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	Singh was born on 29 October 1946 at Kapurthala House, Jalandhar, to father Kanwar Ranjit Singh and Mother Kanwarani Anjana Singh of Kapurthala, and was later adopted by Kanwarani Surjit Kaur, the widow of Captain Kanwar Prithvijit Singh of Kapurthala. He studied at [[The Doon School]], Dehra Dun (I.S.C.).<ref name=outlook>[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?267708 Outlook Magazine, 8 November 2010]</ref> He was first elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] (the Upper House of the Indian Parliament) in April 1982, representing the State of [[Maharashtra]]. He returned for a second term in April 1988.{{cn\|date=June 2020}}		Singh was born on 29 October 1946 at Kapurthala House, Jalandhar, to father Kanwar Ranjit Singh and Mother Kanwarani Anjana Singh of Kapurthala, and was later adopted by Kanwarani Surjit Kaur, the widow of Captain Kanwar Prithvijit Singh of Kapurthala. He studied at [[The Doon School]], Dehra Dun (I.S.C.).<ref name=outlook>[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?267708 Outlook Magazine, 8 November 2010]</ref> He was first elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] (the Upper House of the Indian Parliament) in April 1982, representing the State of [[Maharashtra]]. He returned for a second term in April 1988.{{cn\|date=June 2020}}

	In 1989, he married Kanwarani [[Vijay Thakur Singh]], who is a diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service and is currently serving at the [[Ministry of External Affairs, India]] as Secretary (East).<ref>https://mea.gov.in/se.htm</ref>		In 1989, he married Kanwarani [[Vijay Thakur Singh]], who is a diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service and is currently serving at the [[Ministry of External Affairs, India]] as Secretary (East).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://mea.gov.in/se.htm\|title = MEA \| About MEA : Profiles : Secretary (East)}}</ref>

	Singh has been a delegate to several International Conferences as well as to the United Nations General Assembly a number of times. He has been a member of numerous committees of the Indian Parliament and has also done work in the field of perspective planning. He has written extensively in magazines and newspapers on issues mainly related to planning perspectives.		Singh has been a delegate to several International Conferences as well as to the United Nations General Assembly a number of times. He has been a member of numerous committees of the Indian Parliament and has also done work in the field of perspective planning. He has written extensively in magazines and newspapers on issues mainly related to planning perspectives.
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	Singh supports dividing the larger Indian states into smaller units.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Singh\|first=Vishvjit\|title=The Benefits of reorganization\|url=http://www.india-seminar.com/2007/571/571_vishvjit_p_singh.htm\|year=2007\|access-date=7 April 2008\|work=Seminar Magazine}}</ref>		Singh supports dividing the larger Indian states into smaller units.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Singh\|first=Vishvjit\|title=The Benefits of reorganization\|url=http://www.india-seminar.com/2007/571/571_vishvjit_p_singh.htm\|year=2007\|access-date=7 April 2008\|work=Seminar Magazine}}</ref>

	In 2010, he wrote a book of Hindi poetry entitled ''Kuch Shabd Kuch Lakeerein'', published by Yatra Books, the Hindi imprint of Penguin India. The book was released at the Doon Literary Festival in April 2010.<ref>http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100405/dplus.htm#6</ref>		In 2010, he wrote a book of Hindi poetry entitled ''Kuch Shabd Kuch Lakeerein'', published by Yatra Books, the Hindi imprint of Penguin India. The book was released at the Doon Literary Festival in April 2010.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100405/dplus.htm#6\|title = The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Dehradun Plus}}</ref>

	==Controversies==		==Controversies==

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[[File:Vishvjitkapurthala.jpg|thumb|Sri Vishvjit Singh of Kapurthala]]
'''Vishvjit Prithvijit Singh''' (29 October 1946 - 6 August 2017) was an Indian politician with the [[Indian National Congress]] party. He is a great grandson of Col the Honourable [[Pratap Singh of Kapurthala]].<ref name="RajyaSabha">{{cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/whoswho/previous_member/biograp_sketc_1f.htm#s|publisher=Rajya Sabha|access-date=10 December 2007|title=Rajya Sabha Members: Biographical sketches, 1953–2003 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080128210823/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/whoswho/previous_member/biograp_sketc_1f.htm#s  |archive-date = 28 January 2008}}</ref>

==Biography==
Singh was born on 29 October 1946 at Kapurthala House, Jalandhar, to father Kanwar Ranjit Singh and Mother Kanwarani Anjana Singh of Kapurthala, and was later adopted by Kanwarani Surjit Kaur, the widow of Captain Kanwar Prithvijit Singh of Kapurthala. He studied at [[The Doon School]], Dehra Dun (I.S.C.).<ref name=outlook>[http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?267708 Outlook Magazine, 8 November 2010]</ref> He was first elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] (the Upper House of the Indian Parliament) in April 1982, representing the State of [[Maharashtra]]. He returned for a second term in April 1988.{{cn|date=June 2020}}

In 1989, he married Kanwarani [[Vijay Thakur Singh]], who is a diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service and is currently serving at the [[Ministry of External Affairs, India]] as Secretary (East).<ref>https://mea.gov.in/se.htm</ref>

Singh has been a delegate to several International Conferences as well as to the United Nations General Assembly a number of times. He has been a member of numerous committees of the Indian Parliament and has also done work in the field of perspective planning. He has written extensively in magazines and newspapers on issues mainly related to planning perspectives.

