Background
Singhal was born in Agra. His father was a government official
Singhal was born in Agra. His father was a government official
Succeeded by Praveen Togadia, Singhal suffered ill-health but was working till a month before his death. Singhal has a Bachelor"s degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Benaras Hindu University Institute of Technology in 1950. Having been in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Royal Statistical Society, UK) since 1942, he became a full-time pracharak after graduation.
He worked in various locations around Uttar Pradesh, becoming a prant pracharak for Delhi and Haryana.
In 1980, he was deputed to the VHP, becoming its joint general secretary. In 1984, he became its general secretary and, later, the working president, a role in which he continued till 2011.
Singhal was a trained vocalist in Hindustani music He studied under Pandit Omkarnath Thakur.
Singhal died on 17 November 2015 at Medanta Medicity hospital in Gurgaon, aged 89.
After the Meenakshipuram conversions in 1981, Singhal moved to the VHP as the joint general secretary. After noting the main greivance of the Dalit communities in the area as being access to temples, VHP built 200 temples specifically for Dalits. He says that the conversions stopped afterwards.
The movement for reclaiming the Ramjanmabhoomi temple was born here.
Singhal soon became the chief architect of the Ramjanmabhoomi movement.