Dinesh Singh (19 July 1925 – 30 November 1995) was an Indian politician. His family is from

Kalakankar Kalakankar is a village in Pratapgarh district of Indian state Uttar Pradesh. Kalakankar was a zamindari A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a p ...

. He served as a

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

on several occasions, and twice served as the

Minister of External Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

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

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

. He was educated at

The Doon School The Doon School (informally Doon School or Doon) is a selective all-boys boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935. It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer from Calcutta, who prevised a school mod ...

, Dehradun and at

Lucknow University The University of Lucknow (informally known as Lucknow University, and LU) is a public state university based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Founded in 1920, the University of Lucknow is one of the oldest government owned institutions of higher edu ...

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 The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

(1957–62), to the

Fifth Lok Sabha List of Members of the 5th Lok Sabha, ( 15 March 1971 — 18 January 1977) elected February–March 1971.The term of the House was extended two times by one year at a time. However, the House was dissolved after having been in existence for a ...

(1971–77), and then again for the Eighth and Ninth Lok Sabha 1984–1991, serving in the

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

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 ...

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Kalakankar royal family tree

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 {{INC-politician-stub

Early life and education

Political career

Personal life

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