Karan Singh was born on 9 March 1931 and is an Indian politician and philosopher.
26 Facts About Karan Singh
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Karan Singh is the son of the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, Sir Hari Singh.
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Karan Singh was the prince regent of Jammu and Kashmir until 1952.
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Karan Singh is the chairperson trustee of the Dharmarth Trust of Jammu and Kashmir which maintains 175 temples in north India and works in other areas such as historical preservation.
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Karan Singh is a senior member of the Indian National Congress party who served successively as President and Governor of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Karan Singh was a life trustee and president of India International Center.
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Karan Singh was elected chancellor of Banaras Hindu University for three terms until 2018 when he was succeeded by Giridhar Malaviya.
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Karan Singh has been a prospective presidential candidate over the years.
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Yuvraj Karan Singh was born at the Martinez Hotel, Cannes, France, into the Dogra dynasty.
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Karan Singh was the only son of Sir Hari Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Karan Singh was educated at Doon School, Dehra Dun, a boarding school, which represented a departure from the usual practise of princes being educated by tutors at home.
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The school was very elite, but it nevertheless meant that Karan Singh shared the classroom with boys from non-royal backgrounds, and received a standard education.
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In 1950, the 19-year-old Karan Singh was married to 13-year-old Yasho Rajya Lakshmi, daughter of a nobleman belonging to the Rana family of Nepal.
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Karan Singh's father, General Sharada Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, was a senior army officer and the son of Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, the last Rana Prime Minister of Nepal.
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In 1949, at age of eighteen, Karan Singh was appointed as the Prince Regent of Jammu and Kashmir state after his father stepped down as the ruler, following the state's accession to India.
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Karan Singh placed the entire sum into a charitable trust named after his parents.
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Karan Singh attempted to resign following an aircraft crash in 1973, but the resignation was not accepted.
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Notably, Charan Karan Singh became Prime Minister after the fall of Janata Party government headed by Morarji Desai.
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Karan Singh contested the 1980 Lok Sabha election on a Congress ticket and won.
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From 1967 to 1984, Karan Singh was a member of the Lok Sabha.
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Karan Singh was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 30 November 1996 to 12 August 1999, representing National Conference, a Muslim dominated party active in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Karan Singh is known for switching his loyalties from one political party to another quite frequently.
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Karan Singh has served as Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, Jammu and Kashmir University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and NIIT University.
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Dr Karan Singh meets Hillary Clinton along with Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, and Rahul Gandhi.
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Karan Singh has been engaged by Sansad TV as a Guest Anchor along with some other senior celebrated experts from diverse fields such as Bibek Debroy, Amitabh Kant, Shashi Tharoor, Hemant Batra, Maroof Raza and Sanjeev Sanyal to present some flagship programmes.
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Karan Singh served as the chancellor of Banaras Hindu University for three terms up until 2018.