Swaran Singh

Sardar Swaran Singh
Minister of Defence
In office
10 October 1974 – 1 December 1975
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byJagjivan Ram
Succeeded byIndira Gandhi
In office
13 November 1966 – 27 June 1970
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byYashwantrao Chavan
Succeeded byJagjivan Ram
Minister of External Affairs
In office
27 June 1970 – 10 October 1974
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byDinesh Singh
Succeeded byYashwantrao Chavan
In office
18 July 1964 – 14 November 1966
Prime MinisterLal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi
Preceded byLal Bahadur Shastri Acting
Succeeded byM. C. Chagla
Minister of Agriculture
In office
1 September 1963 – 9 June 1964
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Preceded byS. K. Patil
Succeeded byChidambaram Subramaniam
Minister of Railways
In office
10 April 1962 – 21 September 1963
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Preceded byJagjivan Ram
Succeeded byH. C. Dasappa
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1957–1977
ConstituencyJullundur
Personal details
Born
Swaran Singh Purewal

(1907-08-19)19 August 1907
Shankar Village, Punjab Province, British India
Died30 October 1994(1994-10-30) (aged 87)
New Delhi, India
Cause of deathCardiac Arrest
CitizenshipIndia
SpouseCharan Kaur
ChildrenParam Panag, Sat Boparai, Iqbal Sidhu, Jasvinder Kaur
ParentSardar Partap Singh Shankar
EducationRandhir College, Kapurthala, Government College Lahore
OccupationPolitician

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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