Lucknow: Mulayam Singh Yadav, former Defence Minister of India and chief minister of the state of Uttar Pradesh, was born on November 22, 1939. The leader, who would go on to establish the Samajwadi Party (SP), was born in the town of Safai in Uttar Pradesh, known as United Province then (under British India). Mulayam Singh Yadav died on October 10, 2022 and passed away at the age of 82 in Gurugram.
Early life and career
Mulayam Singh Yadav was born on November 22, 1939 to Murti Devi and Sughar Singh Yadav in UP's Safai village. Yadav completed his graduation from the Karm Kshetra Post Graduate College in Etawah and earned a BT degree at AK College in Shikohabad.
Mulayam Singh Yadav began his career as a teacher and also studied at Agra University.
Mulayam Singh Yadav was also a wrestler in his younger days.
Political career
Mulayam Singh Yadav began his political career as a protege of the stalwart socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia. Slowly, he came into his own and became an important leader of the socialist movement in the country.
He was elected for the first time as an MLA in 1967 from Etawah’s Jaswantnagar on a Samyukt Socialist Party ticket.
Mulayam Singh Yadav occupied the seat of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for three terms. He founded the Samajwadi Party in the 1990s, which formed government in the state on its own from 2012-2017, when Mulayam's son Akhilesh Yadav was the chief minister of the state.
The veteran leader passed away at the age of 82 after battling multiple ailments on October 10, 2022 in Gurugram. Lakhs of people turned up with tears in their eyes to pay their last respects to their beloved "Netaji."
