Grand daughter of Jaipur King Diya Kumari Biography

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Diya Kumari Biography and Career

Diya Kumari is an Indian politician from Rajasthan who is also known as the daughter of the former king of the princely state of Jaipur Man Singh II. In this article we are going to talk about the biography, career, notable works, and family of Diya Kumari so read the article till the end.

She is currently associated with the political party- Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) and is a Member of Parliament from the Rajsamand parliamentary seat. She was born on 30 January 1971, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Political Career

At a rally in Jaipur on September 10, 2013, Kumari joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in front of a throng of two lakh people, in the presence of then-Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Rajnath Singh, and Vasundhara Raje. She was elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in 2013 as a BJP candidate from Sawai Madhopur. She was elected to the Lok Sabha as a Member of Parliament from Rajsamand in 2019.

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Short biography and family of Diya Kumari

Kumari was born to Bhawani Singh and Padmini Devi, a decorated Indian Army officer and hotelier. She is the granddaughter of Man Singh II, the princely state of Jaipur’s last ruler during the British Raj.

Kumari and Narendra Singh have three children together. In December 2018, the marriage terminated in divorce.

Kumari attended New Delhi’s Modern School, Mumbai’s G.D Somani Memorial School, and Jaipur’s Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls’ Public School. She then went to London to study ornamental arts.

She oversees a number of properties, businesses, trusts, and schools, including Jaigarh Fort in Amber, City Palace in Jaipur, and two trusts: the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum Trust in Jaipur and the Jaigarh Public Charitable Trust; two schools: The Palace School and Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh School; and three hotels: Rajmahal Palace in Jaipur, Hotel Jaipur House in Mount Abu, and Hotel Lal.

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Short biography facts about Diya Kumari

Bhawani Singh, the former monarch of Jaipur, surprised royalty experts and his former followers alike when he designated his son-in-law Kunwar Narendra Singh as the Maharaj of the Jaipur Dynasty. The title is usually given to the king’s, younger brothers.

On the occasion of Brigadier Singh’s birthday festivities at Chandra Mahal in the Palace during a ceremony to present the Sawai Jaipur Awards, the announcement was made on October 6.

Kunwar Narendra Singh would henceforth be known as Maharaj Narendra Singh in the royal household following the declaration, which fell short of a ceremonial anointment. The fact that he is a commoner married to Diya Kumari, Brig. Singh and Maharani Padmini’s sole daughter, is noteworthy.

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Such titles are only legitimate within the enormous precincts of the city palace in the Walled City and among the family’s few remaining followers. However, the former king’s gesture demonstrated Narendra Singh’s complete assimilation into the family.

“True, Maharaj is a title bestowed upon the Maharaja’s younger brother. However, if the king wishes to honor someone, he has the authority to do so “Chandramani Singh, senior fellow at the Indian Council for Historical Research, agrees.

Many people were enraged by the title’s conferral. The Rajput Mahasabha had opposed Kunwar Narendra Singh and Diya’s marriage, claiming that they belonged to the same ‘gothra’ and hence were brother and sister. All these have came to an end in 2018 when Diya divorced with her husband.

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