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Indian politician (1907–1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sardar Swaran Singh (19 August 1907 – 30 October 1994) was an Indian politician. He was India's second longest-serving union cabinet minister after Jagjivan Ram.[1]
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Sardar Swaran Singh | |
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Minister of Defence | |
In office 10 October 1974 – 1 December 1975 | |
Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
Preceded by | Jagjivan Ram |
Succeeded by | Indira Gandhi |
In office 13 November 1966 – 27 June 1970 | |
Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
Preceded by | Yashwantrao Chavan |
Succeeded by | Jagjivan Ram |
Minister of External Affairs | |
In office 27 June 1970 – 10 October 1974 | |
Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
Preceded by | Dinesh Singh |
Succeeded by | Yashwantrao Chavan |
In office 18 July 1964 – 14 November 1966 | |
Prime Minister | Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi |
Preceded by | Lal Bahadur Shastri Acting |
Succeeded by | M. C. Chagla |
Minister of Agriculture | |
In office 1 September 1963 – 9 June 1964 | |
Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Preceded by | S. K. Patil |
Succeeded by | Chidambaram Subramaniam |
Minister of Railways | |
In office 10 April 1962 – 21 September 1963 | |
Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Preceded by | Jagjivan Ram |
Succeeded by | H. C. Dasappa |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 1957–1977 | |
Constituency | Jullundur |
Personal details | |
Born | Swaran Singh Purewal (1907-08-19)19 August 1907 Shankar Village, Punjab Province, British India |
Died | 30 October 1994(1994-10-30) (aged 87) New Delhi, India |
Cause of death | Cardiac Arrest |
Citizenship | India |
Spouse | Charan Kaur |
Children | Param Panag, Sat Boparai, Iqbal Sidhu, Jasvinder Kaur |
Parent | Sardar Partap Singh Shankar |
Education | Randhir College, Kapurthala, Government College Lahore |
Occupation | Politician |
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