Birth Date: | 12 June 1971 |
Birth Place: | New Delhi, India |
Residence: | New Delhi |
Office: | Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent charge) and Minister of State for Defence, Government of India |
Predecessor: | Ajay Maken |
Successor: | Sarbananda Sonowal |
Primeminister: | Manmohan Singh |
Term Start: | 28 October 2012 |
Term End: | 26 May 2014 |
Constituency2: | Alwar, Rajasthan |
Office2: | Member of Parliament |
Predecessor2: | Karan Singh Yadav |
Successor2: | Mahant Chandnath |
Term Start2: | 2009 |
Term End2: | 2014 |
Office3: | General Secretary of the AICC incharge of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee and Additional incharge of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee |
Term Start3: | 24 December 2023 |
Predecessor3: |
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Party: | Indian National Congress |
Bhanwar Jitendra Singh (born 12 June 1971) is a former Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent charge) and a former Minister of State for Defence, Government of India. He assumed this charge on 28 October 2012. Formerly, Singh was the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of India, a position that he assumed in July 2011. He was the Member of Parliament representing the Alwar constituency of Rajasthan. Jitendra Singh is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is the present titular Maharaja of Alwar and hence the cultural head of Naruka clan of Rajputs.
Jitendra Singh was born into the ruling family of Alwar to Yuvraj Sri Pratap Singh and Mahendra Kumari. Jitendra's grandfather was His Highness Colonel Sir Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur,K.C.S.I. (1911-2009), the reigning Maharaja of Alwar.
The Alwar royal family belongs to the Naruka clan of Kachhwaha dynasty.
Jitendra Singh is married to Ambika Singh.[1] They have one son and two daughters.
Jitendra Singh went to school at Wynberg Allen School, Mussorie, followed by Bachelors in Commerce from the University of Delhi. Subsequently, he trained in automobile engineering from Germany.