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
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of India.
Early life and education
Dinesh Singh was born on 19 July 1925, to
Raja Awadhesh Singh
Raja Awadhesh Singh (died 1933) was zamindar of Kalakankar estate of Oudh of British India, succeeded by Raja Ramesh Singh.
On 14 November 1929, Raja Awadhesh Singh met Mahatma Gandhi during his visit of Kalakankar. Kunwar Suresh Singh was his ...
, the
taluqdar
Taluqdars or Talukdar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: ; Perso-Arabic: , ; from ''taluq'' "estate/attachment" + '' dar'' "owner"), were aristocrats who formed the ruling class during the Delhi Sultanate, Bengal Sultanate, Mughal Empire and British Raj ...
, or landed nobleman, of
Kalakankar in
Uttar Pradesh. He was educated at
The Doon School, Dehradun and at
Lucknow University.
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 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
and Ninth Lok Sabha 1984–1991, serving in the
Rajya Sabha in the interregnum.
Personal life
He married Neelima Kumari of the
Tehri-Garhwal
Tehri Garhwal is a district in the hill state of Uttarakhand, India. Its administrative headquarters is at New Tehri. The district has a population of 618, 931 (2011 census), a 2.35% increase over the previous decade. It is the 7th ranked dist ...
ruling family, in 1944, and had six daughters. His sixth daughter is
Ratna Singh
Ratna (रत्न) (also Rathna or Rathan) is a Sanskrit term for " jewel". It is also a popular female Hindu name.
Ratna may refer to:
People
* Ratna, Queen Mother of Nepal (born 1928), Queen Consort of Nepal from 1955 to 1972
* Ratna Fabr ...
, 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
Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian lawyer, statesman and politician who served as the 9th prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He is known for introducing various liberal reforms to Indi ...
.
See also
*
Brajesh Singh
Brajesh Singh ( hi, ब्रजेश सिंह, Kunwar Brijesh Singh or Brajesh Singh Lal; died 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (CPI). He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar near A ...
, uncle of Dinesh Singh.
References
External links
Kalakankar royal family tree
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1925 births
1995 deaths
Ministers for External Affairs of India
Indian National Congress politicians
India MPs 1957–1962
India MPs 1962–1967
India MPs 1967–1970
India MPs 1971–1977
Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
People from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
University of Lucknow alumni
Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
India MPs 1984–1989
India MPs 1989–1991
People from Banda district, India
The Doon School alumni
Commerce and Industry Ministers of India
Janata Party politicians