Daman Singh

Last updated

Daman Singh
Born (1963-09-04) 4 September 1963 (age 60)
Chandigarh, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater St. Stephen’s College, Delhi
Institute of Rural Management, Anand
Occupation Writer
Spouse
Ashok Patnaik
(m. 1991)
Children1
Parents
Relatives Upinder Singh (sister)

Daman Singh (born 4 September 1963) is an Indian writer and daughter of former Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh. [1]

Contents

Personal life

Singh was born on 4 September 1963 in Chandigarh to Manmohan Singh and Gursharan Kaur. She has two sisters, Upinder Singh and Amrit Singh. In 1966, Singh and her family moved to New York, where her father worked for UNCTAD. She is married to Ashok Patnaik (IPS officer of 1983 batch) since 1991 who was also the CEO of the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) of India. Together, they have a son, Rohan. [2]

Books

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indian National Congress</span> Indian political party

The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party or simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sonia Gandhi</span> Indian politician

Sonia Gandhi is an Indian politician. She is the longest-serving president of the Indian National Congress, a social democratic political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independence history. She took over as the party leader in 1998, seven years after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, her husband and a former Prime Minister of India, and remained in office until 2017 after serving for twenty-two years. She returned to the post in 2019 and remained the President for another three years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manmohan Singh</span> Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014

Manmohan Singh is an Indian politician, economist, academician and bureaucrat who served as the 13th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He is the third longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. A member of the Indian National Congress, Singh was the first Sikh and non-Hindu prime minister of India. He was also the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">P. Chidambaram</span> Indian politician and lawyer (born 1945)

Palaniappan Chidambaram, better known as P. Chidambaram, is an Indian politician and lawyer who currently serves as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. He served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs from 2017 to 2018. And also served Interim Deputy Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha from 2022 to 2023 under Mallikarjun Kharge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saira Banu</span> Indian actress (born 1944)

Saira Banu is an Indian actress who mainly worked in Hindi films. Regarded as one of Indian cinema's finest actresses, she was among the most popular actresses of the 1960s and early 1970s. Banu received four Filmfare Awards nominations throughout her career.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Biju Patnaik</span> Indian politician, aviator, and businessman

Bijayananda Patnaik was an Indian politician, aviator and businessman. He served as the 3rd Chief Minister of the State of Odisha from 1990 to 1995 and from 1961 to 1963. He was also the 14th Steel and mines and 1st Coal Union Minister of India from 1979 to 1980 and from 1977 to 1979 and a member of Lok Sabha from Kendrapara from 1977 to 1985. He was the father of Naveen Patnaik, who is the current CM of Odisha and currently the longest serving CM of Odisha.

<i>Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi</i> 1958 film by Satyen Bose

Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (transl. That which moves is called a car is a 1 January 1958 Indian musical comedy film directed by Satyen Bose. Starring Madhubala with the Ganguly brothers —Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar, and Kishore Kumar— the film revolves around a middle-aged man who resents women due to some misunderstandings and forbids his younger brothers from marrying.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gursharan Kaur</span> Spouse of Former Indian PM Manmohan Singh

Gursharan Kaur Kohli is an Indian history professor and author who is the spouse of the former prime minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Field hockey in India</span>

Field hockey in India refers to two teams, the India men's national field hockey team and the India women's national field hockey team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Karan Singh</span> Indian politician

Karan Singh is an Indian politician and philosopher. He is the Titular Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. From 1952 to 1965 he was the Sadr-i-Riyasat (President) of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. He is the chairperson trustee of the Dharmarth Trust of Jammu and Kashmir which maintains 175 temples in north India and works in other areas such as historical preservation.

Upinder Singh is an Indian historian who is a professor of History and Dean of Faculty at Ashoka University. She is the former head of the History Department at the University of Delhi. She is also the recipient of the inaugural Infosys Prize in the category of Social Sciences (History).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cinema of Odisha</span> Indian Odia language film industry

The Odia cinema, colloquially known as Ollywood, is the Odia language Indian film industry, based in Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack in Odisha, India. The name Ollywood is a portmanteau of the words Odia and Hollywood.

