Raja Dinesh Singh (19 July 1925 – 30 November 1995) was an Indian politician. His family is from Kalakankar. He served as a Member of Parliament on several occasions, and twice served as the Minister of External Affairs of India.[1]
Raja Dinesh Singh | |
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| Minister of External Affairs | |
| In office 1969–1970 | |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Indira Gandhi (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Sardar Swaran Singh |
| In office 1993–1995 | |
| Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Preceded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Ministry of Water Resources | |
| In office 14 February 1988 – 25 June 1988 | |
| Prime Minister | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Ram Niwas Mirdha |
| Succeeded by | B. Shankaranand |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1967–1977 | |
| Preceded by | Ajit Pratap Singh |
| Succeeded by | Roop Nath Singh Yadav |
| Constituency | Pratapgarh |
| In office 1984–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Ajit Pratap Singh |
| Succeeded by | Abhay Pratap Singh |
| Constituency | Pratapgarh |
Pretender information | |
| Title(s) | Raja of Kalakankar |
| Throne(s) claimed | Kalakankar |
| Pretend from | 1971–1995 |
| Monarchy abolished | Sovereign Monarchy 1947 (Instrument of Accession) Titular Monarchy 1971 (26th Amendment of the Indian Constitution) |
| Last monarch | Himself |
| Successor | Vacant |
| Raja of Kalakankar | |
| Reign | 1933–1947 |
| Predecessor | Raja Awadhesh Singh |
| Titular Reign | 1947–1971 |
| Born | 19 July 1925 Kalakankar, United Provinces, British India |
| Died | 30 November 1995 (aged 70) Delhi, India |
| Spouse | Neelima Kumari |
| Father | Raja Awadhesh Singh |
| Alma mater | University of Lucknow The Doon School |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Children | 6 (including Rajkumari Ratna Singh) |
Early life and education
editDinesh Singh was born on 19 July 1925, to Raja Awadhesh Singh, the taluqdar, or landed nobleman, of Kalakankar in Uttar Pradesh. He was educated at The Doon School, Dehradun and at Lucknow University.[2]
Political career
editIn 1962-66 he was Deputy Minister in the Ministry of External Affairs 1962–66, Minister of State 1966–67, and Minister of Commerce 1967-69 and 1988–89, Minister of Industrial Development and Internal Trade 1970–71. He was Minister of External Affairs 1969-70[3] and 1993–1995.
He was elected from Pratapgarh for seven terms from the Second Lok Sabha (1957–62), to the Fifth Lok Sabha (1971–77), and then again for the Eighth[4] and Ninth Lok Sabha 1984–1991, serving in the Rajya Sabha in the interregnum.
Personal life
editHe married Neelima Kumari of the Tehri-Garhwal ruling family, in 1944, and had six daughters. His sixth daughter is Ratna Singh, who was also a member of Lok Sabha from the same Pratapgarh constituency.
He died on 30 November 1995 in New Delhi, due to various diseases. At the time of his death, he was a minister without portfolio in the Cabinet headed by P. V. Narasimha Rao.
See also
edit- Brajesh Singh, uncle of Dinesh Singh.
References
edit- ^ "Obituary: Dinesh Singh". The Independent. 2 December 1995.
- ^ AP (4 December 1995). "Dinesh Singh, Indian Cabinet Minister, 70 - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "Mrs. Gandhi Appoints a New Foreign Minister; Dinesh Singh, 43, Is Viewed as Mistrustful of the West -- Other Aides Shifted". The New York Times. 14 February 1969. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Dinesh Singh, minister in External Affairs for half dozen years in 60s". 15 March 1987. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
External links
edit- Kalakankar royal family tree Archived 8 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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