Bhanwar Jitendra Singh (born 12 June 1971) is a former Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent charge) and a former Minister of State for Defence, Government of India. He assumed this charge on 28 October 2012. Formerly, 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

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. Jitendra Singh is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is the present titular Maharaja of Alwar and hence the cultural head of

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clan of Rajputs.

Personal life

Jitendra Singh was born into the ruling family of Alwar to Yuvraj

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Pratap Singh and

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. Jitendra's grandfather was

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Sir Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur, K.C.S.I. (1911-2009), the reigning

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. The Alwar royal family belongs to the

clan of

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dynasty. Jitendra Singh is married to Ambika Singh. They have one son and two daughters.

Education

Jitendra Singh went to school at

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, followed by Bachelors in Commerce from the

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. 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

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in his political projects). * Elected as Member of Parliament to the 15th Lok Sabha (2009-2014) representing the Alwar constituency of Rajasthan in 2009.http://eci.nic.in/results/ListofWinningCandidated.pdf Page no 6]

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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 * Appointed as General Secretary In-charge of Madhya Pradesh in December 2023

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Jitendra 1971 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Rajasthan 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