Rajkumar Dorendra Singh

{{Short description|5th Chief Minister of Manipur}}

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Rajkumar Dorendra Singh, also known as R. K. Dorendra Singh (30 September 1934 – 30 March 2018) was a senior Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Northeast Indian state of Manipur.{{cite web |title=Former Manipur chief minister R K Dorendra Singh passes away at 83 |date=30 March 2018 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/former-manipur-chief-minister-r-k-dorendra-singh-passes-away-5117656/ |publisher=The Indian Express |access-date=6 October 2021}}{{cite book| last = Chaube| first = Shibani Kinkar| title = Electoral politics in northeast India| year = 1985| publisher = Universities Press| isbn = 978-0-86131-470-6| page = 107 }}

In the past, he represented a number of political parties. He was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and a few other parties earlier. He was the Chief Minister of Manipur (Manipur Peoples Party) 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. {{Cite web |title=List of Chief Ministers of Manipur & Their Tenure Periods |url=https://www.oneindia.com/list-of-chief-ministers-of-manipur/}}

He was elected to the Upper House of the Indian Parliament - the Rajya Sabha from Manipur and served from 20 September 1988 till 12 March 1990 from Indian National Congress party.{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx |title=List of Rajya Sabha members Since 1952 }}