Jitendra Singh (born 12 June 1971) is the former Minister of State for
Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent charge) and the Minister of State for Defence, Government of India. He assumed this charge on 28 October 2012. Formerly, Jitendra 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 belongs to the former royal family of
Alwar.
Personal life
Jitendra Singh was born into the
Royal family of Alwar to
Yuvraj Sri Pratap Singh and
Mahendra Kumari
Mahendra Kumari was a member of Lok Sabha. She was elected to Lok Sabha from Alwar in Rajasthan as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party. She was born in Bundi in 1942 to a royal family and educated at Scindia Girls College, Gwalior. She was ...
. Jitendra's grandfather was
His Highness Colonel Sir Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur,
K.C.S.I.
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# Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)
# Knight Commander ( KCSI)
# Companion ( CSI)
No appointment ...
(1911-2009), the reigning
Maharaja of
Alwar
Alwar (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, lʋəɾ is a city located in India's National Capital Region (India), National Capital Region and the administrative headquarters of Alwar district, Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan. ...
.
The Alwar royal family belongs to the
Naruka
Naruka (Devnagari : नरुका or नरूका) is a clan of Rajputs found in India. Naruka Rajputs are offshoots of Maharao Naru Singh of Mozamabad, whose grandfather, Rao Bar Singh, gave up the throne of Amer kingdom. Rao Bar Singh was t ...
clan of
Kachhwaha dynasty.
Jitendra Singh is married to Ambika Singh. They have one son and two daughters.
Education
Jitendra Singh did his schooling at
Wynberg Allen School
Wynberg-Allen School is a boarding school in India, founded in 1888. It is located at Bala hissar in Mussoorie, India. The alumni of Wynberg Allen School are known as Alwynians.
History
From a meeting in Kanpur in 1887 of friends, Mr. Powe ...
at
Mussorie
Mussoorie is a hill station and a municipal board, near Dehradun, Dehradun city in the Dehradun district of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is about from the state capital of Dehradun and north of the n ...
, followed by Bachelors in Commerce from the
University of Delhi. Subsequently, he trained in Automobile engineering from Germany.
Political career
* Elected as a member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly representing Alwar City constituency (state parliament of Rajasthan) in 1998.
* Elected for second term as a member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly representing Alwar City constituency (state parliament of Rajasthan) in 2004.
* Appointed as Secretary, All India Congress Committee in 2007 (assists
Rahul Gandhi in his political projects).
* Elected as Member of Parliament to the 15th Lok Sabha (2009-2014) representing the Alwar constituency of Rajasthan in 2009.
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.
* Appointed as Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of India in July 2011
* Appointed as Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent charge) and Minister of State for Defence, Government of India in the latest Cabinet reshuffle in Oct 2012.
* Appointed as All India Congress Committee In-charge of Odisha in March 2018
* Appointed as CWC Member and General Secretary AICC in September 2020
References
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1971 births
Living people
Indian National Congress politicians
Rajasthani politicians
Rajasthani people
India MPs 2009–2014
People from Alwar
State cabinet ministers of Rajasthan
Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan
Union ministers of state of India with independent charge