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.
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
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. He was educated at
The Doon School
The Doon School (informally Doon School or Doon) is a Selective school, selective all-boys Private school, private boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935. It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer ...
, 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
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(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
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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
Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian independence activist, lawyer, and statesman from the Indian National Congress who served as the prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He was the first p ...
.
See also
*
Brajesh Singh, 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 from Uttar Pradesh
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