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| name = Gopal Singh<br />
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| birth_date = 29 November 1917<br />
| death_date = 8 August 1990<br />
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| office = [[Governor of Nagaland]]<br />
| term_start = 20 July 1989<br />
| term_end = 3 May 1990<br />
| predecessor = [[K. V. Krishna Rao]]<br />
| successor = [[M. M. Thomas]]<br />
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| office2 = [[Governor of Goa]]<br />
| term2 = 30 May 1987 – 17 July 1989<br />
| successor2 = [[Khurshed Alam Khan]]<br />
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| office3 = [[Governor of Goa|Lt. Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu]]<br />
| term3 = 24 September 1984 – 29 May 1987<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Idris Hasan Latif|I. H. Latif]]<br />
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| office4 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| constituency4 = Nominated<br />
| term4 = 1962-1968<br />
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| spouse = Shrimati Inderjeet Kaur <br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
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Dr. '''Gopal Singh''' (1917–1990) was an Indian [[Governor]] and politician. He was also a former head of the country's Minorities' Commission and a writer.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bawa |first1=Paramjit Singh |title=Mahalla nawan: compositions of Guru Tegh Bahādur-the ninth guru |date=2005 |publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=81-7764-897-7 |page=75 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8vT-Xs38qtcC&q=Gopal+Singh&pg=PA78}}</ref><br />
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Singh was the [[Governor of Goa]] from May 1987, earlier the [[Lieutenant Governor]] of [[Goa]] and first [[Governor of Nagaland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Gopal Singh |url=https://rajbhavan.goa.gov.in/dr-gopal-singh |website=Raj Bhavan, Kohima, Nagaland |accessdate=6 May 2019}}</ref> Singh was nominated member of [[Rajya Sabha]] from 3 April 1962 to 2 April 1968.<br />
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A litterateur, he translated the ''Granth Sahib'', the Sikh scriptures, into English. He also was English-Punjabi lexicographer and biographer of [[Guru Nanak]] and [[Guru Gobind Singh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Previous members of Rajya Sabha: Letter S |url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/s.pdf |publisher=Rajya Sabha |accessdate=6 May 2019}}</ref><br />
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