INS <i>Arihant</i> Indian nuclear powered submarine

INS Arihant, designated S2 Strategic Strike Nuclear Submarine, is the lead ship of India's Arihant class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. The 6,000 tonne vessel was built under the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project at the Ship Building Centre in the port city of Visakhapatnam.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Padmini Rout</span> Indian chess woman grandmaster

Padmini Rout is an Indian chess player. She holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a four-time National Women's Premier title holder consecutively from 2014-2017 and was the Asian women's champion of 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ramadevi Choudhury</span> Indian freedom fighter and social reformer (1889–1985)

Ramadevi Choudhury, also known as Rama Devi, was an Indian freedom fighter and a social reformer. She was called Maa (Mother) by the people of Odisha. The Ramadevi Women's University in Bhubaneswar has been named after her.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">P. V. Narasimha Rao</span> Prime Minister of India from 1991 to 1996

Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao, popularly known as P. V. Narasimha Rao, was an Indian lawyer, statesman and politician who served as the 9th prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He is known for introducing various liberal reforms to India's economy. His ascendancy to the prime ministership was politically significant because he was the second holder of this office from a non-Hindi-speaking region (Telugu) and the first from South India. He led an important administration, overseeing a major economic transformation and several home incidents affecting national security of India. Rao, who held the Industries portfolio, was personally responsible for the dismantling of the Licence Raj, as this came under the purview of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, reversing the economic policies of Rajiv Gandhi's government.

The National Intelligence Grid or NATGRID is the integrated intelligence master database structure for counter-terrorism purpose connecting databases of various core security agencies under Government of India collecting comprehensive patterns procured from 21 different organizations that can be readily accessed by security agencies round the clock. Its current CEO is Ashish Gupta, IPS. It is reported to be operational since 31 December 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deepa Malik</span> Indian paralympic swimmer, biker, and athlete

Deepa Malik is an Indian athlete. She started her career at the age of 30. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games and won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in shot put. She also won gold in the F-53/54 Javelin event at the para athletic Grand Prix held in Dubai in 2018. She is currently the world number one in the F-53 category. She has won accolades for her participation in various adventure sports. She is associated with Himalayan Motorsports Association (H.M.A.) and Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (F.M.S.C.I.). She has undertaken an 8-day, 1,700-km drive in sub-zero temperatures which included a climb to 18,000 feet (5,500 m). It was – Raid De Himalaya. This journey covers many difficult paths including remote Himalayas, Leh, Shimla and Jammu.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ritika Singh</span> Indian actress and former martial artist

Ritika Mohan Singh is an Indian actress and former mixed martial artist who predominantly appears in Tamil films in addition to Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam Language films. After competing for India at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games and then participating in the Super Fight League, she played a leading role in Sudha Kongara Prasad's Tamil film Irudhi Suttru alongside R. Madhavan. She won Special Mention at the 63rd National Film Awards for her performance in the film. She received Filmfare Awards three times for the same role in three languages: Tamil, Hindi and Telugu (Guru). She has won one National Award, one SIIMA award, and three Filmfare Award respectively.

<i>The Accidental Prime Minister</i> (film) 2019 Indian film

The Accidental Prime Minister is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language political film directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte and written by Mayank Tewari, based on the 2014 memoir of the same name by Sanjaya Baru. It was produced by the Bohra Bros under Rudra Production (UK), in association with Jayantilal Gada under the banner of Pen India Limited. It stars Anupam Kher as Dr. Manmohan Singh, the 13th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014 under the United Progressive Alliance.

References

  1. "Dad faced a lot of resistance from within Congress, Manmohan Singh's daughter Daman says". Times of India. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. "Ashok Patnaik appointed new National Intelligence Grid chief". The Indian Express. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.