Bhanwar Jitendra Singh

Bhanwar Jitendra Singh is a former Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports and a former Minister of State for Defence, Government of India. He assumed this charge on 28 October 2012. Formerly, Singh was the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of India, a position that he assumed in July 2011. He was the Member of Parliament representing the Alwar constituency of Rajasthan. Jitendra Singh is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is the present titular Maharaja of Alwar and hence the cultural head of Naruka clan of Rajputs.

Personal life

Jitendra Singh was born into the ruling family of Alwar to Yuvraj Sri Pratap Singh and Mahendra Kumari. Jitendra's grandfather was His Highness Colonel Sir Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur,
K.C.S.I., the reigning Maharaja of Alwar.
The Alwar royal family belongs to the Naruka clan of Kachhwaha dynasty.
Jitendra Singh is married to Ambika Singh. They have one son and two daughters.

Jitendra Singh went to school at Wynberg Allen School, Mussorie, followed by Bachelor in Commerce from the University of Delhi. Subsequently, he trained in automobile engineering from Germany.

Elected as a member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly representing Alwar City constituency in 1998.
Elected for second term as a member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly representing Alwar City constituency in 2004.
Appointed Secretary, All India Congress Committee in 2007.
Elected as Member of Parliament to the 15th Lok Sabha representing the Alwar constituency of Rajasthan in 2009.
Appointed Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of State for Defence, Government of India in the latest Cabinet reshuffle in Oct 2012.