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Sardar Swaran Singh
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
(1907-08-19)19 August 1907 Shankar Village, Punjab Province, British India
Died
30 October 1994(1994-10-30) (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
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