Former foreign minister of the country and veteran Congress leader Natwar Singh died at the age of 95 after a prolonged illness. He was admitted to a private hospital in Gurugram, where he was undergoing treatment. Natwar Singh was a prominent Congress leader who worked under Dr. Manmohan Singh during the UPA era. Singh was a resident of Bharatpur district of Rajasthan. He studied at Mayo College in Ajmer and Scindia School in Gwalior. Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma has expressed his condolences on the demise of the former Union Minister.
Bhajanlal Sharma wrote on X, ‘The news of the demise of former Foreign Minister of the Government of India, Padma Vibhushan awardee Mr. Natwar Singh is extremely sad. I pray to Lord Shri Ram to grant a place to the departed soul in his lotus feet and provide strength to the bereaved family in this hour of grief.’
Congress leader Randeep Surjewala has also expressed grief over the death of Natwar Singh on social media platform X. He wrote, ‘The news of the death of former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh is sad. May God give strength to his family to bear this loss and grant peace to the departed soul.’
Who was Kunwar Natwar Singh
Kunwar Natwar Singh served as the Foreign Minister from May 2004 to December 2005. Singh was selected into the Indian Foreign Service in 1953. In 1984 he resigned from the service to contest elections as a member of the Indian National Congress party. He won the election and served as Union Minister of State until 1989. Thereafter, his political career was full of ups and downs until he was made the Foreign Minister of India in 2004.
Early education
Singh, the fourth son of Govind Singh and his wife Prayag Kaur, was born in the princely state of Bharatpur. He was educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and the Scindia School, Gwalior, the traditional educational institutions for Indian royalty and nobility. He then graduated from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, then studied at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge and was a visiting scholar for a time at Peking University in China.
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