K. Natwar Singh Politician

Kunwar Natwar Singh (born May 16, 1931, Jaghina, Bharatpur, Rajastan, India) is an Indian politician and former cabinet minister. On December 7, 2005, he was removed from his post as Minister in charge of External Affairs under a cloud of scandal and became a minister without portfolio. Named by the U.N. Independent Enquiry Committee (popularly known as Volcker committee) as a beneficiary of illegal payoffs in Iraqi oil scam, he was forced to resign from the Cabinet on December 6, 2005. He is married to the daughter of Yadavindra Singh of Patiala Maharajkumari Heminder Kaur, and is hence brother-in-law to Amarinder Singh, the current Maharaja of Patiala and a former chief minister of Punjab.

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K. Natwar Singh
Birth dateMay 16, 1931
Birth place
India , Rajasthan , Presidencies and provinces of British India , Bharatpur Rajasthan
Nationality
India
Religion
Hinduism
Residence
New Delhi
Education
Ajmer
Mayo College

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party
Indian National Congress
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