Jaswant Singh
Jaswant Singh has come a long way from his home in the desert districts of Rajasthan. Commissioned in the Indian Army when barely nineteen, he went through two wars whilst in service (1962 and 1965) before resigning his commission to pursue a political career. He has served seven terms in Parliament and in the BJP-led governments of 1996 and 1998-2004, held charge of six ministries of the Government Finance Policy and national security, Jaswant Singh is among the most respected names in the country's public life and in the world of diplomacy. He is deservedly given credit for dexterously steering India out of the turbulent diplomatic seas encountered in the aftermath of the nuclear tests of May 1998. He is the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of India's Parliament. Jaswant Singh is a visiting Professor at Oxford University, an Honorary Professor at Warwick University and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University.
Jaswant Singh
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