Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha

  SINGH, SHRI TH. CHAOBA
CONGRESS (I) - INNER MANIPUR( MANIPUR)

Father's Name:   Late Shri Th. Hera Singh

Date of Birth:   24 May 1937

Place of Birth:   Vill. Utlou in Distt. Bishnupur (Manipur)

Marital Status:   Married on 25 January 1961

Spouse's Name:   Late Smt. Th. Mangolnganbi Devi

Children:   Two sons and four daughters

Educational Qualifications :
Undergraduate (B.Com 1st Year) 
Educated at D.M. College, Imphal (Manipur)

Profession :
   Political and Social Worker, Artist, Agriculturist, Sportsman 
        and Trade Unionist

Permanent Address :
   B.P.O. Utlou, P.O. Nambol, Distt. Bishnupur-795126 (Manipur)
Tels. (0385) 227868, 93552
 
Positions Held :
   
1958-65General Secretary, Block Congress Committee
1972-95Member, Manipur Legislative Assembly
1972-74Member, Public Accounts Committee and Estimates Committee, 
Manipur Legislative Assembly
1974-75Deputy Speaker, Manipur Legislative Assembly
1975-80Minister of State, Industry, Food and Civil Supplies, 
Labour and Employment,Irrigation and Flood Control,Manipur
1980-84General Secretary, P.C.C. (I), Manipur
1980-94Cabinet Minister for Sports, Forests and Fisheries, 
Manipur
1990-97Member, A.I.C.C.
1994-95Deputy Chief Minister, Manipur
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
   Received Best Actor Award in the All Manipur Drama 

Social and Cultural Activities :
Secretary,  Utlou  Youth  Social  Welfare  Association Activities
1950-58; President (i) Public Theatre Artists Association, Nambol; 
and (ii) Rural Sports Association, Nambol, Manipur

Special Interests :
   Upliftment of the rural agriculturists through cooperative movement 
and encouraging rural youth to take up sports

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Physical exercises; meeting people and watching sports on T.V.

Sports and Clubs :
   Promotion of rural sports by encouraging and helping set up village 
clubs, play-grounds, buildings and organising tournaments

Countries Visited :
   Hong Kong, Indonesia and Singapore; visited Bali (Indonesia) as a 
        Member of the Parliamentary Delegation on Tourism in 1996

Election Result :
   
Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate6,26,653
Total votes polled4,14,736
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri Th. Chaoba Singh (I.N.C.)1,19,881
(2) Shri Nongmaithem Pohari (F.P.M.)  83,293
(3) Shri Yumnam Yaima Singh (M.P.P.)  64,266
(4) Shri Haobam Bhuban Singh (B.J.P.)  42,882