Yogeshwar Raj Singh (born 1967)
/ref> is a scion of Kawardha Raj family and son of late Vishwaraj Pratap Singh
Vishwaraj Pratap Singh (18 October 1932 – 14 May 2007) was prince and later held the officially, the titular Raja of Kawardha State from 1959-1971. He was eldest son of Raja Dharamraj Singh. He was a member of Legislative Assembly of Madhya ...
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He did his schooling from Rajkumar College, Raipur
Rajkumar College (or RKC) in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, is one of the oldest K-12 foundations of India. It was founded by Sir Andrew Fraser in the year 1882 at Jabalpur. The School functioned at Jabalpur till 1892 and thereafter, shifted to its presen ...
. He married 19 February 2003, Rani Kriti Devi belonging to erstwhile Tripura State. The couple have a son born in 2004.[
He is a former ]Indian National Congress
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politician. He represented Kawardha Vidhan Sabha constituency of undivided Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...
Legislative Assembly by winning General election in years 1998 and later as part of Chhattisgarh
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in 2003. He resigned from Indian National Congress membership in 2013, after being neglected for several years by the party.
He has turned the Kawardha Palace
Kawardha is a town and a municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The ...
built by his grandfather Dharamraj Singh
Maharaja Dharamraj Singh (18 August 1910 - 20 August 1959) was the Raja of the princely state of Kawardha State from 1920 till 1948, when the Kawardha merged into Union of India. He later became active politician of Indian National Congress.
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in 1935-39 into a luxury heritage hotel.
He now holds the title-in-pretence of the Raja of Kawardha.[
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References
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1967 births
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1998–2003
Chhattisgarh MLAs 2003–2008
Indian National Congress politicians
Indian royalty
Living people
Rajas of Kawardha