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	After arriving in Dublin, Singh applied for an Irish Free State emergency passport that would be valid for five years, which provided him with ample time in Europe. Later he managed to make his way back to Berlin. The [[Indian Political Intelligence Office\|IPI]] failed to prove his fraudulent use of passports in order to revoke his emergency passport, and concluded that it was better to have him outside India, because his financial assets in support of the [[Communist Party of India\|CPI]] would cause difficulties for the [[British Raj]]. His file was closed in the mid-1930s.<ref Name="kate">{{cite book\|title=Ireland, India and Empire: Indo-Irish Radical (1919–64) Volume 70 of Studies in Imperialism\|first =Kate\| last= O'Malley\|publisher=Manchester University Press\|date=2008\|isbn=9780719077517\|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fPwLAQAAMAAJ\|location=New York\|chapter=The communist menace\|pages=20–33\|access-date=27 August 2021\|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="Sullivan"/>{{rp\|451}} Singh's nephew [[Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)\|Dinesh Singh]] become the successor after his father, [[Raja Awadhesh Singh]].<ref name="Sullivan"/>{{rp\|382}}		After arriving in Dublin, Singh applied for an Irish Free State emergency passport that would be valid for five years, which provided him with ample time in Europe. Later he managed to make his way back to Berlin. The [[Indian Political Intelligence Office\|IPI]] failed to prove his fraudulent use of passports in order to revoke his emergency passport, and concluded that it was better to have him outside India, because his financial assets in support of the [[Communist Party of India\|CPI]] would cause difficulties for the [[British Raj]]. His file was closed in the mid-1930s.<ref Name="kate">{{cite book\|title=Ireland, India and Empire: Indo-Irish Radical (1919–64) Volume 70 of Studies in Imperialism\|first =Kate\| last= O'Malley\|publisher=Manchester University Press\|date=2008\|isbn=9780719077517\|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fPwLAQAAMAAJ\|location=New York\|chapter=The communist menace\|pages=20–33\|access-date=27 August 2021\|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="Sullivan"/>{{rp\|451}} Singh's nephew [[Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)\|Dinesh Singh]] become the successor after his father, [[Raja Awadhesh Singh]].<ref name="Sullivan"/>{{rp\|382}}

	Singh's first wife was Kunwarani Laxmi Devi, followed by Leela, an Austrian Jewish woman from [[Vienna]]<ref name="Gulf">{{cite web\|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/stalin-daughters-passage-to-india-1.946628\|title=Stalin's daughters passage to India\|website=Gulf News\|access-date=27 August 2021\|via=Gulf News}}</ref> whom Singh married during the [[Second World War]]. Singh and Leela both fled to India to escape Nazi persecution, where they lived for 16 years. After the war, Leela moved to England with their son Victor. Singh followed her, but due to his inability to find work in England, he returned back to India after divorcing her. While there, his son Victor became a photographer.<ref name="~~Svetlana~~"/>{{rp\|28}}<ref name="~~Sullivan~~"/>{{rp\|~~352–~~}}<ref name="Patrika"/>		Singh's first wife was Kunwarani Laxmi Devi, followed by Leela, an Austrian Jewish woman from [[Vienna]]<ref name="Gulf">{{cite web\|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/stalin-daughters-passage-to-india-1.946628\|title=Stalin's daughters passage to India\|website=Gulf News\|access-date=27 August 2021\|via=Gulf News}}</ref> whom Singh married during the [[Second World War]]. Singh and Leela both fled to India to escape Nazi persecution, where they lived for 16 years. After the war, Leela moved to England with their son Victor. Singh followed her, but due to his inability to find work in England, he returned back to India after divorcing her. While there, his son Victor became a photographer.<ref name="Sullivan"/>{{rp\|352–}}<ref name="Svetlana"/>{{rp\|28}}<ref name="Patrika"/>

