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Karan Singh
MP Rajya Sabha, President ICCR, Chairman AICC Foreign Affairs Department, Titular Maharaja Of Jammu and Kashmir
'Dr. Karan Singh'
Reign1961 – present
PredecessorHari Singh
SpouseMaharani Yasho Rajya Lakshmi
IssueJyotsana Singh

Vikramaditya Singh

Ajatshatru Singh
Names
Dr. Karan Singh
HouseThe Royal House of Jammu and Kashmir
FatherHari Singh
MotherMaharani Tara Devi
ReligionHinduism

Dr. Karan Singh (1931-) is an Indian politician - an MP in the Rajya Sabha, a senior member of the ruling Indian National Congress Party serving as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Department, President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), India's Ambassador to UNESCO, Chairman of the Auroville Foundation and of the Temple of Understanding, author, diplomat, champion of interfaith dialogue, Hindu scholar and present titular Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. He was born as the Yuvraj (Crown Prince), i.e., heir-apparent to the then ruler of the state of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Hari Singh, in the royal family of Jammu and Kashmir. He received the Padma Vibhushan in 2005.

Biography

Early life and education

Dr. Karan Singh was born on March 9, 1931, in Cannes, France, to the last ruler of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu (also known as The Royal House of Jammu and Kashmir), Maharaja Hari Singh and his wife Maharani Tara Devi.

He was educated at Doon School, Dehra Dun, and received a B.A. from Sri Pratap Singh (S. P.) College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir University, and an M.A. in Political Science from Delhi University. He went on to receive a Ph.D. from Delhi University.[1]

Political career

Sadar-i-Riyasat Karan Singh administers the oath of office to Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, after the 1957 elections in Jammu and Kashmir

In 1949, at age of eighteen, he was appointed as the regent of Jammu and Kashmir state after his father stepped down as the king, following the state's accession to India.[2] He served successively as regent, Sadr-i-Riyasat and governor of the state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1965-1967. He was then, successively, Union Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation from 1967–1973, Minister of Health and Family Planning from 1973–1977 and Minister of Education and Culture in 1979-1980. In 1990-1991, he served as Indian Ambassador to the US.

From 1967-1980, and in 1990, Karan Singh served as an MP in the Lok Sabha; since 1996, he has been an MP in the Rajya Sabha. He served as Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, Jammu and Kashmir University, and Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is an active member of several boards, organizations, and foundations, including the Author's Guild of India, the ICCR, the Auroville Foundation, the Indian Board of Wildlife, and several others.

Presently, Karan Singh is Chairman of the AICC Foreign Department.

Personal life

In 1956, he married Princess Yasho Rajya Lakshmi (1937–2009), the granddaughter of Maharaja Sir Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, the last Rana Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty of Nepal.[3] They have three children — a daughter, Jyotsna, and two sons Vikramaditya and Ajatshatru, and six grandchildren — Vivaswat, Viveka, Mriganka, Martand, Adishree and Ranvijay.

Styles

[4]

Honours

[5]

Bibliography

  • "Towards A New India"(1974)
  • Population, Poverty and the Future of India (1975)
  • "One Man's World" (1986)
  • Essays on Hinduism. Ratna Sagar. 1987. ISBN 8170701732.
  • Humanity at the Crossroads . with Daisaku Ikeda. Oxford University Press, 1988.
  • "Autobiography" (2 vols.)(1989)
  • "Brief Sojourn" (1991)
  • Hymn to Shiva and Other Poems (1991)
  • The Transition to a Global Society (1991)
  • Mountain of Shiva (1994)
  • Autobiography. Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN 0195636368.
  • Prophet of Indian Nationalism
  • Hinduism. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 2005. ISBN 1845574257
  • Mundaka Upanishad: The Bridge to Immortality.
  • Ten Gurus of the Sikhs Their Life Story, Tr. into English Pramila Naniwadekar & Moreshwar Naniwadekar.
  • Nehru's Kashmir. Wisdom Tree. ISBN 9788183281607.
  • A Treasury of Indian Wisdom. Penguin Ananda, 2010. ISBN 9780670084500.

Further reading

  • Karan Singh - a tryst with history., Niyogi Books, ISBN 81-901936-9-4. [1]
  • Jammu and Kashmir: 1949-1964: Selected Correspondence between Jawaharlal Nehru and Karan Singh. Edited by Jamaid Alam. Penguin 2006. [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Dr. Karan Singh Profile Doon School.
  2. ^ Dr. Karan Singh Raj Bhawan, Jammu and Kashmir official website.
  3. ^ India's 'Rajput diplomacy' in NepalThe Times of India,April 18, 2006. "Karan Singh is heir to the throne of India's former princely state of Kashmir and his wife is from Nepal's royal family"
  4. ^ The Royal Ark
  5. ^ The Royal Ark
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Karan Singh
Born: 1931-
Titles in pretence
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir
1961-present
Reason for succession failure:
Monarchy abolished in 1949 		Incumbent
Heir:
Yuvaraja Vikramaditya Singh
Political offices
Preceded by
Post created following abdication of Hari Singh
 Regent of Jammu and Kashmir
1949-1952 		Succeeded by
President of Jammu and Kashmir (Sadr-i-Riyasat)
Preceded by
Post created 1949
 Rajpramukh of Jammu and Kashmir
1949-1956 		Succeeded by
Post abolished by the Republic of India 31 October 1956
Preceded by
Regent of Jammu and Kashmir
 President of Jammu and Kashmir (Sadr-i-Riyasat)
1952-1964 		Succeeded by
Succeeded by that of Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Preceded by
President of Jammu and Kashmir (Sadr-i-Riyasat)
 Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
1964-1967 		Succeeded by
Bhagwan Sahay
Preceded by
 Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation
1967-1973 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Minister of Health and Family Planning
1973-1979 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Minister of Education and Culture
1979-1989 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
P.K. Kaul
 Ambassador to the USA
1989-1990 		Succeeded by

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