Mulayam Singh Yadav  Mulayam Singh Yadav (born 22 November 1939) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh and the founder-patron of the Samajwadi Party. He served for three non-consecutive terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1989 to 1991, 1993 to 1995 and 2003 to 2007 respectively and also served as the Minister of Defence from 1996 to 1998 in the United Front government. He has also served as the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Azamgarh between 2014 and 2019. He is currently the Member of Parliament, representing the constituency of Mainpuri in the lower house. Mulayam Singh Yadav also known as Dhartiputra Mulayam Singh Yadav. Mulayam Singh was born to Murti Devi and Sughar Singh on 22 November 1939 in Saifai village, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Singh has three degrees—B.A., B.T. and M.A. in political science from Karm Kshetra Post Graduate College in Etawah, A. K. College in Shikohabad, and B. R. College, Agra University respectively. Singh has married twice. His first wife Malti Devi suffered complications while giving birth to their first child, Akhilesh. She was in a vegetative state until May 2003 when she died. Akhilesh yadav, went on to become the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017. Singh had a relationship with Sadhana Gupta while still married to Malti Devi in the 1980s and the couple had a son named Prateek in 1988. Gupta was not well known until February 2007, when the relationship was admitted in India's Supreme Court. Prateek Yadav manages the land-holdings of the Yadav family. Groomed by leaders such as Ram Manohar Lohia and Raj Narain, Yadav was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in 1967. Yadav served eight terms there. In 1975, during Indira Gandhi's imposition of the Emergency, Mulayam Yadav was arrested and kept in custody for 19 months. He first became a state minister in 1977. Later, in 1980, he became the president of the Lok Dal (People's Party) in Uttar Pradesh which became a part of the Janata Dal (People's Party) afterwards.In 1982, he was elected leader of the opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and held that post until 1985.