Swaran Singh
Sardar Swaran Singh | |
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Swaran Singh Lok Sabha portrait | |
| 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 19 August 1907 Shankar Village, Punjab Province, British India |
| Died | 30 October 1994 (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 |
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.