Ijyaraj Singh

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HH Maharao Ijyaraj Singh
Maharao of Kotah
Spouse Kalpana Devi
Issue Jaidev Singh
FatherMaharao Brijraj Singh
ReligionHindu

Ijyaraj Singh
Member of Parliament
In office
2009 to 2014
Education Mayo College, Brown University , Columbia University
Occupation Politician

HH Maharao Ijyaraj Singh 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.

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