What is Karan Singh?
[[File:Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Singh in September 2009]] '''Karan Singh''' (born 9 March 1931) is an Indian politician, philanthropist and poet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.karansingh.com/|title=Dr. Karan Singh|website=www.karansingh.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-19|archive-date=2007-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070201201420/http://karansingh.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was born in [[Cannes]], [[France]]. Singh is a member of India's Upper House of Parliament, the [[Rajya Sabha]] representing the [[National capital territory of Delhi|National Capital Territory of Delhi]]. He is a senior member of the [[Indian National Congress]] Party who served successively as President ([[Sadr-i-Riyasat]])<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/karan-singh-on-accession-of-kashmir-to-india/735445|title=Karan Singh on Accession of Kashmir to India|date=2017-07-19|work=[[Outlook India]] magazine|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last = Saraf| first = Nandini| title = The Life and Times of Lokmanya Tilak| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=A5YkBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA341| date = 2012| publisher = Prabhat Prakashan| language = en| isbn = 978-81-8430-152-6| page = 341| quote = Before leaving Srinagar he also had long talks with Yuvraj Karan Singh, who was then being pressed to become the Sadr-i-Riyasat - President of the State. }}</ref> and Governor of [[Jammu and Kashmir]]. Singh is the son of the last ruler of the erstwhile [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|princely state of Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Maharaja]] [[Hari Singh]].<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajya-sabha-mp-karan-singh-slams-attempts-to-brand-hari-singh-as-communal-4495865/ Rajya Sabha MP Karan Singh slams attempts to brand Hari Singh as communal]</ref> In the 26th amendment<ref>{{Citation|url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend26.htm|title=The Constitution (26 Amendment) Act, 1971|publisher=Government of India|work=indiacode.nic.in|year = 1971|access-date=9