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	Svetlana had made a resolution that she would personally immerse Singh's ashes into the [[Ganges\|Ganga]].<ref name="TOI">{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/when-stalins-daughter-came-to-kalakankar/articleshow/61513443.cms?\|title = When Stalin's daughter came to Kalakankar \| Lucknow News – Times of India\|access-date=27 August 2021\|via=Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/from-moscow-to-princeton/article19434801.ece?\|title = From Moscow to Princeton\|newspaper = The Hindu\|date = 5 August 2017\|last1 = Narasimhan\|first1 = Sakuntala\|access-date=27 August 2021}}</ref> She was given special permission by Kosygin to go to India on a condition that she would avoid contact with foreign press.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-15936172\|title=How Stalin's daughter defected in India\|work=BBC News\|date=6 March 2012\|access-date=27 August 2021}}</ref> Dinesh Singh, his nephew, wrote to Svetlana, stating that she was invited to stay at his house and that he had managed to secure a funeral in traditional manner. Although her passport for India was issued on 11 November. Dinesh Singh requested her to delay her visit until next month, on 12 December, when he would be free from parliamentary work.<ref name="Sullivan"/>{{rp\|372–375}}<ref name="Enzo">{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QCB3QgAACAAJ\|title=Svetlana: The Inside Story\|first=Enzo\|last=Biagi\|date=15 August 1967\|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton\|isbn=9780340044711\|access-date=27 August 2021\|via=Google Books}}</ref>{{rp\|114}}<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=34r1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA237\|title=Neutral Countries as Clandestine Battlegrounds, 1939–1968: Between Two Fires\|first1=André\|last1=Gerolymatos\|first2=Denis\|last2=Smyth\|date=30 September 2020\|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield\|isbn=9781498583213\|access-date=27 August 2021\|via=Google Books}}</ref~~><ref name="newyorker"/><ref name="Fitzpatrick"/~~>		Svetlana had made a resolution that she would personally immerse Singh's ashes into the [[Ganges\|Ganga]].<ref name="TOI">{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/when-stalins-daughter-came-to-kalakankar/articleshow/61513443.cms?\|title = When Stalin's daughter came to Kalakankar \| Lucknow News – Times of India\|access-date=27 August 2021\|via=Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/from-moscow-to-princeton/article19434801.ece?\|title = From Moscow to Princeton\|newspaper = The Hindu\|date = 5 August 2017\|last1 = Narasimhan\|first1 = Sakuntala\|access-date=27 August 2021}}</ref> She was given special permission by Kosygin to go to India on a condition that she would avoid contact with foreign press.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-15936172\|title=How Stalin's daughter defected in India\|work=BBC News\|date=6 March 2012\|access-date=27 August 2021}}</ref> Dinesh Singh, his nephew, wrote to Svetlana, stating that she was invited to stay at his house and that he had managed to secure a funeral in traditional manner. Although her passport for India was issued on 11 November. Dinesh Singh requested her to delay her visit until next month, on 12 December, when he would be free from parliamentary work.<ref name="Sullivan"/>{{rp\|372–375}}<ref name="Fitzpatrick"/><ref name="newyorker"/><ref name="Enzo">{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QCB3QgAACAAJ\|title=Svetlana: The Inside Story\|first=Enzo\|last=Biagi\|date=15 August 1967\|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton\|isbn=9780340044711\|access-date=27 August 2021\|via=Google Books}}</ref>{{rp\|114}}<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=34r1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA237\|title=Neutral Countries as Clandestine Battlegrounds, 1939–1968: Between Two Fires\|first1=André\|last1=Gerolymatos\|first2=Denis\|last2=Smyth\|date=30 September 2020\|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield\|isbn=9781498583213\|access-date=27 August 2021\|via=Google Books}}</ref>

