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Major Jaswant Singh ( pronunciation ⓘ; 3 January 1938 – 27 September 2020) [8] [A] was an officer of the Indian Army and an Indian Cabinet Minister. He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), [9] and was one of India's longest serving parliamentarians, having been a member of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha ...
Jul 5, 2023 · Update: The Lansdowne Cantonment Board in Uttarakhand has put forward a proposal to rename the town of Lansdowne in honor of Jaswant Singh, a hero of the 1962 India-China war. Sources report that the board passed a resolution to rename the popular tourist destination after Singh.
Sep 28, 2020 · Jaswant Singh, 82, was always somewhat of a misfit in the BJP, a party he helped found in 1980, and which he ably represented as a nine-time parliamentarian and Minister with key portfolios in the Vajpayee years between 1998 and 2004.
Aug 29, 2021 · Air Vice Marshal Kanwar Jaswant Singh was among the most flamboyant officers in the Indian Air Force. When he died in harness, as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Air Command on New Year’s Eve of 1963, India lost one of its most promising officers. He left a tale that needs to be told.
Sep 27, 2020 · In 2009, Singh, a founding member of the BJP, was expelled from the party after a 30-year-long association. The expulsion came over his book, Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence, that the BJP leadership felt glorified Mohammad Ali Jinnah and criticised Sardar Patel for Partition. Advertisement.
Jaswant Singh, former Union minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet who held the crucial portfolios of external affairs, defence and finance, died after a prolonged illness on...
Sep 27, 2020 · Jaswant Singh, who served as External Affairs Minister from December 5, 1998 to July 1, 2002, was key to India’s foreign and strategic policy at the turn of the century. He shaped India’s engagement with the world at a critical juncture.
Jaswant Singh was admitted to an Army hospital in Delhi on June 25. He was being treated for Sepsis with Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome. | Latest News India
Sep 27, 2020 · Jaswant Singh, former leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and external affairs minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, passed away on Sunday. He was 82. Singh, a former army officer, had been ill after a fall at his home in August 2014 and was admitted to the Army Research and Referral Hospital.
Sep 27, 2020 · Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday condoled the death of former union minister Jaswant Singh. Jaswant Singh died early today at a hospital in Delhi. "My heartfelt condolences at...
