Ijyaraj Singh

Ijyaraj Singh
Ijyaraj Singh
Member of Parliament
	In office; 2009 to 2014
Preceded by	Raghuveer Singh Koshal
Succeeded by	Om Birla
Constituency	Kota
Personal details
Born	9 February 1965 (age 59)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2018–present); Indian National Congress (2009–2018)
Spouse	Kalpana Devi
Children	Jaidev Singh
Parent	Brijraj Singh (father);
Education	Mayo College, Brown University, Columbia University
Occupation	Politician

HH Maharao Ijyaraj Singh
HH Maharao Ijyaraj Singh
Maharao of Kotah
Spouse	Kalpana Devi
Issue	Jaidev Singh
Father	Maharao Brijraj Singh
Religion	Hindu

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.

References

^ Joychen, P J (23 October 2009). "IIT and IIM site identification panel to arrive today". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
^ "Indian parliamentarians to attend classes at Yale". Times of India. 19 June 2009. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
^ "MPs to take classes on leadership". The Hindu. 8 June 2009. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2010.

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[1] Joychen, P J (23 October 2009). "IIT and IIM site identification panel to arrive today". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.

[2] "Indian parliamentarians to attend classes at Yale". Times of India. 19 June 2009. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2010.

[3] "MPs to take classes on leadership". The Hindu. 8 June 2009. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2010.

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