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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = R. K. Dhawan
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1937|07|16}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/d.pdf | title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha - D |publisher=Rajya Sabha| accessdate=17 February 2019 | pages=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952|website=164.100.47.5|accessdate=16 February 2019}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Chiniot]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2018|08|06|1937|07|16}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| birth_name = Rajinder Kumar Dhawan
| education =
| occupation = Politician
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| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
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|party = [[Indian National Congress]]
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'''Rajinder Kumar Dhawan''' (16 July 1937 – 6 August 2018) was an Indian politician who was one of the leaders of the [[Indian National Congress]] and a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]].

As personal secretary and confidant to Indian prime minister [[Indira Gandhi]], Dhawan was a witness to [[Indira Gandhi assassination]] in 1984. As personal assistant to the prime minister, he attained unparalleled power and influence particularly during [[Indian Emergency (1975–1977)|India's Emergency]]. As the "door keeper" to the prime minister, he was well positioned to control information and access and proved himself instrumental in civil service appointments. He graduated from [[Punjab University, Chandigarh]].<ref name="IANS Obit">{{cite web | url=https://www.newkerala.com/news/read/30771/rk-dhawan-an-indira-confidant-who-grew-from-ranks-obit.html | title=R.K. Dhawan, an Indira confidant who grew from ranks (Obit) | work=newkerala.com | date=6 August 2018 | accessdate=17 February 2019 | location=New Delhi | agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]]}}</ref>

The head of the investigating commission, Justice [[Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar]], described Dhawan's responses to questioning on the assassination as unreliable and said that the ''needle of suspicion significantly points to his complicity or involvement''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/28/world/india-releases-stinging-report-on-gandhi-s-death.html |title=India released stinging report on Gandhi’s Death. | work=[[New York Times]] |date=28 Mar 1989 |author=Sanjoy Hazarika}}</ref> However, Indira's son, [[Rajiv Gandhi|Rajiv]], after initially removing Dhawan from his post, cleared him of all charges.

Dhawan died, aged 81, in [[Delhi]] on 6 August 2018.<ref name="Indian Express Obit">{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rk-dhawan-passes-away-congress-delhi-5294636/ | title=Veteran Congress leader RK Dhawan dies at 81 | work=[[The Indian Express]] | date=6 August 2018 | accessdate=17 February 2019 |quote=He breathed his last at the BL Kapur hospital around 7pm}}</ref>

==Personal life==
On 16 July 2012, R. K. Dhawan married Achla, at the age of 74.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Eternal-bachelor-R-K-Dhawan-gets-hitched-at-74/articleshow/15036169.cms | title=R K Dhawan gets hitched at 74|date=19 July 2012|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=4 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="Indian Express Obit"/>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
#Delhi Correspondent: A Confidential Agent. ''Economist'', 25 Mar. 1989, pp. 38 & 40.
#Sanjoy Hazarika; India released stinging report on Gandhi's Death. ''New York Times'', 28 Mar. 1989.
#Hewitt B: A swirl of suspicion. ''Newsweek'', 10 April 1989, p. 17.
#Barbara Crossette; Gandhi, His Luster Dimmed after 4 years, Faces Uncertain Political Future. ''New York Times'', 22 Apr. 1989.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040908152349/http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/16/stories/2004061612791100.htm Congress to field Satish Sharma, Jairam Ramesh], ''[[The Hindu]]''

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