Raj Raj Singh Deo (26 April 1934 – 1 April 2004) was an Indian politician and a member of the former royal family of the erstwhile princely state of

Patna Patna (; , ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paṭanā''), historically known as Pataliputra, Pāṭaliputra, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, ...

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. He was a member of the

Swatantra Party The Swatantra Party was an Indian classical liberal political party that existed from 1959 to 1974. It was founded by C. Rajagopalachari in reaction to what he felt was the Jawaharlal Nehru-dominated Indian National Congress's increasingly so ...

and represented the

Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. Assembly Segments Following delimitation, at present this constituency comprises the following legislative assembly se ...

in the

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and

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Early life

Raj Raj Singh Deo was the son of

Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo KCIE (31 March 1912 – 23 February 1975) was an Indian politician and the last ruler of the princely state of Patna in Odisha before Indian independence in 1947. He was the President of the Ganatantra Parishad p ...

, the former

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and last ruler of the princely state of

, and Kailash Kumari Devi, daughter of

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Bhupinder Singh of

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. Deo's brother Ananga Udaya Singh is also a politician. He studied in the Mayo College in

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and the Rajkumar College in

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Political career

Deo was a

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of the

in the

and

, representing the Bolangir constituency. He was member of the

Personal life

Deo was married to Premlata Devi and had 4 children,

Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo is an Indian politician from Odisha and a member of the former royal family of Patna, Bolangir. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Deo is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha, holding the portfolios ...

, Mitrabinda Kumari Panwar, Vardhan Singh Deo, Satyarajeshwari Singh. His son, Kanak, is a politician who has held various positions, including Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha, and is married to

Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo (born 3 December 1961) is an Indian politician and the wife of the titular Maharaja of Bolangir, an erstwhile princely state located in Odisha. She is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Bolangir o ...

, who is also a politician. Deo's granddaughter Nivritti, the daughter of his son Kanak, married Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, a businessman and member of the former

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royal family, and the son of

Arvind Singh Mewar Arvind Singh Mewar (; ; 13 December 1944 – 16 March 2025) was an Indian businessman who was a member of the house of Mewar and chairman of HRH Group of Hotels. He was the 76th custodian of the House of Mewar on behalf of Sri Eklingji. Early ...

, a businessman.

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1934 births 2004 deaths People from Balangir district People from Odisha India MPs 1967–1970 Swatantra Party politicians Indian Hindus {{DEFAULTSORT:Deo, Raj Raj Singh Deo family