Karan Singh

Karan Singh
Karan Singh
MP Rajya Sabha, President ICCR, Chairman AICC Foreign Affairs Department,
Reign 1961–present
Predecessor Hari Singh
Spouse Yasho Rajya Lakshmi
Issue
Jyotsana

Vikramaditya Singh

Ajatshatru Singh

Full name
Karan Singh
House The Royal House of Jammu and Kashmir
Father Hari Singh
Mother Maharani Tara Devi
Born 9 March 1931 (1931-03-09) (age 80)
Cannes, France
Religion Hinduism

Karan Singh (born 1931) is an MP in the Rajya Sabha, a senior member of the ruling Indian National Congress Party serving as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Department, President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), India's Ambassador to UNESCO, Chairman of the Auroville Foundation and of the Temple of Understanding, author, diplomat, champion of interfaith dialogue, and Hindu scholar. Dr. Singh is the son of the last ruler of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu, Maharaja Hari Singh. In the 26th amendment[1] to the Constitution of India promulgated in 1971, the Government of India abolished all official symbols of princely India, including titles, privileges, and remuneration (privy purses).[2] Dr. Singh received the Padma Vibhushan in 2005.

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Biography

Early life and education

Karan Singh was born on March 9, 1931, in Cannes, France, to the last ruler of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu (also known as The Royal House of Jammu and Kashmir), Maharaja Hari Singh and his wife Maharani Tara Devi.

He was educated at Doon School, Dehra Dun, and received a B.A. from Sri Pratap Singh (S. P.) College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir University, and an M.A. in Political Science from Delhi University. He went on to receive a Ph.D. from Delhi University.[3]

Political career

Sadar-i-Riyasat Karan Singh administers the oath of office to Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, after the 1957 elections in Jammu and Kashmir

In 1949, at age of eighteen, he was appointed as the regent of Jammu and Kashmir state after his father stepped down as the king, following the state's accession to India.[4] He served successively as regent, Sadr-i-Riyasat and governor of the state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1965 to 1967. He was then, successively, Union Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation from 1967 to 1973, Minister of Health and Family Planning from 1973 to 1977 and Minister of Education and Culture in 1979–1980. In 1990–1991, he served as Indian Ambassador to the US.

From 1967 to 1980, and in 1990, Karan Singh served as an MP in the Lok Sabha; since 1996, he has been an MP in the Rajya Sabha. He served as Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, Jammu and Kashmir University, and Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is an active member of several boards, organizations, and foundations, including the Author's Guild of India, the ICCR, the Auroville Foundation, the Indian Board of Wildlife, and several others.

Presently, Karan Singh is Chairman of the AICC Foreign Department.

Personal life

In 1956, he married Princess Yasho Rajya Lakshmi (1937–2009), the granddaughter of Maharaja Sir Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, the last Rana Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty of Nepal.[5] They had three children — a daughter, Jyotsna, and two sons Vikramaditya and Ajatshatru, and six grandchildren — Vivaswat, Viveka, Mriganka, Martand, Adishree and Ranvijay.

Styles

  • 1931–1939: Yuvraj Sri Karan Singh Bahadur, Yuvaraja of Jammu and Kashmir
  • 1939–1945: Second Lieutenant Yuvraj Sri Karan Singh Bahadur, Yuvaraja of Jammu and Kashmir
  • 1945–1961: Colonel Yuvraj Sri Karan Singh Bahadur, Yuvaraja of Jammu and Kashmir
  • 1961–present: Major-General His Highness Shriman Rajrajeshwar Maharajadhiraj Dr. Sri Karan Singh Indar Mahindar Bahadur, Sipar-i-Sultanat, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir (formally preferred to be known as Dr. Sri Karan Singh upon accession)
    • 1949–1952: Sri Karan Singh, Regent of Jammu and Kashmir
    • 1952–1961: His Excellency Sri Karan Singh, Sadr-i-Riyasat of Jammu and Kashmir
    • 1961–1965: His Excellency Dr. Sri Karan Singh, Sadr-i-Riyasat of Jammu and Kashmir
    • 1965–1967: His Excellency Dr. Sri Karan Singh, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
    • 1967–1980; 1990: The Right Honourable Dr. Sri Karan Singh, MP (Lok Sabha)
    • 1980–1989; 1991–1996: Dr. Sri Karan Singh
    • 1989–1990: His Excellency Dr. Sri Karan Singh, Ambassador to the United States of America
    • 1996–present: The Right Honourable Dr. Sri Karan Singh, MP (Rajya Sabha)

