INDIAN POLITICIAN WHO HAVE A ROYAL BACKGROUND

By Sona Kadam on April 23, 2016 at 6:39 PM

DIYA KUMARI

A member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from the Sawai Madhopur constituency, she is the daughter of Sawai Bhawani Singh, the titular Maharaja of Jaipur and Padmini Devi. She is the granddaughter of Rajmata Gayatri Devi of Jaipur, who was also very active in Indian politics in her lifetime.

DIGVIJAY SINGH

Digvijay singh needs no introduction when it comes to politics as he is very well known for his blunt remarks remarks over worldwide political scenarios, this General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee is a royal from the present state of Madhya Pradesh. His father, late Shri Balbhadra Singh was the ruler of the princely state of Raghogarh, in the present-day Guna district of Madhya Pradesh.

His brother Lakshman Singh is an Indian politician who represented the Indian National Congress (INC), and later its rival BJP in the Lok Sabha , the lower house of the Parliament of India . He is a 5 term Member of Parliament and 2 term Member of legislative Assembly

JOTIRADITYA SCINDIA

Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia,the current Union Minister of State for the Ministry of Power is an Indian politician. He is the son of late Shri Madhav Rao Jivajirao Scindia, the titular Maharaja of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.He is a Member of Parliament,representing the Guna constituency in the state of Madhya Pradesh and a member of the Indian National Congress party.

DUSHYANT SINGH

First cousin of Jyotiraditya Scindia, Dushyant is the son of Vasundhara Raje Scindia and Maharaj Hemant Singh Dholpur, the last recognized king of Dholpur, Rajasthan. He is a member of the Lok Sabha, representing the Jhalawar-Baran constituency as a member of BJP.

CHANDRESH KUMARI KATOCH

She is the daughter of Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraj Shri Hanwant Singh of Jodhpur, and belongs to the royal family of Dhrangadhra, Gujarat, from her mother’s side. She is married to Aditya Katoch, the 488^th king of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. She represents Jodhpur from the Congress party in Lok Sabha. She has been active in politics from more than 40 years now.

IJYARAJ SINGH

Or his higness Maharao Kunvar Ijyaraj Singh, as he is called by the people of Kotah, is an MP from Kota. He is the former prince of the state of Kotah, belonging to its royal family.

AMRINDER SINGH

Captain Amarinder Singh is an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress. Head of the royal family of the erstwhile State Of Patiala , he was Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007. Presently, he is the sitting President of the Punjab Pradesh Congerss Committee.

Singh is the son of Maharaja Yadavindra singhand Maharani Mohinder Kaur of Patiala belonging to the Phulkian Jat dynasty of Sidhu descent.