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| '''Kewal Singh''' (1915–1991) was an [[India]]n [[diplomat]], [[Foreign Secretary (India)|Foreign Secretary]] and India's [[List of Ambassadors of India to Russia|ambassador to the USSR]], [[Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan]] and [[Indian Ambassador to the United States|USA]]. He was a 1955 recipient of the Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |accessdate=November 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=November 15, 2014 }}</ref>
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| == Early life and education ==
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| Kewal Singh was born into a Sikh family in the [[Lyallpur District]] of [[West Punjab]] in 1915. He was educated at the [[Forman Christian College]], [[Lahore]], the Law College, Lahore and at the [[Oxford University]]. He joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1939 and served in [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]] in administrative positions until [[Independence of India|Independence]] after which he opted for the [[Indian Foreign Service]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Kewal|title=Partition and Aftermath : Memoirs of an Ambassador|year=1991|publisher=Vikas Publishing House|location=New Delhi|pages=6 |url=http://www.apnaorg.com/books/english/partition-aftermath/book.php?fldr=book}}</ref>
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| == Diplomatic career ==
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| Kewal Singh was appointed Indian Consul-General to [[Pondicherry]] until the French ceded the [[French India|enclaves]] to India in 1954, becoming the Chief Commissioner of the [[Union Territory]] in 1957.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/19761015-i-get-a-lot-of-artistic-satisfaction-from-indian-films-parveen-babi-819367-2015-04-15 I get a lot of artistic satisfaction from Indian films: Parveen Babi], ''[[India Today]]'', October 15, 1976</ref> He later served at [[List of diplomatic missions of India|Indian missions]] in [[Stockholm]], [[High Commission of India, London|London]] and in Germany.<ref>{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Iqbal|title=Between Two Fires: Towards an Understanding of Jawaharlal Nehru's Foreign Policy|year=1998|publisher=Orient Longman|location=New Delhi|pages=272|isbn=9788125015857|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4HICit08CEkC&dq=ambassador+kewal+singh&pg=PA272}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Das|first=B S|title=Memoirs of an Indian Diplomat|year=2010|publisher=Tata McGraw Hill|location=New Delhi|pages=45|isbn=9780070680883|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GzXnhkpxgOsC&dq=ambassador+kewal+singh&pg=PA46}}</ref>
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| Kewal Singh was India's Ambassador to [[Portugal]] in 1962 when India's annexation of [[Goa]] led to diplomatic relations between [[Lisbon]] and [[New Delhi]] being severed, while as [[High Commissioner]] to [[Pakistan]] in 1965, he similarly had to leave that country after the breaking off of diplomatic relations following the [[India-Pakistan Wars|Indo-Pak War of 1965]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Budhwar|first=P K|title=A Diplomat Reveals|year=2007|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=New Delhi|pages=71 |isbn=9788177588880|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bfCXlBaCWawC&dq=ambassador+kewal+singh&pg=PA67}}</ref>
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| He served as India's ambassador to the [[USSR]] from 1966 to 1968, and as Ambassador to the United States from 1976 to 1977. He succeeded T. N. Kaul as foreign secretary, serving from November 1972 to October 1976.<ref>{{cite web|title=FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1969–1976, VOLUME E–8, DOCUMENTS ON SOUTH ASIA, 1973–1976|url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve08/persons#p_SK2|accessdate=4 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kux|first=Dennis|title=India & the U. S.: Estranged Democracies, 1941-1991|year=1992|publisher=NDU Press|location=Washington DC|pages=471|isbn=9780788102790|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcylFXH9_z8C&dq=kewal+singh+foreign+secretary&pg=PA343}}</ref> India took over [[Sikkim]], its [[protectorate]], following prolonged internal disturbances there while Singh was foreign secretary.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sen|first=Sankar|title=Reflections And Reminiscences Of Police Officers|year=2006|publisher=Concept Publishers|location=New Delhi|pages=94|isbn=9788180692369|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YwZs02kZSxAC&dq=kewal+singh+foreign+secretary+sikkim&pg=PA94}}</ref> During his tenure, India signed an agreement for demarcating the maritime boundary with [[India - Sri Lanka relations|Sri Lanka]] and led a series of talks with the then [[Pakistani Foreign Secretary]] [[Agha Shahi]] on normalising communications and travel between the two countries.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lyon|first=Peter|title=Conflict Between India and Pakistan: An Encyclopedia|year=2008|location=Santa Barbara|pages=195|isbn=9781576077122|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vLwOck15eboC&dq=kewal+singh+foreign+secretary&pg=PA195}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bhasin|first=A S|title=India-Sri Lanka Relations and Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict Documents 1947 - 2000 Volume 1|year=2001|publisher=India Research Press|location=New Delhi|pages=190|isbn=9788187943105|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0hF_7N96V8C&dq=kewal+singh+foreign+secretary&pg=PA190}}</ref>
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| == Death and legacy ==
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| Following his retirement as the ambassador to USA, Kewal Singh taught at the [[UCLA]] and at [[Kentucky University|Kentucky University's]] [[Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce]] where he was distinguished world statesman in residence until his death in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kewal Singh Memorial Fellowship |url=http://www.uky.edu/PattersonSchool/finaid.htm|accessdate=4 December 2012}}</ref> He authored a book, ''Partition and Aftermath: Memoirs of an Ambassador''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Partition and Aftermath : Memoirs of an Ambassador|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002710239|accessdate=4 December 2012}}</ref>
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| == References ==
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