Raja Dinesh Singh (19 July 1925 â 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.
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.
In 1962-66 he was Deputy Minister in the Ministry of External Affairs 1962âÂÂ66, Minister of State 1966âÂÂ67, and Minister of Commerce 1967-69 and 1988âÂÂ89, Minister of Industrial Development and Internal Trade 1970âÂÂ71. He was Minister of External Affairs 1969-70 and 1993âÂÂ1995.
He was elected from Pratapgarh for seven terms from the Second Lok Sabha (1957âÂÂ62), to the Fifth Lok Sabha (1971âÂÂ77), and then again for the Eighth and Ninth Lok Sabha 1984âÂÂ1991, serving in the Rajya Sabha in the interregnum.
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.