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Karan Singh is the 92-year-old son and successor of Maharaja Hari Singh, the last Dogra ruler of Jammu and Kashmir
He was born on March 9, 1931, days after Lord Irwin inaugurated New Delhi as India's new capital and two days before revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged
On October 26, 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession, with Karan Singh alongside him
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‘Yuvraj’ Karan Singh was just 18 when his father was exiled, after which Singh took over as the Jammu and Kashmir Reagent
A year later, at 19, Singh married Yasho Rajya Lakshmi, 13, and the couple spent six months in Srinagar and the remaining in Jammu
In the picture, a young Karan Singh is seen with his parents, Maharaja Hari Singh and Maharani Tara Devi, in Jammu in March 1949
On November 17, 1952, Karan Singh was elected as the first President (Sadr-i-Riyasat) of the state
Singh remained the Sadr-i-Riyasat till 1965, when the post was abolished, after which he took over as the first Governor of the state, a position he continued in till 1967
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In the picture, framed photos of Karan Singh with family and others are seen in the study of his Delhi house
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At 36, Singh was inducted into the Indira Cabinet as a minister. But since he was not an MP, he stood for election and won from Udhampur. He was the youngest member of the Union Cabinet with Tourism and Civil Aviation portfolios
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In 1977, Congress was routed in the Lok Sabha polls but Karan Singh won from Udhampur again. Singh served as an MP for 40 years (four terms each in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha)
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In the picture, Karan Singh (right) is seen with Indira Gandhi and Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq, the then PM of J&K, in the 1960s
Singh was made the Indian ambassador to the US in 1989
Karan Singh was dropped from the Congress Working Committee in 2018 and also not renominated to Rajya Sabha