Dinesh_Singh_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)

Dinesh Singh (politician, born 1925)

Dinesh Singh (politician, born 1925)

Indian politician

This article is about member of parliament. For member of Punjab Legislative Assembly, see Dinesh Singh (Punjab politician).

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]

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Early life and education

Dinesh 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

In 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

He 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

References

  1. [1]
    "Obituary: Dinesh Singh". The Independent. 2 December 1995.
  2. [2]
    AP (4 December 1995). "Dinesh Singh, Indian Cabinet Minister, 70 - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  3. [3]
    "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.
  4. [4]
    "Dinesh Singh, minister in External Affairs for half dozen years in 60s". 15 March 1987. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
Preceded by Minister for External Affairs of India
1969–1970		 Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for External Affairs of India
1993–1995		 Succeeded by
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