What is Charan Singh?
[[File:Charan Singh 1990 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Singh on a 1990 stamp of India]] '''Chaudhary Charan Singh''' (23 December 1902 – 29 May 1987) was an Indian politician. He was the [[List of Prime Ministers of India|5th]] [[Prime Minister of India]] from 28 July 1979 until 14 January 1980. Many people called him the 'champion of India's peasants.'<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Byres|first=Terence J.|date=1988-01-01|title=Charan Singh, 1902–87: An assessment|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03066158808438356|journal=The Journal of Peasant Studies|volume=15|issue=2|pages=139–189|doi=10.1080/03066158808438356|issn=0306-6150}}</ref> He was born in [[Hapur district|Noorpur]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]], [[British Raj|British India]]. He was mainly a member of the [[Janata Party]]. Singh died of a [[stroke]] on 29 May 1987 in [[New Delhi]] at the age of 84. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Deputy Prime Ministers of India}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Charan}} [[Category:1902 births]] [[Category:1987 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from Uttar Pradesh]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of India]] [[Category:Indian Deputy Prime Ministers]] [[Category:Indian politician]] {{bio-stub}}