[12] After his retirement from the military, Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2014 and was elected as Member of Parliament to the Lok Sabha for the Ghaziabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh in that year's general election.

[e] Singh was born on 10 May 1950 in a Rajput Family to Captain (later Colonel) Jagat Singh, an officer then serving in the 14th battalion the Rajput Regiment of the Indian Army,[f] and Krishna Kumari, at the Military Hospital at Pune.

[15] His village had been founded by the Rajput rulers and frequently involved in fighting with the Mughal and has produced many warriors.

[23] After graduating from the NDA, he entered the Indian Military Academy (IMA) in June 1969.

He started his career when he was commissioned in the 2nd Battalion of Rajput Regiment after graduating from Indian Military Academy and retired after serving as the Chief of Army Staff (India).

I do not think the people of Bangladesh of that period have forgotten, but the coming generations, probably have found it easier to put it somewhere in the corner"He was very much inspired by Sam Manekshaw and was a follower of his ideology and learnt leadership from him, after he met him after the War of India and Pakistan in 1971.

[36] In April 1978, Singh came back to his battalion which was to move to Poonch for its operational tenure along the Line of Control.

In March 1982, he was selected to attend the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, having secured a competitive vacancy.

[37] After completing the year-long course, he was posted as General Staff Officer 2 (GSO-2) in the Military Operations (MO) Directorate at Army headquarters.

He spent the next two years in Sri Lanka fighting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

[36] On 26 January 1990, he was awarded the Yudh Seva Medal for leading an operation which eliminated 6 LTTE men.

[38] In late 1989, Singh was approved to be promoted to the rank of Colonel and cleared to command a battalion.

[36] Singh also made a cameo appearance in the 1991 Hindi film Prahaar: The Final Attack, starring Nana Patekar, Madhuri Dixit and Dimple Kapadia.

[39] In June 1994, Singh was selected to attend the Higher Command Course at the Army War College, Mhow.

After the ten-month course, he was appointed Colonel General Staff (Col GS) of the 12th Infantry Division at Jodhpur.

After the course, he returned to India and was appointed Brigadier General Staff (BGS) of Jalandhar based XI Corps.

For his distinguished service as GOC Victor Force, he was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2003.

[46] For distinguished service of the highest order, he was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2009.

[7] Towards the end of his career, a dispute regarding his date of birth arose; Singh took the Government of India to court and become the first serving officer of the Indian Army to do so.

Singh withdrew the writ in February 2012 when, according to The Hindu, the Supreme Court of India "refused to intervene".

The Court noted there was no dispute regarding his actual date of birth and that the matter being contested was the way in which it had been recorded.

This report followed an interview given by Singh in March 2012 that caused a political row.

According to Singh, over a year earlier he had reported to A. K. Antony, the defence minister, that he had been offered a bribe of US$2.7 million if the army bought several hundred sub-standard vehicles.

Antony issued a rebuttal to the interview, saying he had requested a written report from Singh regarding the incident and that this had never been submitted.

The problems of farmers will have to take the forefront in this movement as the government has turned a blind eye to their woes.

[60] He was relieved of responsibility for the North East Region in November 2014, when Jitendra Singh replaced him.

[61] Singh is praised for leading Operation Raahat, a rescue mission to evacuate Indian citizens and other foreign nationals from Yemen during 2015 Yemeni Crisis.

I salute General V. K. Singh.”[63] In May 2019, Singh became Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and served there till 11 June 2024.

He has written an autobiography, Courage and Conviction, covering his career and experience in the Indian Army.

[75] On 11 March 2011, he was inducted into the United States Army War College Class of 2001 graduates International Fellows Hall of Fame.