Dinesh Singh
Minister of External Affairs
In office
1969–1970
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byIndira Gandhi (Acting)
Succeeded bySardar Swaran Singh
In office
1993–1995
Prime MinisterP. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded byP. V. Narasimha Rao (Acting)
Succeeded byPranab Mukherjee
Ministry of Water Resources
In office
14 February 1988 – 25 June 1988
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Preceded byRam Niwas Mirdha
Succeeded byB. Shankaranand
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1967–1977
Preceded byAjit Pratap Singh
Succeeded byRoop Nath Singh Yadav
ConstituencyPratapgarh
In office
1984–1991
Preceded byAjit Pratap Singh
Succeeded byAbhay Pratap Singh
ConstituencyPratapgarh
Personal details
Born(1925-07-19)19 July 1925
Kalakankar, United Provinces, British India
Died30 November 1995(1995-11-30) (aged 70)
Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseNeelima Kumari
Children6 (including Ratna Singh)
Parent

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]

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. ^ "Obituary: Dinesh Singh". The Independent. 2 December 1995.
  2. ^ AP (4 December 1995). "Dinesh Singh, Indian Cabinet Minister, 70 - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  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. ^ "Dinesh Singh, minister in External Affairs for half dozen years in 60s". 15 March 1987. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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