As chairman of his party's computer department, Singh has also driven initiatives to make more use of technology in election efforts, including putting publicity material, speeches and posters online, installing servers, setting up SMS software to facilitate the sending of bulk SMSs, and establishing a support team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Political-Parties-Cant-Do-Without-Internet/48727|title=Political Parties Can't Do Without Internet!|work=Financial Express|date=18 April 2004|access-date=7 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Dataquest|url=http://dqindia.ciol.com/content/top_stories/2004/104040801.asp|date=8 April 2004|access-date=7 April 2008|title=It's election Time|last=Khanna|first=Shweta}}</ref>

Singh supports dividing the larger Indian states into smaller units.<ref>{{cite news|last=Singh|first=Vishvjit|title=The Benefits of reorganization|url=http://www.india-seminar.com/2007/571/571_vishvjit_p_singh.htm|year=2007|access-date=7 April 2008|work=Seminar Magazine}}</ref>

In 2010, he wrote a book of Hindi poetry entitled ''Kuch Shabd Kuch Lakeerein'', published by Yatra Books, the Hindi imprint of Penguin India. The book was released at the Doon Literary Festival in April 2010.<ref>http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100405/dplus.htm#6</ref>

==Controversies==
In 1994, Singh was investigated, along with many other members of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament including the current Prime Minister of India, for seeking election from a state of which he was supposedly not a resident{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} by [[Chief Election Commissioner of India|Chief Election Commissioner]] [[T. N. Seshan]]. However, he expressed grudging admiration for the results Seshan achieved in ensuring free and fair elections in which all parties followed the rules.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E5D81439F933A05752C0A962958260|work=The New York Times|last=Hazarika|first=Sanjoy|title=India's Election Commissioner Gains a Following|date=30 January 1994|access-date=10 December 2007}}</ref> The matter regarding the anomaly in the law was finally settled by an amendment to the law and all these prosecutions have lapsed.<ref>{{cite news|title=No domicile clause for RS elections|work=The Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1917385.cms|date=23 August 2006|access-date=7 April 2008}}</ref>{{Or|date=January 2008}}

==Health issues==
Singh has been overweight ever since childhood. Upon his election to Parliament, then-Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] ordered [[Arun Nehru]] to help him lose weight, as he was nearly 160 kg; his weight dropped to as low as 108 kg once while he was hospitalised for a heart attack, but increased again soon afterward.<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126075205/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=f11ebe43-79c6-4fef-a0fb-d77f47eca1d5|archive-date=26 January 2013|access-date=10 December 2007|date=29 March 2007|work=Hindustan Times|title=Party heavyweight|last=Chadha|first=Kumkum|url-status=dead|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=f11ebe43-79c6-4fef-a0fb-d77f47eca1d5}}</ref>

==Committee memberships==
*Member of the Special Working Group of the Accommodation Committee for the 9th Asian Games in 1982
*Member of The Advisory Council of The Ministry of Textiles, 1984–89
*Member of The Working Group for the chapter on Textiles in the 7th Plan Document
*Member of the National Productivity Council, 1988
*Member, Public Accounts Committee (Fiscal Body of the Indian Parliament), Ninth Lok Sabha, 1990–91
*Member, Public Accounts Committee, Tenth Lok Sabha (1999–92), member of the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]], 1989–90
*Member of the Indian Board of Forestry, 1990–91
*Member of the Parliament Standing Committee on Agriculture, Tenth Lok Sabha, 1992–93
*Member of the Joint Committee of Parliament for the Copyright Bill, 1992–93
*Member of the Parliament Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals, Tenth Lok Sabha, 1993–94
*''Ex Officio'' Member of the Publicity and Publication Committee, All India Congress Committee, Indian National Congress, ?-present<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aicc.org.in/aicc-committees.php|publisher=Indian National Congress|title=All India Congress Committee: Committees|access-date=10 December 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071023052103/http://www.aicc.org.in/aicc-committees.php  |archive-date = 23 October 2007}}</ref>

