Vir Bahadur Singh was born in Gorakhpur.[1] He was born in a Rajput family. [2][3][4]
Family
His son, Fateh Bahadur Singh who studied in Colonel Brown Cambridge School, Dehradun has been the minister several times in Uttar Pradesh cabinet (Forest Minister of U.P.).
Political career
Vir Bahadur Singh remained Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 24 September 1985 till 25 June 1988.[5]
He was appointed Union Minister of Communication in 1988, by Rajiv Gandhi.[6]
Late Om Prakash Pandey & Mr. Brij Bhushan Singh were his close aides. Vir Bahadur Singh has delegated his political activities in Eastern Uttar Pradesh to them. They were very active budding leaders in the belt of Allahabad University, Banaras Hindu University & Purvanchal University. The political activities at the grass root i.e. "student leadership at university level" touched its zenith under the leadership of Om Prakash Pandey. The root cause of their political success was Om Prakash's populist measures towards people atrocities & swift decision making. The sudden death of Om Prakash Pandey due to unknown reason in early 1988 broke the reign of burgeoning student political water in the region. All student associations dispersed after his death as Mr. Brij Bhushan Singh who was too young to accept the responsibility therefore withdrew from political career.
The same proved the major setback for Vir Bahadur Singh and his political career hence losing majority in state assembly in June 1988.
Offices
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Singh was appointed the 13th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on 24 September 1985 and remained for a period of 2 years and 274 days, till 2 August 1988. At that time he was Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Paniyara.[7] He succeeded N. D. Tiwari who was also Chief Minister before him.[8] He was the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from Gorakhpur.[9] He lost the Chief Ministership in a party reshuffle when he resigned as CM to join the Union Cabinet as Minister for Communications.