Vikramaditya Singh (born 17 October 1989) is an Indian politician, who currently serves as

Member of Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

from Shimla Rural constituency. He is the son of the former chief minister of

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

Late

Virbhadra Singh Virbhadra Singh () (23 June 19348 July 2021) was an Indian politician who served 6 terms and 21 years as the 4th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. A leader of the Indian National Congress party, he was elected 9 times as a Member of Legislat ...

. His mother is

Pratibha Singh Pratibha Singh (born 16 June 1956) is an Politics of India, Indian politician from Himachal Pradesh and a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Member of the Indian Parliament. She is the widow of Virbhadra Singh, who was elected the List of chief ...

, a

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from Mandi, Lok Sabha Constituency. On 10 July 2021, after the death of his father on July 8, Vikramaditya Singh was crowned the titular king of the erstwhile princely state of

Bushahr Bushahr, also spelt as 'Bashahr' and 'Bussahir' or 'Bushair' was a Rajput princely state in India during the British Raj. It was located in the hilly western Himalaya promontory bordering Tibet in the northern part of colonial Punjab region. T ...

in a private ceremony at Padam Palace in Rampur.

Early life and education

Vikramaditya Singh was born on 17 October 1989 in Shimla district in the royal family of the

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...

. He is son of Late Raja

, six time former chief minister of Himachal Pradesh and former Member of Parliament

. Vikramaditya Singh did his schooling from Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. He did his Graduation and Post-Graduation in History from

Delhi University Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate Central university (India), central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and ...

. Vikramaditya pursued his graduation B.A. in history from Hansraj College ( DU) and post-graduate degree M.A. (Hons.) in History from

St. Stephen's College, Delhi St. Stephen's College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, widely regarded as one of the oldest and most prestigious colleges for arts and sciences in India. It was established in 1881 by the Cambridge Mission to Delhi. The college ...

Politics

Vikramaditya's active state political journey started in 2013 and he associated with HP Congress Committee. He was elected as Himachal Pradesh state youth congress president in year 2013 until the year 2017. In 2017, he won from Shimla Rural constituency as the

for

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Shimla, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 68 Members of Legislative Assembly, which include 68 members directly elected from single-seat constituency. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissol ...

and again in 2022.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Vikramaditya Indian National Congress politicians from Himachal Pradesh 1989 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians Himachal Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Bishop Cotton School Shimla alumni