Rajkumar Dorendra Singh, also known as R. K. Dorendra Singh (30 September 1934 – 30 March 2018) was a senior

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n politician and a former Chief Minister of

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n state of

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. In the past, he represented a number of political parties. He was a member of the

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(INC),

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(BJP), and a few other parties earlier. He was the

Chief Minister of Manipur The Chief Minister of Manipur is the head of government, chief executive of the Indian state of Manipur. As per the Constitution of India, the Governors of states of India, governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive auth ...

(

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) from 6 December 1974 to 16 May 1977, again from 14 January 1980 to 27 November 1980, and from 8 April 1992 to 11 April 1993. He was elected to the

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of the

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- the

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from Manipur and served from 20 September 1988 till 12 March 1990 from

party.

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