Chaudhary Charan Singh 

• He was born in 1902 at Noorpur in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh and was the Prime Minister of India from 28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980. 
• Being a proponent of rural and agricultural development, he made continuous efforts for keeping agriculture at the centre of planning for India. 
• He took a leading part in formulation and finalisation of the Debt Redemption Bill 1939, in order to give relief to the peasantry from moneylenders. 
• He was instrumental in bringing about the Land Holding Act, 1960, which was aimed at lowering the ceiling on land holdings to make it uniform throughout the State. 
• He was the author of several books and pamphlets, including ‘Abolition of Zamindari’, ‘Co-operative Farming X-rayed’, ‘India’s Poverty and its Solution’, ‘Peasant Proprietorship or Land to the Workers’ and ‘Prevention of Division of Holdings Below a Certain Minimum’. 
• On 30 March 2024, Singh was posthumously honoured with the Bharat Ratna.