Dushyant Singh

Dushyant Singh (born 11 September 1973) is an Indian politician and businessman, presently serving as the Member of Parliament for Jhalawar-Baran in the Lok Sabha. He has been elected to four terms, each time with an increased majority, and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[2] His hospitality company, Niyant Heritage Hotels, operates on the grounds of the Dholpur royal estate as a heritage hotel and high end resort.

Personal life[]

He is the recognised Yuvraj and future Maharaja of Dholpur. His mother, Vasundhara Raje Scindia, twice served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan and as a Minister in the Union Cabinet of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He is the grandson of the Maharaja of Gwalior Jivaji Rao Scindia and Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia and is also the paternal grandson of the last maharaja of Nabha Pratap Singh Nabha

Mr Singh has two children Bhairavi Vijaya Raje and and is married to Niharika Raje the only princess of the Samthar State the daughter of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh Judeo and Ganga Rajya Laxmi, of the Rana dynasty of Nepal. He is known to be fond of dogs. He also maintains an interest in chess and collecting antique books and is also a well known wild life enthusiast who runs owns and runs high end wildlife resorts in Kanha and Bandhavgarh

Education[]

Singh was educated at The Doon School in Dehradun. He received a Bachelor of Arts in economics at St. Stephen's College, Delhi and a Master of Business Administration, focusing on hotel management, at Johnson & Wales University in the United States.^[1][3]

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