Gurmukh Nihal Singh

Gurmukh Nihal Singh
Sardar; Gurmukh Nihal Singh
1st Governor of Rajasthan
	In office; 1 November 1956 – 16 April 1962
Preceded by	Man Singh II (Rajpramukh)
Succeeded by	Sampurnanand
2nd Chief Minister of Delhi
	In office; 13 February 1955 – 31 October 1956
Preceded by	Chaudhary Brahm Prakash
Succeeded by	Position Abolished
Personal details
Born	14 March 1895
Political party	Indian National Congress
Alma mater	Banaras Hindu University, University of Delhi
	As of 2 February, 2015; Source: Former Governor of Rajasthan

Gurmukh Nihal Singh (born 14 March 1895, date of death unknown) was the first Governor of Rajasthan[1] and second Chief Minister of Delhi from 1955 to 1956 and was a Congress leader.[2] He was the successor of Chaudhary Brahm Prakash and assumed office in 1955 just for one year, as after that States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was passed which made Delhi a Union Territory. Thus, no one was appointed the next CM of Delhi until legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1993, when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as National Capital Territory of Delhi by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Indian constitution.[3]

The late journalist Surendra Nihal Singh (1929-2018) was Gurmukh Nihal Singh's son.[4][5]

References

"ਰਾਜਸਥਾਨ ਦੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਸਿੱਖ ਰਾਜਪਾਲ ਸ: ਗੁਰਮੁਖ ਨਿਹਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ". Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
"Gurmukh Nihal Singh was the second Chief Minister of Delhi, and also served as the first Governor of the state of Rajasthan".
"Sixty-ninth amendment". Delhi Assembly official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
"In memoriam". The Statesman. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
Kapoor, Coomi (17 April 2018). "Veteran journalist S Nihal Singh (1929-2018): Among the last old-school titans". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

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[1] "ਰਾਜਸਥਾਨ ਦੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਸਿੱਖ ਰਾਜਪਾਲ ਸ: ਗੁਰਮੁਖ ਨਿਹਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ". Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

[2] "Gurmukh Nihal Singh was the second Chief Minister of Delhi, and also served as the first Governor of the state of Rajasthan".

[Sixty-ninth_amendment-3] "Sixty-ninth amendment". Delhi Assembly official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

[4] "In memoriam". The Statesman. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

[5] Kapoor, Coomi (17 April 2018). "Veteran journalist S Nihal Singh (1929-2018): Among the last old-school titans". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2 October 2020.