Ijyaraj Singh Explained

HH Maharao Ijyaraj Singh
Maharao of Kotah
Spouse:Kalpana Devi
Issue:Jaidev Singh
Father:Maharao Brijraj Singh
Religion:Hindu
Ijyaraj Singh
Birth Date:9 February 1965
Occupation:Politician
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party (2018–present)
Indian National Congress (2009–2018)
Office:Member of Parliament
Constituency:Kota
Successor:Om Birla
Predecessor:Raghuveer Singh Koshal
Term:2009 to 2014
Spouse:Kalpana Devi
Father:Brijraj Singh
Children:Jaidev Singh
Education:Mayo College, Brown University, Columbia University

HH Maharao Ijyaraj Singh (born 9 February 1965) is an Indian politician and a titular monarch. He was the member of parliament representing the Kota constituency in the Lok Sabha.[1] He is a member of the Kota royal Rajput family who were the rulers of the erstwhile state of Kotah during the British Raj.[2] [3] Singh contested and won his seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, on the ticket of the Indian National Congress, defeating Shyam Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2018, he joined the BJP and his wife Maharani Kalpana Devi (politician) contested and won her seat of Ladpura (Kota) in the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan.

On 29 January 2022, he succeeded his father as the titular Maharao of Kotah.

Notes and References

  1. News: IIT and IIM site identification panel to arrive today . https://web.archive.org/web/20110811061035/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-23/jaipur/28082260_1_jhipasni-and-ghadav-villages-km-from-jodhpur-town-vyas-committee . dead . 11 August 2011 . P J . Joychen . . 23 October 2009 .
  2. News: Indian parliamentarians to attend classes at Yale . 19 June 2009 . Times of India .
  3. News: MPs to take classes on leadership . The Hindu . 8 June 2009 .