legislature (India)|MLA]] from [[Kishanpole (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Kishanpole]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan Assembly Election Results in 1962|url=https://www.elections.in/rajasthan/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Elections in India}}</ref>
*1967 - 1972, [[Member of the State Legislature (India)|MLA]] from Kishanpole.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan 1972|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3383-rajasthan-1972/|access-date=2021-07-03|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref>
* 1972 : Lost from [[Gandhinagar (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Gandhinagar]] as Jana Sangh candidate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan Assembly Election Results in 1972|url=https://www.elections.in/rajasthan/assembly-constituencies/1972-election-results.html|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Elections in India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3383-rajasthan-1972/|title=Rajasthan 1972|website=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
*1974 - 1977, [[Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha|Rajyasabha MP]] from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]].
*1977 - 1980, Janata Party MLA from Chhabra, via a bypoll.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|first=M. P.|last=Jain|date=30 November 1977|title=Rajasthan CM Bhairon Singh Shekhawat faces unexpected opposition|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19771130-rajasthan-cm-bhairon-singh-shekhawat-faces-unexpected-opposition-823513-2014-09-16|access-date=2021-02-24|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
*1980 - 1985, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] MLA from Chhabra.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan Assembly Election Results in 1980|url=https://www.elections.in/rajasthan/assembly-constituencies/1980-election-results.html|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Elections in India}}</ref>
*1985 - 1990, BJP MLA from Nimbahera. (Also won from Amber, but resigned from that seat)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan Assembly Election Results in 1985|url=https://www.elections.in/rajasthan/assembly-constituencies/1985-election-results.html|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Elections in India}}</ref>
*1990 - 1992, BJP MLA from Dholpur. (Also won from Chhabra, but resigned from that seat)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan Assembly Election Results in 1990|url=https://www.elections.in/rajasthan/assembly-constituencies/1990-election-results.html|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Elections in India}}</ref>
*1993 - 1998, BJP MLA from [[Bali (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Bali]]. (Also contested from [[Ganganagar (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Ganganagar]] but lost that seat, finishing third)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan Assembly Election Results in 1993|url=https://www.elections.in/rajasthan/assembly-constituencies/1993-election-results.html|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Elections in India}}</ref>
*1998 - 2002, BJP MLA from Bali.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajasthan Assembly Election Results in 1998|url=https://www.elections.in/rajasthan/assembly-constituencies/1998-election-results.html|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Elections in India}}</ref>

== Offices held ==
He held the following offices:
* 22 June 1977 – 16 February 1980: [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan]].
* 1980 – 90 Leader of the Opposition, [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]].
* 4 March 1990 – 15 December 1992: [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan]].
* 4 December 1993 – 29 November 1998: [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan]].
* December 1998 – August 2002: [[Leader of the Opposition]], [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]].
* 19 August 2002 – 21 July 2007: [[Vice-President of India]].

==See also==

*[[First Bhairon Singh Shekhawat ministry]]
*[[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat ministry (1990–1992)]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==

{{Commons category|Bhairon Singh Shekhawat}}
* [http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/aug/28spec.htm Rediff/28 August 2006: Bhairon Singh Shekhawat: The next President?]
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020820/main5.htm Shekhawat sworn in as Vice-President]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060411181319/http://www.india.gov.in/govt/biodata.php Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Profile on the Official Indian Government Site]
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Shekhawat_on_British_payroll_in_1942/rssarticleshow/2183573.cms Shekhawat on British payroll in 1942]

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