Former Union Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh passed away on Sunday. He was 82. In August 2014, Jaswant had a fall in his bathroom and injured his head. He was admitted to Army's Research and Referral hospital in Delhi for treatment. He was in a state of coma ever since. Singh was cremated at his farmhouse in Rajasthan's Jodhpur. His son Manvendra Singh lit the funeral pyre amid chanting of Vedic mantras.
Born on January 3, 1938, in Jasol village of Barmer district, Rajasthan, Jaswant Singh was raised in a Rajput family. He was an alumnus of Mayo College and National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla. Singh was barely 19 when he joined the Central India Horse, a famous cavalry regiment of the Indian Army. After serving in the defence services till 1965, he resigned from his commission to embark on his political career.