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Honours

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Bibliography

  • "Towards A New India"(1974)
  • Population, Poverty and the Future of India (1975)
  • "One Man's World" (1986)
  • Essays on Hinduism. Ratna Sagar. 1987. ISBN 8170701732.
  • Humanity at the Crossroads . with Daisaku Ikeda. Oxford University Press, 1988.
  • "Autobiography" (2 vols.)(1989)
  • "Brief Sojourn" (1991)
  • Hymn to Shiva and Other Poems (1991)
  • The Transition to a Global Society (1991)
  • Mountain of Shiva (1994)
  • Autobiography. Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN 0195636368.
  • Prophet of Indian Nationalism
  • Hinduism. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 2005. ISBN 1845574257
  • Mundaka Upanishad: The Bridge to Immortality.
  • Ten Gurus of the Sikhs Their Life Story, Tr. into English Pramila Naniwadekar & Moreshwar Naniwadekar.
  • Nehru's Kashmir. Wisdom Tree. ISBN 9788183281607.
  • A Treasury of Indian Wisdom. Penguin Ananda, 2010. ISBN 9780670084500.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Constitution (26 Amendment) Act, 1971", indiacode.nic.in (Government of India), 1971, http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend26.htm, retrieved 9 November 2011 
  2. ^ 1. Ramusack, Barbara N. (2004). The Indian princes and their states. Cambridge University Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-521-26727-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=Kz1-mtazYqEC&pg=PA278. Retrieved 6 November 2011. , "Through a constitutional amendment passed in 1971, Indira Gandhi stripped the princes of the titles, privy purses and regal privileges which her father's government had granted." (p 278). 2. Naipaul, V. S. (8 April 2003), India: A Wounded Civilization, Random House Digital, Inc., pp. 37–, ISBN 978-1-4000-3075-0, http://books.google.com/books?id=XYeWbmq7pkIC&pg=PT37, retrieved 6 November 2011  Quote: "The princes of India – their number and variety reflecting to a large extent the chaos that had come to the country with the break up of the Mughal empire – had lost real power in the British time. Through generations of idle servitude they had grown to specialize only in style. A bogus, extinguishable glamour: in 1947, with Independence, they had lost their state, and Mrs. Gandhi in 1971 had, without much public outcry, abolished their privy purses and titles." (pp 37–38). 3. Schmidt, Karl J. (1995), An atlas and survey of South Asian history, M.E. Sharpe, p. 78, ISBN 978-1-56324-334-9, http://books.google.com/books?id=FzmkFXSgxqgC&pg=PA78, retrieved 6 November 2011  Quote: "Although the Indian states were alternately requested or forced into union with either India or Pakistan, the real death of princely India came when the Twenty-sixth Amendment Act (1971) abolished the princes' titles, privileges, and privy purses." (page 78). 4. Breckenridge, Carol Appadurai (1995), Consuming modernity: public culture in a South Asian world, U of Minnesota Press, pp. 84–, ISBN 978-0-8166-2306-8, http://books.google.com/books?id=LN4MN35b-r4C&pg=PA84, retrieved 6 November 2011  Quote: "The third stage in the political evolution of the princes from rulers to citizens occurred in 1971, when the constitution ceased to recognize them as princes and their privy purses, titles, and special privileges were abolished." (page 84). 5. Guha, Ramachandra (5 August 2008), India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy, HarperCollins, pp. 441–, ISBN 978-0-06-095858-9, http://books.google.com/books?id=2fvd-CaFdqYC&pg=PA441, retrieved 6 November 2011  Quote: "Her success at the polls emboldened Mrs. Gandhi to act decisively against the princes. Through 1971, the two sides tried and failed to find a settlement. The princes were willing to forgo their privy purses, but hoped at least to save their titles. But with her overwhelming majority in Parliament, the prime minister had no need to compromise. On 2 December she introduced a bill to amend the constitution and abolish all princely privileges. It was passed in the Lok Sabha by 381 votes to six, and in the Rajya Sabha by 167 votes to seven. In her own speech, the prime minister invited 'the princes to join the elite of the modern age, the elite which earns respect by its talent, energy and contribution to human progress, all of which can only be done when we work together as equals without regarding anybody as of special status.' " (page 441). 6. Cheesman, David (1997). Landlord power and rural indebtedness in colonial Sind, 1865-1901. London: Routledge. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-7007-0470-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=rtBi1MgVD0AC&pg=PA10. Retrieved 6 November 2011.  Quote: "The Indian princes survived the British Raj by only a few years. The Indian republic stripped them of their powers and then their titles." (page 10). 7. Merriam-Webster, Inc (1997), Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary, Merriam-Webster, pp. 520–, ISBN 978-0-87779-546-9, http://books.google.com/books?id=Co_VIPIJerIC&pg=PA520, retrieved 6 November 2011  Quote: "Indian States: "Various (formerly) semi-independent areas in India ruled by native princes .... Under British rule ... administered by residents assisted by political agents. Titles and remaining privileges of princes abolished by Indian government 1971." (page 520). 8. Ward, Philip (September 1989), Northern India, Rajasthan, Agra, Delhi: a travel guide, Pelican Publishing, pp. 91–, ISBN 978-0-88289-753-0, http://books.google.com/books?id=KubCD2jHjEsC&pg=PA91, retrieved 6 November 2011  Quote: "A monarchy is only as good as the reigning monarch: thus it is with the princely states. Once they seemed immutable, invincible. In 1971 they were "derecognized," their privileges, privy purses and titles all abolished at a stroke" (page 91)
  3. ^ Dr. Karan Singh Profile Doon School.
  4. ^ Dr. Karan Singh Raj Bhawan, Jammu and Kashmir official website.
  5. ^ India's 'Rajput diplomacy' in NepalThe Times of India,April 18, 2006. "Karan Singh is heir to the throne of India's former princely state of Kashmir and his wife is from Nepal's royal family"
  6. ^ The Royal Ark
  7. ^ The Royal Ark
  8. ^ http://www.hindustantimes.com/Karan-Singh-awarded-D-Litt-by-Kathmandu-University/Article1-765845.aspx

