Vikramaditya Singh (politician)

Vikramaditya Singh (born August 5, 1964 in Bombay, Maharashtra) is a leader of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party and is member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council in the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.[1][2]

Personal Life

He is son of senior Congress leader and former Sadr-e-Riyasat Karan Singh and Yasho Rajya Lakshmi grand daughter of the last Rana Prime Minister of Nepal, Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana.

He was born in 1964 and is Hotelier by profession and is Managing Director of Taragarh Palace Hotel, Kangara. Vikramaditya completed his education from the University of Southern California and married Chitrangada Scindia, daughter of late Madhavrao Scindia Maharaja of Gwalior in 1987. [3] He is also Trustee of JK Dharmarth Trust which was founded by Maharaja Gulab Singh.[4]

His daughter Mriganka Singh is engaged to Nirvan Singh the grandson of Captain Amarinder Singh in April 2016. [5]

Political Career

In August 2015, he joined Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party in presence of Party President Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and his daughter Mehbooba Mufti.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Former Jammu and Kashmir King’s grandson joins PDP
  2. ↑ One Dynasty is Dying, Other is Rising in Jammu And Kashmir
  3. ↑ The Gwalior Royal Wedding Event covered in India Today]
  4. ↑ JK Dharmarth Trust
  5. ↑ Dr Karan Singh’s granddaughter to wed Capt Amarinder’s grandson
  6. ↑ Karan Singh’s elder son to join Mufti’s PDP
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