Raja Dinesh Singh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Office: | Minister of External Affairs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primeminister1: | Indira Gandhi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Term Start1: | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Term End1: | 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor1: | Indira Gandhi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Successor1: | Sardar Swaran Singh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primeminister2: | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Term Start2: | 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Term End2: | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor2: | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Successor2: | Pranab Mukherjee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Office3: | Ministry of Water Resources | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primeminister3: | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Term Start3: | 14 February 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Term End3: | 25 June 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor3: | Ram Niwas Mirdha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Successor3: | B. Shankaranand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Office4: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Constituency4: | Pratapgarh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Term Start4: | 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Term End4: | 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor4: | Ajit Pratap Singh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Successor4: | Roop Nath Singh Yadav | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Constituency5: | Pratapgarh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Term Start5: | 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Term End5: | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor5: | Ajit Pratap Singh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Successor5: | Abhay Pratap Singh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
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]
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.
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.