| Dinesh Singh | |
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| External Affairs Minister | |
| In office 1969-70;1993-1995 |
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| Constituency | Pratapgarh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 July 1925 Kalakankar, Uttar Pradesh |
| Died | 30 November 1995 (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].
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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]
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.
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.
| 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 |