Chandresh Kumari Katoch (née Singh; born 1 February 1944) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party. She is a former Minister of Culture in India's central government. She was a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of parliament), representing Jodhpur constituency.[2]
Chandresh Kumari Katoch | |
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| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 2012–2014 | |
| President | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Vice President | Hamid Ansari |
| Preceded by | Kumari Selja |
| Succeeded by | Shripad Yasso Naik[1] |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| President | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Vice President | Hamid Ansari |
| Preceded by | Jaswant Singh Bishnoi |
| Succeeded by | Gajendra Singh Shekhawat |
| Constituency | Jodhpur |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| President | Zail Singh |
| Prime Minister | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Vice President | R. Venkataraman |
| Preceded by | Vikram Chand Mahajan |
| Constituency | Kangra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chandresh Kumari Singh 1 February 1944 Jodhpur, Jodhpur State, British India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Aditya Katoch (1968–present) |
| Children | Aishwarya Singh (born 1970) |
| Residence(s) | New Delhi (official) Jodhpur (private) |
| Alma mater | University of Jodhpur (now Jai Narain Vyas University) |
Katoch was sworn in as Cabinet Minister in the Government of India on 28 October 2012, and was given the portfolio of the Ministry of Culture.[3] She is daughter of Maharaja Hanwant Singh of Jodhpur and Maharani Krishna Kumari and is married into the royal family of Kangra with Raja Aditya Dev Chand Katoch, in Himachal Pradesh.[4] She contested but lost the 2014 Indian general election.[5]
Positions held
edit- 1972–77 Member, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly( from Dharamshala constituency)
- 1977 Deputy Minister, Government of Himachal Pradesh
- 1982–84 Member, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (second term from Dharamshala constituency)
- 1984 (for 9 Months) Minister of State, Tourism, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh
- 1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha from Kangra (Lok Sabha constituency)
- 1996 Elected to Rajya Sabha
- 1998–1999 Deputy Chief Whip, Congress Party in Rajya Sabha
- 1999-03 President, All India Mahila Congress
- 2003–07 Member, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (third term from Dharamshala constituency)
- 2003–2004 Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh
- 2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha from Jodhpur (2nd term)
- 2012 Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Cultural, Government of India.
References
edit- ^ "Ministries, Government of India Ministry of Culture".
- ^ "Lok Sabha". Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ Jodhpur`s Chandresh Kumari inducted in Cabinet
- ^ Royal Kangra / Present Family and their Businesses Archived 22 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Election Results: Rajasthan royals swept away in Modi tsunami". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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