Rajkumar Dorendra Singh, also known as R. K. Dorendra Singh (30 September 1934 – 30 March 2018) was a senior

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n politician and a former Chief Minister of

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. In the past, he represented a number of political parties; most recently he was with

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. He was a member of the

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(INC),

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(BJP), and a few other parties earlier. He was the

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from 6 December 1974 to 16 May 1977, again from 14 January 1980 to 27 November 1980, and from 8 April 1992 to 11 April 1993. He was elected to the

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of the

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- the

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from Manipur and served from 20 September 1988 till 12 March 1990 from

party.

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Chief Ministers of Manipur 1934 births 2018 deaths Rajya Sabha members from Manipur Chief ministers from Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Manipur {{Manipur-BJP-politician-stub

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