Father's Name	Shri Govind Singhji
Date of Birth	16 May 1931
Place of Birth	Bharatpur (Rajasthan)
Marital Status	Married on 21 August 1967
Spouse's Name	Smt. Heminder Kaur
Children	One son and one daughter
Educational Qualifications	B.A.(Hons.) History Educated at St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, Delhi; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, U.K. and Peking University, Peking, China
Profession	Diplomat, Writer and Political Worker
Permanent Address	"Govind Niwas", Bharatpur - 321001 (Rajasthan) Tel. (05644) 28351
Present Address	D-1/37, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi-110057 Tels. (011) 6145525, 6147151 Fax (011) 6141322
Positions Held
1971-73	India's Ambassador to Poland
1973-77	India's Deputy High Commissioner to U.K.
1977	India's High Commissioner to Zambia
1980-82	India's Ambassador to Pakistan
1984	Elected to 8th Lok Sabha
1985-86	Union Minister of State, Steel, Mines and Coal (Department of Steel) Union Minister of State, Agriculture (Department of Fertilizers)
1986-89	Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs
1998	Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1998-99 and 1999-2000	Member, Committee on Public Accounts
1998-99	Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-I Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
Books Published	(i) E.M. Forster: A Tribute - New York, 1964; (ii) The Legacy of Nehru - New York, 1965; (iii) Maharaja Suraj Mal- 1707-63 - London, 1981; (iv) Curtain Raisers-New Delhi, 1984; and (v) Profiles & Letters - New Delhi, 1997
Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments	Reviews books for national and international newspapers and magazines; conferred, (i) E.M. Forster Literary Award, 1989; and (ii) Padma Bhushan, 1984
Special Interests	Good conversation followed by prolonged periods of reflective silence
Favourite Pastime and Recreation	Reading, writing, book collection, conversation, tennis and watching cricket
Sports and Clubs	Hockey, cricket, football and atheletics in college days; Champion, (i) Delhi State Junior Tennis, 1949; and (ii) Delhi University Tennis, 1950-51
Countries Visited	Widely travelled (100 countries); Member, Indian Delegation, Heads of Commonwealth Meeting, Kingston, Jamaica, 1975; Indian Delegate to (i) 30th Session of the United Nations, General Assembly, New York; (ii) Heads of Commonwealth Meeting, Lusaka, Zambia, 1979; and (iii) 35th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York; and State visit of the Prime Minister (Smt. Indira Gandhi) to U.S.A., 1982
Other Information	Former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India; Rapporteur, (i) United Nations Committee of 24, 1963-66; and (ii) Fourth Committee of the U.N. General Assembly, 1965; India's representative to Executive Board of UNICEF, 1962-66; Member, Prime Minister's (Smt. Indira Gandhi) Secretariat, 1966-71; Executive Trustee, U.N.I.T.A.R. appointed by the Secretary General, United Nations, for six years, 1981; served on Expert Group appointed by the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, London, 1982; Secretary-General, Seventh Non-aligned Summit, New Delhi, 1983; Chief Coordinator, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, (CHOGM) New Delhi, 1983