Sarup Singh

He also served as acting Governor of Rajasthan from August 1991 till February 1992.

[6] Born in Sanghi Village, Rohtak district in Haryana, Singh studied till Class IV in his native village and completed his matriculation from Punjab University in 1934 and Intermediate Arts from Delhi University in 1936.

[5][7] Singh started his career as a lecturer at Hindu College, University of Delhi in 1940, where he taught for over a decade, in 1951 he joined University College, London, and received his Ph.D. in English Literature in 1953.

However the following year, he was appointed Vice-Principal of Kirori Mal College, Delhi and later its Principal in 1957.

[9][10] After his death, 'Dr Sarup Singh Chair' was created at the Kurukshetra University, Haryana,[7] while its Department of English also organized "Dr. Sarup Singh Lectures" on his birth anniversary, while the Chair organizes seminars of Shakespeare in collaboration with the Shakespeare Association (India) starting 2006.