Dinesh Singh

Dinesh Singh
External Affairs Minister
In office 1969-70;1993-1995
Constituency	Pratapgarh
Personal details
Born	19 July 1925(1925-07-19) Kalakankar, Uttar Pradesh
Died	30 November 1995(1995-11-30) (aged 70) Delhi
Political party	INC

Dinesh Singh (19 July 1925 – 30 November 1995) was an Indian politician. A member of the Kalakankar dynasty, 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 Avadhesh Singh, the talukdar, or landed nobleman, of Kalakankar in of Uttar Pradesh. He was educated at Doon School and went to Colvin College, Lucknow and at Lucknow University.^[1]

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.

Family

He married Neelima Kumari, princess from the Tehri-Garhwal family ,in 1944 ^[2], and had six daughters. His sixth daughter is Ratna Singh, currently MP from the same Pratapgarh constituency.

He died on 30 November 1995 in New Delhi.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Obituary: Dinesh Singh". The Independent. Saturday, 2 December 1995. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dinesh-singh-1523677.html. 
2. ^ Tehri Garhwal genealogy

External links

• Kalakankar royal family tree Queensland University

Preceded by Indira Gandhi	Minister for External Affairs of India 1969–1970	Succeeded by Sardar Swaran Singh
Preceded by P V Narasimha Rao	Minister for External Affairs of India 1993–1995	Succeeded by Pranab Mukherjee

Persondata
Name	Singh, Dinesh
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	19 July 1925
Place of birth	Kalakankar, Uttar Pradesh
Date of death	30 November 1995
Place of death	Delhi