	After landing at Lucknow airport, they drove to Raj Bhavan, the palace of the royal family of [[Kalakankar]]. After their arrival, the urn containing Singh's ashes was handed over to Suresh Singh, who led a group of men onto the sandy shore. From there boats sailed to the middle part of the Ganges, where the ashes were slowly immersed per Hindu customs, Svetlana along with other women observed from the terrace since only men were allowed to carry the ashes.<ref name="Sullivan"/>{{rp\|383}}<ref name="newyorker"/>		After landing at Lucknow airport, they drove to Raj Bhavan, the palace of the royal family of [[Kalakankar]]. After their arrival, the urn containing Singh's ashes was handed over to Suresh Singh, who led a group of men onto the sandy shore. From there boats sailed to the middle part of the Ganges, where the ashes were slowly immersed per Hindu customs, Svetlana along with other women observed from the terrace since only men were allowed to carry the ashes.<ref name="Sullivan"/>{{rp\|383}}<ref name="newyorker"/>
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	While in Kalakankar with its improvised and rural streets, Svetlana thought of building a hospital in Brajesh Singh's name. After her defection to the USA she established the Alliluyeva Charitable Trust and the Alliluyeva Trust to help build the Brajesh Singh Hospital, which had 35 beds. Its foundation was laid down by [[Sumitra Nandan Pant]] in May 1969.<ref name="TOI"/> The charitable trust paid $200,000 with an additional $250,000 as investments for the hospital's maintenance. Her trust sustained the hospital for 20 years, until the late 1970s.<ref name="Sullivan"/>{{rp\|447,523,808}}		While in Kalakankar with its improvised and rural streets, Svetlana thought of building a hospital in Brajesh Singh's name. After her defection to the USA she established the Alliluyeva Charitable Trust and the Alliluyeva Trust to help build the Brajesh Singh Hospital, which had 35 beds. Its foundation was laid down by [[Sumitra Nandan Pant]] in May 1969.<ref name="TOI"/> The charitable trust paid $200,000 with an additional $250,000 as investments for the hospital's maintenance. Her trust sustained the hospital for 20 years, until the late 1970s.<ref name="Sullivan"/>{{rp\|447,523,808}}

	Brajesh Singh Memorial Hospital building now serves as a private school due to Svetlana's inability to provide funds for it during her financial crisis.<ref name="TOI"/><ref name= "The Print">{{cite web\| url=https://theprint.in/politics/modi-govt-sent-back-dubai-princess-but-indiras-india-didnt-deport-stalins-daughter/161177/\|title=Indira's India didn't deport back stalin's daughter\|website=The Print\|date=10 December 2018\|access-date=27 August 2021}}</ref~~><ref name="Patrika"/~~>		Brajesh Singh Memorial Hospital building now serves as a private school due to Svetlana's inability to provide funds for it during her financial crisis.<ref name="Patrika"/><ref name="TOI"/><ref name= "The Print">{{cite web\| url=https://theprint.in/politics/modi-govt-sent-back-dubai-princess-but-indiras-india-didnt-deport-stalins-daughter/161177/\|title=Indira's India didn't deport back stalin's daughter\|website=The Print\|date=10 December 2018\|access-date=27 August 2021}}</ref>

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| name = Kunwar Brajesh Singh
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| reign =
| coronation =
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| predecessor = Raja Ramesh Singh
| successor =
| spouse = Kunwarani Laxmi Devi<br/>Leela (an Austrian woman)<br/>[[Svetlana Alliluyeva]]
| issue = Asha Pal<br/>Usha Pande<br/>Victor Singh
| royal house = [[ बिसेन | Bisen]], [[Rajput]]
| father = Raja Ramesh Singh
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| death_date = 1966
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| place of burial= [[Kalakankar]]
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'''Brajesh Singh''' ({{lang-hi|ब्रजेश सिंह}}, or '''Kunwar Brijesh Singh'''; died 31 October 1966) was an [[India]]n politician belonging to the [[Communist Party of India]]. He hailed from the royal family of [[Kalakankar]] near [[Allahabad]]<ref>[http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/kalakankar.html Kalakankar taluq Genealogy and history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908042545/http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/kalakankar.html |date=8 September 2014 }}.</ref> and his nephew [[Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Dinesh Singh]] was a minister in the Indian cabinet.<ref name=ind>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Dinesh Singh |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dinesh-singh-1523677.html |publisher=[[The Independent]] |date= 2 December 1995}}</ref>

He first married Kunwarani Laxmi Devi, followed by Leela, an Austrian woman, with whom he had a son, [[Victor Singh]], who became a photographer in England. In 1963, while recuperating from [[bronchitis]], he met [[Svetlana Alliluyeva]], daughter of [[Joseph Stalin]]. They lived together in [[Sochi]], in the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]] part of the [[Soviet Union]], where he was convalescing, although they were not officially married. He died 31 October 1966 and Svetlana brought his ashes to Kalakankar to be immersed in the [[Ganges]]. She later defected to the United States in 1967, where she died in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stalin's Daughter Called Indian Village a Paradise |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/03/20/archives/stalins-daughter-called-indian-village-a-paradise.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=20 March 1967 | first=J. Anthony | last=Lukas}}</ref>

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