Bhim Singh

Bhim Singh may refer to:

Bhim Singh (athlete)

Bhim Singh (born 13 April 1945 in Dhanana) is an Indian former high jumper who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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Bhim Singh (politician)

Bhim Singh (born August 17, 1937) (Dogri: भीम सिंह) is an Indian politician, activist, lawyer and author. He is the leader of the Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP), a political organisation based in India and the state of Jammu and Kashmir. He founded the party in 1982 and was its chairman for 30 years until 2012 when he nominated his nephew in place. He has held several key posts in the Indian Youth Congress, such as Vice-president (1977–78), General Secretary (1974–76) and President of Jammu & Kashmir State Youth Congress (1973–74) appointed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Before breaking away from the Congress Party to found the JKNPP in 1982, he served as a General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee, the central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress Party.

He has been an elected member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (1977–87) from Chenani-Ghordi (Udhampur). In 1988, future prime minister Vajpayee joined him on hunger strike in front of the Election Commission offices as they had rigged an election against Bhim Singh preventing him from joining the Indian Parliament. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court ruled in favour of Bhim Singh, ruling that he had won the Lok Saba by-election from Udhampur, a seat once held by his fellow Dogra clansman Dr. Karan Singh, the former Crown prince of Jammu and Kashmir and its first President.