Swaran Singh

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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

Sardar Swaran Singh (19 August 1907 – 30 October 1994) was an Indian politician. He was India's second longest-serving union cabinet minister after Jagjivan Ram.^[1]