Vishvendra Singh

Indian politician

Vishvendra Singh

Cabinet Minister of Tourism Civil Aviation Government of Rajasthan
In office 21 November 2021 – December 2023
Succeeded by	Gautam Kumar
Minister of Tourism Government of Rajasthan
In office 25 December 2018 – 14 July 2020
Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot
Deputy Chief Minister	Sachin Pilot
Preceded by	Krishnendra Kaur (Deepa), BJP
Minister of Devasthan Government of Rajasthan
In office 25 December 2018 – 14 July 2020
Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot
Deputy Chief Minister	Sachin Pilot
Preceded by	Raj Kumar Rinwa, BJP
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office 11 December 2018 – 2023
Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot
Speaker	C. P. Joshi
Succeeded by	Dr. Shailesh Singh,^[1] BJP
In office 8 December 2013 – 11 December 2018
Chief Minister	Vasundhra Raje
Speaker	Kailash Chandra Meghwal
Preceded by	Digamber Singh, BJP
Constituency	Deeg-Kumher
Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
In office 2004–2009
Prime Minister	Dr. Manmohan Singh
Lok Sabha Speaker	Somnath Chatterjee
Succeeded by	Ratan Singh, INC
Constituency	Bharatpur
In office 1999–2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Lok Sabha Speaker	Manohar Joshi
Preceded by	K. Natwar Singh, INC
Constituency	Bharatpur
In office 1989–1991
Prime Minister	V. P. Singh
Lok Sabha Speaker	Rabi Ray
Preceded by	K. Natwar Singh, INC
Succeeded by	Krishnendra Kaur (Deepa), BJP
Constituency	Bharatpur
Maharaja of Bharatpur
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 July 1995
Preceded by	Brijendra Singh
Succeeded by	Dr. Shailesh Singh, BJP
Constituency	Bharatpur

Personal details
Born	(1962-06-23) 23 June 1962 (age 61) Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
Political party	Indian National Congress 2008-present,
Other political affiliations	Bhartiya Janata Party 1991-2008 Janata Dal Before 1991
Spouse	Maharani Divya Singh
Children	Yuvraj Anirudh Singh of Bharatpur
Parent	Maharaja Brijendra Singh (father)

Vishvendra Singh (born 23 June 1962) is an Indian politician. He is Former serving as the Cabinet Minister of Tourism in the Department of Civil Aviation of the Government of Rajasthan. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. Before 2008, he had been associated with Bhartiya Janta Party and Janata Dal. Singh joined the Congress in 2008 due to conflict with his party colleague Digamber Singh. Vishvendra being a royal always had political leverage, however his defeat against Digamber Singh in 2008, reduced his political stature & made Digamber the leader of Jats in Rajasthan.

He previously served as the Minister of Tourism and Devasthans in the Rajasthan Government. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Deeg-Kumher constituency in Bharatpur district of Eastern Rajasthan. He is a three time Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha representing Bharatpur, Rajasthan. In 2018, he became a member of the cabinet of the Third Gehlot ministry. However, his term was terminated a year later in 2019, over disputes within the party.

He is the son of the last ruler of the princely state of Bharatpur.^[2]

In the 26th amendment^[3] to the Constitution of India promulgated in 1971, the Government of India abolished all official symbols of princely India, including titles, privileges, and remuneration (privy purses).^[4]

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

SI No.	Year	Legislative Assembly	Constituency	Margin	Party		Post
1.	2013	14th	Deeg-Kumher	11,162		Indian National Congress	MLA
2.	2018	15th	Deeg-Kumher	8,218		Indian National Congress	MLA

Lok Sabha

SI No.	Year	Lok Sabha	Constituency	Party	Committee
1.	1989	9th	Bharatpur	Janata Dal	-
2.	1999	13th	Bharatpur	Bhartiya Janta Party	Member of the Committee on Science & Technology and Forest & Environment.
3.	2004	14th	Bharatpur	Bhartiya Janta Party	Member of the Committee on Personal & Public Grievance and Law & Justice.

