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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{about|member of parliament|member of Punjab Legislative Assembly|Dinesh Singh (Punjab politician)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Raja Dinesh Singh
| image = File:Dinesh Singh Lok Sabha portrait.gif
| image_size = 150
| caption =
|office =[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]]
| primeminister1      = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| term_start1         = 1969
| term_end1           = 1970
| predecessor1        = Indira Gandhi {{small|(Acting)}}
| successor1          = [[Sardar Swaran Singh]]
| primeminister2      = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| term_start2         = 1993
| term_end2           = 1995
| predecessor2        = P. V. Narasimha Rao {{small|(Acting)}}
| successor2          = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| office3 = [[Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation|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 (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pratapgarh]]
| term_start4 = 1967
| term_end4 = 1977
| predecessor4 = [[Ajit Pratap Singh]]
| successor4 = [[Roop Nath Singh Yadav]]
| constituency5 = [[Pratapgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pratapgarh]]
| term_start5 = 1984
| term_end5 = 1991
| predecessor5 = [[Ajit Pratap Singh]]
| successor5 = [[Abhay Pratap Singh]]
| module              = {{Infobox pretender
| embed        = yes
| title        = [[Raja]] of [[Kalakankar]]
| throne       = [[Kalakankar]]
| pretend from = 1971–1995
| year         = '''Sovereign Monarchy'''<br>1947 ([[Instrument of Accession]])<br>'''Titular Monarchy'''<br>1971 ([[Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of India|26th Amendment of the Indian Constitution]])
| king         = ''Himself''
| relationship =
| successor    = ''Vacant''
| footnotes    =
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{{Infobox royalty
| embed       = yes
| succession  = [[Raja]] of [[Kalakankar]]
| reign       = 1933–1947
| reign-type2 = Titular Reign
| reign2      = 1947–1971
| predecessor = [[Raja Awadhesh Singh]]
| birth_date ={{birth date|1925|7|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kalakankar]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British India]]
| death_date ={{death date and age|1995|11|30|1925|7|19|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| spouse = Neelima Kumari
| father = [[Raja Awadhesh Singh]]
|module       = {{Infobox person
| embed=yes
|children=  6 (including [[Rajkumari Ratna Singh]])
|alma_mater          = [[University of Lucknow]]<br />[[The Doon School]]
|party               = [[Indian National Congress]]}}
}}
}}
'''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.<ref name=ind>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Dinesh Singh  |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dinesh-singh-1523677.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date= 2 December 1995}}</ref>
==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]].<ref>{{cite web|author=AP |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/04/world/dinesh-singh-indian-cabinet-minister-70.html |title=Dinesh Singh, Indian Cabinet Minister, 70 - The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1995-12-04 |accessdate=2020-05-30}}</ref>
==Political career==
In 1962-66 he was Deputy Minister in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|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<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/02/14/archives/mrs-gandhi-appoints-a-new-foreign-minister-dinesh-singh-43-is.html|title=Mrs. Gandhi Appoints a New Foreign Minister; Dinesh Singh, 43, Is Viewed as Mistrustful of the West -- Other Aides Shifted|newspaper=The New York Times |date=14 February 1969|access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref> 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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19870315-dinesh-singh-minister-in-external-affairs-for-half-dozen-years-in-60s-seems-political-grave-798615-1987-03-15|title=Dinesh Singh, minister in External Affairs for half dozen years in 60s|access-date=1 August 2021|date=15 March 1987}}</ref> 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==
* [[Brajesh Singh]], uncle of Dinesh Singh.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/kalakankar.html Kalakankar royal family tree] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908042545/http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/kalakankar.html |date=8 September 2014 }}
*[https://scroll.in/article/844878/indira-gandhi-the-alpha-female-who-was-attracted-to-alpha-males]
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title=[[Indian Foreign Minister|Minister for External Affairs of India]]|
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after=[[Sardar Swaran Singh]]
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before=[[P V Narasimha Rao]]|
title=[[Indian Foreign Minister|Minister for External Affairs of India]]|
years=1993&ndash;1995|
after=[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
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