==Other positions==
*Special Representative of Congress President and Prime Minister of India to The Working Group Set Up for the Elections to the Namibian Parliament, 1998
*Special Representative of Congress President and Prime Minister of India [[Rajiv Gandhi]] to [[Mozambique]], 1989
*Special Representative of Congress President Rajiv Gandhi to [[Afghanistan]], 1990
*Member of Indian parliamentary delegations to New Zealand −1986, Spain −1987, Colombia −1990
*Member of Indian parliamentary delegations to the International Parliamentary Union at [[Punta Del Este]], [[Uruguay]] in 1990, New Delhi, 1994.
*Member of the Indian Delegation to the [[United Nations General Assembly]] for the 46th Session in 1991, the 47th Session in 1992, the 50th Session in 1995 and the 63rd Session in 2008
*Chairman, Computer Department, All India Congress Committee, Indian National Congress, ?-present<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aicc.org.in/organisation_aicc_departments_cells.php|publisher=Indian National Congress|title=All India Congress Committee: Departments & Cells|access-date=10 December 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071023052135/http://www.aicc.org.in/organisation_aicc_departments_cells.php  |archive-date = 23 October 2007}}</ref>

==Publications==
* Author of ''Kuchh Shabd Kuchh Lakeerein'' (Hindi), (Yatra Books, 2010, {{ISBN|978-81-906510-4-2}})
* Wrote various articles on politics, economics and perspective planning in: ''[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]'' (Calcutta), ''The Daily'' (Mumbai), ''[[The Free Press Journal]]'' (Mumbai), ''The [[Hindustan Times]]'' (New Delhi), ''[[The Pioneer (Indian newspaper)|The Pioneer]]'' (New Delhi), ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'' (Chandigarh), ''[[Asian Age|The Asian Age]]'' (New Delhi).
*Co-author of ''Congress Approach to Electoral Reforms'' (Congress Committee on Policy & Programmes (CCPP)), New Delhi, 1988; ''Power to the People''. (CCPP), New Delhi, 1989; ''Power to the People – The Urban Imperative'' (CCPP), New Delhi, 1989.

==See also==
*[[The Kapurthala Royal Collateral Families]]
*[[Pratap Singh of Kapurthala]]
*[[Bikrama Singh]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*''Rajya Sabha Who is who'', published by the Rajya Sabha
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100212023024/http://www.aicc.org.in/ Website of the Indian National Congress]
*[http://www.rediff.com/chat/vpschat.htm Chat session with Singh hosted by Rediff]
*[http://www.indiarightsonline.com/Sabrang/india5.nsf/38b852a8345861dd65256a980059289d/8d4cadb89de3c7de65256e0f004af882?OpenDocument]
*[http://www.india-today.com/itoday/19991004/election7.html]
*[http://pd.cpim.org/2004/1121/11212004_sahmat.htm]
*[http://www.icrier.org/pdf/shome2.PDF]
*[https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/1995/19951204.ga9022.html]
*[http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/k/kapurthala.html]
*[http://www.un.int/india/2008/ind1479.pdf Eradication of Poverty & other Development Issues – Agenda Item 53 – Statement by Mr. Vishvjit P. Singh, Member of The Indian Delegation at The Second Committee of The 63rd Session of The United Nations General Assembly on 22 October 2008]
*[http://www.un.int/india/2008/ind1475.pdf Statement by Mr. Vishvjit P. Singh, Member of the Indian Delegation, at the Thematic Debate on Nuclear Weapons in the First Committee of the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly on 16 October 2008]
*[http://www.un.int/india/2008/ind1471.pdf Statement by Mr. Vishvjit P. Singh, Former Member of Parliament and Member of the Indian Delegation, on Agenda Item 27 – Effects of Atomic Radiation at the Fourth Committee of the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly on 16 October 2008]
*[http://www.un.int/india/2008/ind1465.pdf Statement by Mr. Vishvjit P. Singh, Member of the Indian Delegation on the Rule of Law at the National & International Level at the Sixth Committee of the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly on 13 October 2008]
*[https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/ga10769.doc.htm UN Press Release regarding the statement made by Mr Vishvjit P.Singh, Former Member of Parliament and Member of the Indian Delegation, in the General Assembly on 20 October 2008 on Adopting a Consensus Resolution for a Permanent Memorial at UN Headquarters acknowledging Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade]
*[http://meaindia.nic.in/speech/2008/10/16ss01.pdf Statement by H.E. Mr. Vishvjit P. Singh Member of the Indian Delegation at the Thematic Debate on Nuclear Weapons in the First Committee 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly ]

==External links==
*http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/k/kapurthala.html
*http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/ga/63/2008/ga081020am.rm -Vishvjit P. Singh Speaking in the General Assembly of The United Nations on 20 October 2008

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