Singh was born in Sarwara Jat family in Mohra village and has ancestral roots from Shaheedan Misl of SandhuJat Sikhs. His ancestors settled in Ambala region which was then under Shaheedan Misl. His father adopted Arya Samaj in Sonipat and worked as a teacher and was renowned as Master Hazara Singh. His family contains both Sikh and Hindu religion people, all are Jats (Jatts). He married Naib Kaur and has two daughters and two sons.
Stud farm
A Zamindar warrior by lineage, Singh has created Hazara Stud Farm, a thriving stud named after his father Hazara Singh. The farm is among the leading stud farms in the country where horses are bred for races across all centers including Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mysore.[citation needed]
Political career
Singh's political journey started with Sanjay Gandhi in Indian Youth Congress. In 1974, he joined Indian Youth Congress.[citation needed] In 1976, he became the block Youth Congress president and rose to General Secretary of Pradesh Youth Congress, Haryana in 1980.[citation needed] He served as President, State Youth Congress, Haryana for seven years from August 1982 to 1989 and also served as the vice president of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee.[citation needed]
He organized two mega-rallies at Kurukshetra grounds, Haryana. The Hisaab Lagao Rally was taken on 25 June 2002. The second Hisaab Chukao Rally was held on 9 December 2004.[6][7][8]
He re-joined Congress in 1999 and contested again from the same seat in 2000 and 2005 on Congress ticket. He lost to Jasbir Mallour of INLD in the 2000 Assembly election but regained the seat in 2005.
In 2024 Haryana Assembly Election Nirmal Singh won the Ambala City seat from BJP candidate Aseem Goel. [13][14]
New party
In November 2019, Singh formed his own party Haryana Democratic Front.[15] Under his leadership, the party formed its state, district, ward and village units in various districts of North Haryana within two years.[16] The new party contested the Municipal Corporation election 2020 in Ambala City and won two corporator seats while their Mayor candidate came third.[17]
In April 2022, Singh along with his daughter Chitra Sarwara, National General Secretary and Treasurer of the party, his Son Udayvir Singh Sonu (National General Secretary and Convenor Youth Front) and team members of the party joined Aam Aadmi Party under the leadership of Arvind Kejriwal.[18][19][20]
In December 2023, he and his daughter Chitra resigned from AAP and are likely to join the Congress party again in January 2024.[21]
Arrest
In October 1994, he was implicated in a murder investigation and he voluntarily resigned as a Minister of State for Revenue. He was put behind bars for the next two and half years.[citation needed] He contested the next election in 1996 from behind the bars as an independent candidate and won. Later, he was acquitted of all charges in February 1997.[citation needed]
Tours
1983: He was a member of India's first political youth delegation to China after the war.[citation needed]