Mulayam Singh Yadav Bio, Age, Family, Children

Mulayam Singh Yadav Bio: Whenever it comes to ruling one of the most populous states in India Yadav family is the one who ruled for a long time in Uttar Pradesh. Here, we are intimating you about one of the most popular leaders ever to rule Uttar Pradesh for three non-consecutive times. Mulayam Singh Yadav was a remarkable personality who passed away in a hospital in Gurugram, Haryana. Hailing from Saifai Village of Etawah district, UP, he was the supremo of the Samajwadi Party. He was the founder of the Samajwadi Party and served other parties also. Have a look over Mulayam Singh Yadav’s political journey, age, family, and children.

Mulayam Singh Yadav Bio

Mulayam Singh Yadav was born on 22 November 2022, in the Saifai village of the Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. Belonging to peasants and OBC category family he was born from Murti Devi and Sughar Singh Yadav. His death on 10th October 2022, shook the entire state and nation making Prime Minister, Home Minister and other leaders feel condolences. Mulayam Singh Yadav is a personality who is carved in the history of Uttar Pradesh. He was popularly known as “Netaji” and served as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Defence minister to the Govt. of India. He also represented constituencies of Uttar Pradesh(Mainpuri, Azamgarh and Sambhal) while he was the Member of Parliament.

Mulayam Singh Yadav Family

Born from Shrimati Murti Devi and Shriman Sughar Singh Yadav he was the second child of his parents. Among the six siblings, Ratan Singh was his elder brother. Abhay Ram Yadav, Rajpal Singh Yadav, and Shivpal Singh Yadav were Mulayam Singh’s younger brothers. Apart from his brothers, he had only one sister named Kamla Devi. As per the sources, many of Mulayam Singh Yadav’s family members including his brothers, nephews, daughter-in-law etc are currently active as political leaders in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Mulayam’s Wife And Children

If we talk about Mulayam Singh Yadav’s wife, so he had two wives. Mulayam was first married to Malti Devi in 1957, who passed away in 2003. Akhilesh Yadav is the only child of Mulayam Singh Yadav and Murti Devi. Despite getting married to Malti Devi, he was in a relationship with Sadhana Gupta. It is often noticed later, when Malti Devi died, Mulayam Singh married Sadhana Gupta in 2003. Sadhana Gupta who was recognised as the second wife of Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away in July 2022. Sadhana and Mulayam had one son named Prateek Yadav, but he was not born to them. Akhilesh Yadav married Dimple Yadav and Prateek Yadav married Aparna Yadav.

Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Education And Political Career

Yadav persuaded his basic schooling from a school in Etawah. He has a graduation degree in Political Science discipline. Mulayam Yadav completed his BA from Karm Kshetra PG college in Etawah, BT from AK college in Shikhohabad and Master’s course in Arts from BR college, Agra. In spite of being a famous political leader, Mulayam was also a former teacher and an agriculturalist. Mulayam was deeply inspired by Ram Manohar Lohia and Raj Narain for his political career. As he was from Saifai, his strong uphold never made him lose any election over the area and its constituencies.

Mulayam Singh Yadav was elected as MLA in 1967, and this is where his political journey began. He was the supreme leader of the Samajwadi Party and a socialist leader who served other parties too. When Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India, she imposed an emergency in which Mulayam Singh sent to Jail for 19 months in 1975. Afterward, Mulayam became the state minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1977. Later, he became the president of the Lok Dal in 1980 and between 1982-85 he remained a leader of the opposition in UP’s legislative council.

Between 1996 and 1998 he served as the Defence Minister of India. Mulayam was elected as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh three non-consecutive times in the year 1989, 1993 and 2003. When he was appointed as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1989, he was succeeded by Kalyan Singh in 1991. The second time, in 1993, Yadav was again appointed as the chief minister and his tenure lasted from 1995 to June. The third time, he came into power in 2003 and this time he ruled Uttar Pradesh for 5 years when his tenure came to an end in 2007.

Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Net Worth

As per the data, he has assets of around 16.5 crores. While he was the Member of Parliament his salary was around 1 lakh with which he received other facilities and allowances too. It is also stated that apart from his bank deposits of 40.13 lakhs, he has agricultural land worth 7.89 crores, non-agricultural land worth 1.444 crores and residential buildings worth 6.83 crores respectively.

Mulayam Yadav Age and Death

The whole nation was shocked when Akhilesh Yadav(son of Mulayam Yadav) announced his death via a tweet on 10th October 2022. Akhilesh Yadav stated “Mere adarniya pitaji aur sabke netaji nahi rahe” in his tweet from the Verified Twitter account of Samajwadi Party. Mulayam Singh Yadav who was in critical condition was undergoing treatment at the Medanta hospital, Gurugram, Haryana. The last rites of Mulayam Singh Yadav were performed on 11th October 2022 in his native village of Saifai, Uttar Pradesh.

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