Yogeshwar Raj Singh (born 1967)
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. He did his schooling from Rajkumar College, Raipur. He married 19 February 2003, Rani Kriti Devi belonging to erstwhile

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. The couple have a son born in 2004. He is a former

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politician. He represented Kawardha Vidhan Sabha constituency of undivided

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Legislative Assembly by winning General election in years 1998 and later as part of

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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 built by his grandfather Dharamraj Singh in 1935-39 into a luxury heritage hotel. He now holds the title-in-pretence of the Raja of Kawardha.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Yogeshwar Raj 1967 births Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1998–2003 Chhattisgarh MLAs 2003–2008 Indian National Congress politicians from Chhattisgarh Indian royalty Living people Rajas of Kawardha People from Kawardha