Mulayam Singh Yadav Obituary

Mulayam Singh Yadav was an Indian politician and the founder-patron of the Samajwadi Party. He served for three non-consecutive terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and the Minister of Defence, of the Government of India.

A long-time parliamentarian, he was the Member of Parliament, representing the consistency of Mainpuri in the Lok Sabha. He had also served as the Member of Parliament from the Azamgarh and Sambhal constituencies.

Yadav has been married twice. His first wife, Malti Devi was in a vegetative state from 1974 until her death in May 2003 following complications while giving birth to their only child, Akhilesh Yadav.

Yadav had a relationship with Sadhana Gupta while still married to Malti Devi in the 1990s. Gupta was not well known until February 2007, when the relationship was admitted by Indian Supreme Court.

Yadav died at age 82 on October 10 after been admitted at a private hospital for more than a fortnight.