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Arjun Singh was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party, who served two terms as the 12th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in the 1980s. He later became Union Minister of Human Resource Development in the Manmohan Singh cabinet from 2004 to 2009.
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- ↑ Admin, India Education Diary Bureau (27 December 2020). "Madhya Pradesh CM Chouhan to award 28 outstanding sports personalities at Minto Hall". India Education,Education News India,Education News | India Education Diary. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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