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Shilendra Kumar Singh

S. K. Singh
Governor of Rajasthan
In office
6 September 2007 – 1 December 2009
Preceded by Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
Succeeded by Prabha Rau
Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
In office
16 December 2004 – 4 September 2007
Preceded by V. C. Pande
Succeeded by K. Sankaranarayanan
Indian Foreign Secretary
In office
16 February 1989 – 19 April 1990
Personal details
Born (1932-01-24)24 January 1932
Died 1 December 2009(2009-12-01) (aged 77)
Spouse(s) Manju Singh
Children Two sons
Residence Jaipur, Rajasthan

Shilendra Kumar Singh or S.K. Singh (24 January 1932 – 1 December 2009) was an Indian diplomat. He was Governor of Arunachal Pradesh from December 2004 to September 2007 and Governor of Rajasthan from September 2007 until he died in office in December 2009.

Singh was Indian Foreign Secretary from 1989 to 1990. Prior to becoming Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, he was secretary-general of a think tank in Delhi, the University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India. He was appointed as Governor of Rajasthan on 19 August 2007, left his position as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh on 4 September 2007, and was sworn in as Governor of Rajasthan on 6 September.

He was the son of a nationalist zamindar of the erstwhile United Provinces, and a former Dewan of Alwar. A topper throughout school and college, he was an alumnus of St Johns College, Agra which is affiliated to Agra University where he received a Bachelor's Degree in History, Sanskrit and Hindi. He attended the Agra University and received a Master's Degree in History and an LLB Degree. Thereafter he read Persian and International Law at Trinity College, Cambridge.

He was married to Manju Singh. His younger son Kanishka Singh is a political aide to Rahul Gandhi and his elder son, Shashank Singh, has an MBA from Harvard University, and currently works as an investment banker in Mumbai.

While in Arunachal Pradesh, Singh was an extremely vocal advocate articulating that Arunachal Pradesh is a non-negotiable part of sovereign India. He also crusaded for the Inner Line Permit and restricted area permit required for travel to Arunachal Pradesh to be abolished. In addition, he worked hard for ensuring connectivity of Arunachal Pradesh with the rest of India by building an airport in the state, constructing a railway line and improving the road network.


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