Udayanraje Bhosale

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Udayanraje Bhosale
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Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhosale
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2024
Relatives Bhonsle dynasty
Residence(s)Jalmandir Palace, Satara, Maharashtra, India
EducationProduction Engineering (DIBM) [2]
Occupation Politician

Udayanraje Bhosale (born 24 February 1966) is an Indian politician serving as a member of the Loksabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, from Maharashtra since 2024 from Satara. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [3]

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Bhosale is the 13th holder of the titulary title of Chhatrapati which was adopted by the Maratha king Shivaji Bhosale upon his coronation in 1674. [4]

He is addressed as Chhatrapati by some in the media, however the title is entirely ceremonial and in the role of a pretender.

Personal life

Bhosale was born in Nashik to Pratapsingh and Kalpanaraje. He studied Production Engineering. He married Damayantiraje on 20 November 2003. They have a son and a daughter. [2]

Political career

Udayanraje Bhosale with Suresh Prabhu, then Union Minister for Railways The Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Satara, Maharashtra, Shri Chatrapati Udayanraje Bhosale calling on the Union Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, in New Delhi on March 15, 2016.jpg
Udayanraje Bhosale with Suresh Prabhu, then Union Minister for Railways

Bhosale was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1998-1999) and the Minister for Revenue of Maharashtra in the Sena-BJP Maharashtra government. [5] [6] In 2009, 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections he was elected to the Lok Sabha as a Nationalist Congress Party candidate from Satara (Lok Sabha constituency). [7] In September 2019, he resigned from NCP and announced his return from NCP to the BJP ahead of the Maharashtra legislative assembly elections. [8] He lost the Lok Sabha by-poll in October 2019. In 2020 he was elected to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. [3] He won from Satara Lok Sabha in 2024 election as a BJP candidate by a margin of 32,771 votes.

References

  1. ↑ "Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra Code - S13 Assembly Constituency - 264-Satara". Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Detailed Profile: Shri Udayanraje Pratapsingh Bhosale". Loksabha. Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Sharad Pawar, Ramdas Athawale, Udayanraje Bhosale among seven elected to Rajya Sabha". Pune Mirror. 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Anandan, Sujata (20 September 2009). "Chhatrapati's children". Outlook . Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  5. ↑ Datta, Saikat (28 November 2008). "350 years on, Afzal Khan is back in the news". Indian Express . Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  6. ↑ "Verdict in high-profile murder trial on Friday". Times of India . 28 June 2001. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  7. ↑ Press Trust of India (21 June 2009). "NCP's problem; How to discipline maverick Udayan". Daily News and Analysis . Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "In setback for Sharad Pawar's NCP, Satara MP Udayanraje Bhosale joins BJP". The Indian Express. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
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