References

^ https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/deeg-kumher-assembly-election-results-2023-live-2470685-2023-12-03
^ India Today, Volume 10. Thomson Living Media India Limited. 1985. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ "The Constitution (26 Amendment) Act, 1971", indiacode.nic.in, Government of India, 1971, archived from the original on 6 December 2011, retrieved 9 November 2011
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- Ramusack, Barbara N. (2004). The Indian princes and their states. Cambridge University Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-521-26727-4. Retrieved 6 November 2011., "Through a constitutional amendment passed in 1971, Indira Gandhi stripped the princes of the titles, privy purses and regal privileges which her father's government had granted." (p 278).
- Naipaul, V. S. (2003), India: A Wounded Civilization, Random House Digital, Inc., p. 37, ISBN 978-1-4000-3075-0 Quote: "The princes of India – their number and variety reflecting to a large extent the chaos that had come to the country with the break up of the Mughal empire – had lost real power in the British time. Through generations of idle servitude they had grown to specialize only in style. A bogus, extinguishable glamour: in 1947, with Independence, they had lost their state, and Mrs. Gandhi in 1971 had, without much public outcry, abolished their privy purses and titles." (pp 37–38).
- Schmidt, Karl J. (1995), An atlas and survey of South Asian history, M.E. Sharpe, p. 78, ISBN 978-1-56324-334-9 Quote: "Although the Indian states were alternately requested or forced into union with either India or Pakistan, the real death of princely India came when the Twenty-sixth Amendment Act (1971) abolished the princes' titles, privileges, and privy purses." (page 78).
- Breckenridge, Carol Appadurai (1995), Consuming modernity: public culture in a South Asian world, U of Minnesota Press, p. 84, ISBN 978-0-8166-2306-8, retrieved 6 November 2011 Quote: "The third stage in the political evolution of the princes from rulers to citizens occurred in 1971, when the constitution ceased to recognize them as princes and their privy purses, titles, and special privileges were abolished." (page 84).
- Guha, Ramachandra (5 August 2008), India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy, HarperCollins, p. 441, ISBN 978-0-06-095858-9, retrieved 6 November 2011 Quote: "Her success at the polls emboldened Mrs. Gandhi to act decisively against the princes. Through 1971, the two sides tried and failed to find a settlement. The princes were willing to forgo their privy purses, but hoped at least to save their titles. But with her overwhelming majority in Parliament, the prime minister had no need to compromise. On 2 December she introduced a bill to amend the constitution and abolish all princely privileges. It was passed in the Lok Sabha by 381 votes to six, and in the Rajya Sabha by 167 votes to seven. In her own speech, the prime minister invited 'the princes to join the elite of the modern age, the elite which earns respect by its talent, energy and contribution to human progress, all of which can only be done when we work together as equals without regarding anybody as of special status.' " (page 441).
- Cheesman, David (1997). Landlord power and rural indebtedness in colonial Sind, 1865-1901. London: Routledge. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7007-0470-5. Quote: "The Indian princes survived the British Raj by only a few years. The Indian republic stripped them of their powers and then their titles." (page 10).
- Merriam-Webster, Inc (1997), Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary, Merriam-Webster, p. 520, ISBN 978-0-87779-546-9 Quote: "Indian States: Various (formerly) semi-independent areas in India ruled by native princes .... Under British rule ... administered by residents assisted by political agents. Titles and remaining privileges of princes abolished by Indian government 1971." (page 520).
- Ward, Philip (September 1989), Northern India, Rajasthan, Agra, Delhi: a travel guide, Pelican Publishing, p. 91, ISBN 978-0-88289-753-0, retrieved 6 November 2011 Quote: "A monarchy is only as good as the reigning monarch: thus it is with the princely states. Once they seemed immutable, invincible. In 1971 they were "derecognized," their privileges, privy purses and titles all abolished at a stroke" (page 91)