Brijraj Singh (21 February 1934 – 29 January 2022) was an Indian politician and a

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as Maharao of Kotah from 1991 until his death. He was the member of parliament from

Jhalawar Jhalawar () is a city, municipal council and headquarter in Jhalawar district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located in the southeastern part of the state. It was the capital of the former princely state of Jhalawar, and is the admin ...

for three terms.

Biography

Singh was the only son of Sir

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, the last ruling

Maharao Maharao is a variation on the Indian (mainly Hinduism, Hindu) royal title Maharaja, also meaning 'great king' in Hindi. It is composed of ''Maha-'' 'great' and the royal title ''Rao'', a variation on Raja. Ruler title in British India Salute state ...

Kotah Kota (), previously known as ''Kotah'', is a city located in the southeast of northern Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located about south of the state capital, Jaipur, situated on the banks of Chambal River. With a population of over 1.2 m ...

. He married Maharani Maheshwari Devi Baisa, daughter of Maharawat Sir Ram Singhji II Bahadur of Pratapgarh, on 5 December 1956; they divorced on 11 September 1963 in

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. His second marriage was on 21 May 1963, to Maharani Uttara Devi Sahiba, daughter of

Maharaj Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, an ...

Kumar Indrajitendra Narayan of

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. Singh served in various posts since 1958 including Chairman Board of Directors, Central Co-Operative Bank, Kotah, (1959–1961), MP (Lok Sabha) for Jhalawar 1962–1967, 1967–1970, and 1971–1977. Singh was elected on the

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ticket in 1962, and on the

Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) (ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the pol ...

ticket in 1967 and 1972. He died from a heart attack in

on 29 January 2022, at the age of 85. Singh succeeded his father as the titular

Maharao of Kotah Maharao is a variation on the Indian (mainly Hindu) royal title Maharaja, also meaning 'great king' in Hindi. It is composed of ''Maha-'' 'great' and the royal title ''Rao'', a variation on Raja. Ruler title in British India Salute states (all in ...

in 1991, and was succeeded by his son

Ijyaraj Singh 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. He is a member of the Kota royal Rajput family who were the rulers of the erstwhil ...

upon his own death in 2022.

References

1934 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Indian royalty People from Kota, Rajasthan History of Kota, Rajasthan Kotah, Brijraj Singh Rajasthani people India MPs 1962–1967 {{Rajasthan-politician-stub