| Brajesh Singh | |
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| Predecessor | Raja Ramesh Singh |
| Born | c. 1909 |
| Died | 31 October 1966 (aged 57–58) |
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| Issue | Asha Pal Usha Pande Victor Singh |
| Father | Raja Ramesh Singh |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Brajesh Singh (Hindi: ब्रजेश सिंह, Kunwar Brijesh Singh or Brajesh Singh Lal;[1]: 28 c. 1909[1]: 24 [a] – 31 October 1966) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (CPI). He hailed from the royal family of Kalakankar near Allahabad, and his nephew Dinesh Singh was a minister in the Indian cabinet.[3]
His first wife was Kunwarani Laxmi Devi, followed by Leela, an Austrian woman with whom he had a son named Victor Singh. Victor later moved to England, where he became a photographer. In 1963, while recuperating from bronchitis, Singh met Svetlana Alliluyeva, the only daughter of Joseph Stalin.[4]: 11 The two fell in love while Singh was critically ill with bronchiectasis and emphysema. The romance deepened while the couple were recuperating in Sochi near the Black Sea.
Singh returned to Moscow in 1965 to work as a translator, but he and Alliluyeva were not allowed to marry. He died the following year, on 31 October 1966. In an interview on 26 April 1967, Alliluyeva said that she considered Singh to be her husband but that Aleksei Kosygin never allowed them to legally marry.[4]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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Svetlanawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Obituary: Dinesh Singh". The Independent. 2 December 1995. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ a b Sullivan, Rosemary (2015). Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva. Toronto: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-1-44341-442-5. Retrieved 27 August 2021 – via Google Books.
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