Further reading

  • Karan Singh - a tryst with history., Niyogi Books, ISBN 81-901936-9-4. [1]
  • Jammu and Kashmir: 1949-1964: Selected Correspondence between Jawaharlal Nehru and Karan Singh. Edited by Jamaid Alam. Penguin 2006. [2]

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Karan Singh
Born: 1931
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Hari Singh
— TITULAR —
Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir
1961–present
Reason for succession failure:
Monarchy abolished in 1949
Incumbent
Heir:
Yuvaraja Vikramaditya Singh
Political offices
Preceded by
Post created following abdication of Hari Singh
Regent of Jammu and Kashmir
1949–1952
Succeeded by
President of Jammu and Kashmir (Sadr-i-Riyasat)
Preceded by
Regent of Jammu and Kashmir
President of Jammu and Kashmir (Sadr-i-Riyasat)
1952–1964
Succeeded by
Succeeded by that of Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Preceded by
President of Jammu and Kashmir (Sadr-i-Riyasat)
Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
1964–1967
Succeeded by
Bhagwan Sahay
Preceded by
Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation
1967–1973
Succeeded by
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Minister of Health and Family Planning
1973–1979
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of Education and Culture
1979–1980
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Preceded by
P.K. Kaul
Indian Ambassador to the United States
1989–1990
Succeeded by
Abid Hussain

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