Karan Singh, the Last Prince of Kashmir

20 Dec,2023

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Karan Singh PMSP (born 9 March 1931) is an Indian politician and philosopher.

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He is the Titular Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. From 1952 to 1965 he was the Sadr-i-Riyasat (President) of the state of Jammu and Kashmir .

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He 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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Singh was a member of India's Upper House of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, representing the national capital territory of Delhi.

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He is a senior member of the Indian National Congress party who served successively as President (Sadr-i-Riyasat)

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He was elected chancellor of Banaras Hindu University for three terms until 2018 when he was succeeded by Giridhar Malaviya.

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He was the only son of Sir Hari Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.

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His mother, Maharani Tara Devi, who was the fourth wife of his father, was the daughter of a landowning Katoch Rajput family and came from (Vijaypur near Bilaspur) in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh.

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