Editing Natwar Singh (section)

==Diplomatic career==
Singh joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1953 and served for 31 years. One of his earliest assignments was in Beijing, China (1956–58). He was then posted to New York City at the Permanent Mission of India (1961–66) and as India's representative to executive board of [[UNICEF]] (1962–66). He served on several UN committees between 1963 and 1966. In 1966, he was posted to the Prime Minister's Secretariat under [[Indira Gandhi]]. He served as India's Ambassador to Poland from 1971 to 1973, India's Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1973 to 1977 and India's Ambassador to Pakistan from 1980 to 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 12th Lok Sabha|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3178.htm|access-date=26 December 2021|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226135602/http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3178.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> He was part of the Indian delegation to the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Heads of Commonwealth Meeting]] in [[Kingston, Jamaica]] in 1975. He was an Indian Delegate to the 30th Session of the [[United Nations General Assembly]], New York, Heads of Commonwealth Meeting, [[Lusaka]], Zambia in 1979 and the 35th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York. He also accompanied Indira Gandhi on her State visit to the US in 1982. He served as an Executive Trustee, [[United Nations Institute for Training and Research]] (UNITAR) appointed by the Secretary-General, United Nations for six years (1981–86). He also served on the Expert Group appointed by the Secretary General of the Commonwealth, London in 1982. He was appointed Secretary-General of the Seventh Non-aligned Summit in New Delhi held in 1983 and Chief Coordinator of the [[Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting]] (CHOGM) in New Delhi in the same year. He served as [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary]] in the Ministry of External Affairs from March 1982 to November 1984. He received the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian award in India from the [[Government of India]], in 1984.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>