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	\| predecessor2 = P. V. Narasimha Rao {{small\|(Acting)}}		\| predecessor2 = P. V. Narasimha Rao {{small\|(Acting)}}
	\| successor2 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]		\| successor2 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
	\| office3 = [[~~Member~~ of ~~Parliament~~, ~~Lok Sabha~~]]		\| office3 = [[Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation\|Ministry of Water Resources]]
	\| ~~constituency3~~ = [[~~Pratapgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Pratapgarh~~]]		\| primeminister3 = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
	\| term_start3 = ~~1967~~		\| term_start3 = 14 February 1988
	\| term_end3 = ~~1977~~		\| term_end3 = 25 June 1988
	\| predecessor3 = [[~~Ajit Pratap Singh~~]]		\| predecessor3 = [[Ram Niwas Mirdha]]
	\| successor3 = [[~~Roop Nath Singh Yadav~~]]		\| successor3 = [[B. Shankaranand]]
			\| office4 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
	\| constituency4 = [[Pratapgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Pratapgarh]]		\| constituency4 = [[Pratapgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Pratapgarh]]
	\| term_start4 = ~~1984~~		\| term_start4 = 1967
	\| term_end4 = ~~1991~~		\| term_end4 = 1977
	\| predecessor4 = [[Ajit Pratap Singh]]		\| predecessor4 = [[Ajit Pratap Singh]]
	\| successor4 = [[Abhay 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]]
	\| party =[[Indian National Congress]]		\| party =[[Indian National Congress]]
	\| footnotes =		\| footnotes =

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{other people|Dinesh Singh}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dinesh Singh
| image = Raja dinesh singh.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption =
| 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]]
|office =[[Ministry 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 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency3 = [[Pratapgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pratapgarh]]
| term_start3 = 1967
| term_end3 = 1977
| predecessor3 = [[Ajit Pratap Singh]]
| successor3 = [[Roop Nath Singh Yadav]]
| constituency4 = [[Pratapgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pratapgarh]]
| term_start4 = 1984
| term_end4 = 1991
| predecessor4 = [[Ajit Pratap Singh]]
| successor4 = [[Abhay Pratap Singh]]
| party =[[Indian National Congress]]
| footnotes =
| father = [[Raja Awadhesh Singh]]
}}

'''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 |publisher=Nytimes.com |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 web|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|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==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/k/kalakankar.html Kalakankar royal family tree]
*[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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