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{{for|the BJP politician from Madhya Pradesh|Nagendra Singh (politician)|}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nagendra Singh
| image = NagendraSingh.jpg
| caption = Nagendra Singh with [[Queen Beatrix]] at the Congress of the International Association of Lawyers (UIA) in Hague, 1985.
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|3|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Dungarpur]], Rajasthan
| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|12|11|1914|3|18|df=y}}
| death_place = [[The Hague]], Netherlands
| office = [[President of the International Court of Justice]]
| term = 1985–1988
| predecessor = [[Taslim Elias]]
| successor = [[José Ruda]]
| office2 = [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]]
| term_start2 = 1 October 1972
| term_end2 = 6 February 1973
| predecessor2 = [[SP Sen Verma]]
| successor2 = [[T. Swaminathan]],
| nationality = [[India|Indian]]
| alma_mater = [[Mayo College]]<br>[[St. John's College, Cambridge|St. John's College]], [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]]
| relatives = [[Laxman Singh]], [virbhadhra singh] (brother)
}}

'''[[Maharaj]] [[Sri]] Nagendra Singh''' (18 March 1914 – 11 December 1988) was an [[India]]n lawyer and administrator who served as President of the [[International Court of Justice]] from 1985 to 1988.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFDE123BF930A25751C1A96E948260 "Nagendra Singh, Judge At the World Court, 74"]. ''[[The New York Times]]'', 13 December 1988.</ref> He was one of the four judges from India to have been [[Judges of the International Court of Justice]] in [[The Hague]], the others being [[B. N. Rau]] (1952–1953), [[R. S. Pathak]] (1989–1991) the 18th [[Chief Justice of India]], and [[Dalveer Bhandari]] (2012–), former Justice of the Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former CJI Pathak dead|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/former-cji-pathak-dead/240748|access-date=3 March 2013|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=19 November 2007}}</ref>

==Early life==
Singh was born in [[Dungarpur State]] of [[India]] as the third son of [[Bijaya Singh]] and Devendra Kunwar Sahiba. He was educated at [[Mayo College]], Ajmer. He hails from a royal [[Rajput]] family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://u.whatiledjeffte.pro/1082.html|access-date=2020-09-06|website=u.whatiledjeffte.pro}}</ref>
Before joining the Civil Service he was educated at [[St John's College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/dr-manmohan-singh-scholarships | title=Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships | publisher=St John's College, University of Cambridge | access-date=13 January 2019 }}</ref>
==Career==
He joined the [[Indian Civil Service (British India)|Indian Civil Service]] and served as Regional Commissioner for the Eastern States, a member of the Constituent Assembly of India, joint secretary for India's Defense Ministry, Director-General of Transport, and special secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.<ref name=icj />

Between 1966 and 1972 Singh was secretary to the [[President of India]],<ref name=icj /> then from 1 October 1972 to 6 February 1973 he was [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]].<ref>[http://www.eci.gov.in/Audio_VideoClips/previous-ces.asp List of former CEC of India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121060346/http://www.eci.gov.in/Audio_VideoClips/previous-ces.asp |date=2008-11-21 }} ''[[Election Commission of India]]'' Official website.</ref> In 1966, 1969, and 1975, he was appointed as a representative of India in the [[United Nations Assembly]] and served on the United Nations [[International Law Commission]] on a part-time basis from 1967 to 1972. He was also elected as secretary of the International Bar Association. In 1973, he moved to [[The Hague]] to become a judge of the International Court of Justice and was its president between February 1985 and February 1988, when he retired.<ref name=icj>{{cite web|url=http://www.icj-cij.org/presscom/files/7/10087.pdf|title=ICJ Communiqué|date=13 December 1988|publisher=International Court of Justice}}</ref> He continued to live at the Hague and died there in December 1988.

==Honours==
Singh was awarded the Kama award in 1938, and in 1973 he received the [[Padma Vibhushan]] from the [[Government of India]].

==See also==
* [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 627]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{Chief Election Commissioners of India}}
{{Padma Vibhushan Awards}}
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