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Karan Singh

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Singh in September 2009

Karan Singh (born 9 March 1931) is an Indian politician, philanthropist and poet.[1] He was born in Cannes, France.

Singh is a member of India's Upper House of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha representing the National Capital Territory of Delhi. He is a senior member of the Indian National Congress Party who served successively as President (Sadr-i-Riyasat)[2][3] and Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.

Singh is the son of the last ruler of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh.[4] In the 26th amendment[5] to the Constitution of India promulgated in 1971, the Government of India, of which Karan Singh was a Union cabinet minister, abolished all official symbols of princely India, including titles, privileges, and remuneration (privy purses).[6] During the conclusion of the Cold War, he was India's ambassador to the USA. Singh received the Padma Vibhushan in 2005.

Singh was seen as a possible candidate for President in the July 2017 Indian presidential election by Bhim Singh.[7][8]

Karan Singh Media

  • Padma Vibhushan Ribbon.svg

    Padma Vibhushan Ribbon

  • Pratibha Devisingh Patil confers Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for the year 2009 to the German Chancellor, Ms. Angela Merkel, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi. The President.jpg

    Pratibha Devisingh Patil confers Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for the year 2009 to the German Chancellor, Ms. Angela Merkel, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi. The President

  • The Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University, Dr. Karan Singh presenting Honorary Doctorate Degree to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, at the ‘90th Convocation Ceremony’ in Varanasi on March 15, 2008.jpg

    The Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University, Dr. Karan Singh presenting Honorary Doctorate Degree to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, at the '90th Convocation Ceremony' in Varanasi on 15 March 2008

  • The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi being welcomed by Dr. Karan Singh, on his arrival at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), in Varanasi on February 22, 2016.jpg

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by Dr. Karan Singh, on his arrival at the Banaras Hindu University, in Varanasi on February 22, 2016.

  • Padma Vibhushan Ribbon.svg

    Padma Vibhushan Ribbon

  • The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressing at the launch of a film - "I Believe Universal Values for a Global Society", by Raja Choudhury based on the beliefs of Dr. Karan Singh, in New Delhi on March 09, 2011.jpg

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressing at the launch of a film - I Believe Universal Values for a Global Society, by Raja Choudhury based on the beliefs of Dr. Karan Singh in 2011.

  • Manmohan Singh presenting the “Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award” to Dr. Kiran Seth of SPIC MACAY, at a function, in New Delhi. The President of ICCR, Dr. Karan Singh and the Member of Parliament.jpg

    Karan Singh, along with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi present the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award to Kiran Seth in 2011.

  • Hillary Clinton with Sonia and Rahul Gandhi.jpg

    Karan Singh meets Hillary Clinton along with Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, and Rahul Gandhi. July 2009

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Karan Singh". www.karansingh.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-01. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  2. ↑ "Karan Singh on Accession of Kashmir to India". Outlook India magazine. 2017-07-19. http://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/karan-singh-on-accession-of-kashmir-to-india/735445. Retrieved 2017-06-19. 
  3. ↑ Saraf, Nandini (2012). The Life and Times of Lokmanya Tilak. Prabhat Prakashan. p. 341. ISBN 978-81-8430-152-6. Before leaving Srinagar he also had long talks with Yuvraj Karan Singh, who was then being pressed to become the Sadr-i-Riyasat - President of the State.
  4. ↑ Rajya Sabha MP Karan Singh slams attempts to brand Hari Singh as communal
  5. ↑ "The Constitution (26 Amendment) Act, 1971", indiacode.nic.in, Government of India, 1971, retrieved 9 November 2011
  6. ↑ 1. Ramusack, Barbara N. (2004). The Indian princes and their states. Cambridge University Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-521-26727-4. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  7. ↑ Bhim Singh pitches Dr Karan Singh as next President, Daily Excelsior, 2017-06-05, retrieved 2017-06-18
  8. ↑ "Propose Dr. Karan Singh as next President: Prof. Bhim". JK Monitor. Archived from the original on 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2017-06-18.

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