Yashodhara Raje Scindia
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Yashodhara Raje Scindia of Gwalior (born London, 19 June 1954) is the youngest daughter of the Late Jivajirao Scindia, Maharaja of Gwalior, and the Late Rajmata Vijayaraje
Scindia http://www.sawnet.org/whoswho/?Scindia+Vijaya+Raje of Gwalior. She was elected from Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)
to the 15th Lok Sabha, having earlier won a by-election in 2007.
She educated at the Cathedral and John Connon School in Bombay, then the Presentation Convent, Kodaikanal, and her final 2 years at the Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya Gwalior,http://www.goodschools.net/scindia%20kanya%20vidyalaya/index.html, a school founded by her mother.http://www.whartonforummumbai.com/wmportal/yashodhara.htm
Her brother is the Late HH Maharaja Madhavrao Scindia
who was born in 1945. He was an eminent politician belonging to the Indian National Congress Party Indian National Congress
as opposed to his mother and sisters who belong to the Bhartiya Janata Party. He was married to Madhavi Raje Scindia of Nepal and had two children Yuvrani Chitrangada Raje Scindia who is married into the royal family of Kashmir.http://www.karansingh.com/family/vikramaditya-singh.htm and HH Maharaja Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
the current Member of Parliament from the Congress Party of the Guna constituency in Madhya Pradesh. Madhav Rao died in a plane crash in 2001. Her other sister is HH Maharani Vasundhara Raje Scindia of Dholpur who was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan and is now a MLA and a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. She has one son Dushyant who is currently the Member of Parliament from the Jhalawar constituency in Rajasthan.http://www.rajasthan.gov.in/cmprofilenew1.shtm
Yashodhara moved to New Orleans, USA in 1977 after marrying Dr. Sidharth Bhansali a cardiologist. She has 3 children, Akshay a producer at MTV Desi in New York http://journalism.nyu.edu/alumni/news/001752.html (26 yrs), Abhishek a student at the NYU Stern School of business (born in 1985) and Trishala a student at NYU (born in 1988). Whilst there, she was amongst other things, board member of the Delta Festival Ballet, an Advisory Board Member of the Contemporary Art Center, a Fellow of the New Orleans Museum of Art http://www.noma.org/ as well as single handedly raised a quarter of a million dollars for the Audubon zoological society.http://www.auduboninstitute.org/site/PageServer The funds were dedicated to a permanent Indian exhibit space at the Audubon zoo (Voted the # 3 zoo in the whole of USA). After raising the funds she conceptualized and supervised the making of the entire exhibit which was made by local craftsmen in India and then transported in small pieces by sea and re-assembled at the site.http://www.whartonforummumbai.com/wmportal/yashodhara.htm
In bye-elections to be held in early March 2007, she has been nominated as the party's candidate from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. On Sunday March 11, 2007 Yashodhara Raje Scindia of the BJP was declared elected to the Gwalior Lok Sabha seat. She defeated her nearest Congress rival Ashok Singh by over 35,000 votes.
Vijayaraje Scindia
Vijayaraje Scindia born Lekha Divyeshwari and until 1970 styled the Rajmata of Gwalior, was a prominent Indian political personality. In the days of the British Raj, as consort of the last ruling Maharaja of Gwalior, she ranked among the highest royal figures of the land...
Scindia http://www.sawnet.org/whoswho/?Scindia+Vijaya+Raje of Gwalior. She was elected from Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)
Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)
Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency covers the entire Gwalior district and part of Shivpuri district.-Assembly segments:...
to the 15th Lok Sabha, having earlier won a by-election in 2007.
She educated at the Cathedral and John Connon School in Bombay, then the Presentation Convent, Kodaikanal, and her final 2 years at the Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya Gwalior,http://www.goodschools.net/scindia%20kanya%20vidyalaya/index.html, a school founded by her mother.http://www.whartonforummumbai.com/wmportal/yashodhara.htm
Personal life and family
Her siblings are vasundhra raje Scindia ex chief minister of rajsthan and late shri madhav rao scindia.Her brother is the Late HH Maharaja Madhavrao Scindia
Madhavrao Scindia
Madhavrao Scindia was a prominent Indian politician and minister from the Congress Party. He was born into the Scindia family, who formerly ruled Gwalior...
who was born in 1945. He was an eminent politician belonging to the Indian National Congress Party Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
as opposed to his mother and sisters who belong to the Bhartiya Janata Party. He was married to Madhavi Raje Scindia of Nepal and had two children Yuvrani Chitrangada Raje Scindia who is married into the royal family of Kashmir.http://www.karansingh.com/family/vikramaditya-singh.htm and HH Maharaja Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
Maharaja Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He is also a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India representing the Congress party and a Minister of State, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Mr...
the current Member of Parliament from the Congress Party of the Guna constituency in Madhya Pradesh. Madhav Rao died in a plane crash in 2001. Her other sister is HH Maharani Vasundhara Raje Scindia of Dholpur who was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan and is now a MLA and a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. She has one son Dushyant who is currently the Member of Parliament from the Jhalawar constituency in Rajasthan.http://www.rajasthan.gov.in/cmprofilenew1.shtm
Yashodhara moved to New Orleans, USA in 1977 after marrying Dr. Sidharth Bhansali a cardiologist. She has 3 children, Akshay a producer at MTV Desi in New York http://journalism.nyu.edu/alumni/news/001752.html (26 yrs), Abhishek a student at the NYU Stern School of business (born in 1985) and Trishala a student at NYU (born in 1988). Whilst there, she was amongst other things, board member of the Delta Festival Ballet, an Advisory Board Member of the Contemporary Art Center, a Fellow of the New Orleans Museum of Art http://www.noma.org/ as well as single handedly raised a quarter of a million dollars for the Audubon zoological society.http://www.auduboninstitute.org/site/PageServer The funds were dedicated to a permanent Indian exhibit space at the Audubon zoo (Voted the # 3 zoo in the whole of USA). After raising the funds she conceptualized and supervised the making of the entire exhibit which was made by local craftsmen in India and then transported in small pieces by sea and re-assembled at the site.http://www.whartonforummumbai.com/wmportal/yashodhara.htm
Political life and career
She returned to India in 1994 and went into formal politics, contesting the Madhya Pradesh State Assembly Elections in 1998 as a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party and then being re-elected 5 years later once again, for a second term in 2003 in the State Assembly elections. She is an active member of her State Legislative Party. She served in Madhya Pradesh Government as a Cabinet Minister for Tourism, Sports & Youth Welfare.http://www.whartonforummumbai.com/wmportal/yashodhara.htm In October/November 2006 Yashodhara created a controversy of sorts when she got the BJP to issue a notice saying that she would be officially addressed as "Shrimant" which means your highness or your majesty.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/361078.cmsIn bye-elections to be held in early March 2007, she has been nominated as the party's candidate from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. On Sunday March 11, 2007 Yashodhara Raje Scindia of the BJP was declared elected to the Gwalior Lok Sabha seat. She defeated her nearest Congress rival Ashok Singh by over 35,000 votes.
External links
- Yashodhara Raje Scindia Rediff - February 28, 1998
- Rediff - "The People's Princess" November 17, 2003
- Yashodhara wins Gwalior bypoll hands down March 12, 2007