4 DEC, 2023
Dristi Sharma
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Diya Kumari, a BJP candidate and Member of Parliament from Rajsamand, recently won the Vidhyadhar Nagar assembly seat in Rajasthan, defeating Congress's Sitaram Agarwal by 71,368 votes.
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Diya Kumari is the grand-daughter of Man Singh II, the last ruler of the princely state of Jaipur. She joined BJP in 2013. People of Jaipur refer to her as the "Queen / Princess of Jaipur".
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Her political journey began with a victory in the 2013 Rajasthan Assembly elections. The 52-year-old politician secured a significant victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
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Diya Kumari is known for her advocacy for the environment, education, healthcare, and women's empowerment, which has also contributed to her political influence.
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In May 2022, Diya Kumari claimed that the land on which the Taj Mahal is built belongs to her royal family.
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The love story of Diya was actually quite filmi. Diya secretly married Narendra Singh, a CA, in court in 1994. After 2 years, she told her mother Padmini Devi about the marriage.
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Diya's family was not happy with the wedding, and they objected to it in the beginning. 21 years and 3 childrens later, in 2018, the couple got divorced.
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Diya's three children -- Gauravi Kumari, Lakshraj Prakash Singh and Padmanabh Singh -- often make headlines themselves.
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Padmanabh Singh, "the youngest king of India", was unofficially crowned the 'Maharaja of Jaipur' when he was just 12 years old. He is also a polo player.
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Although it is difficult to estimate the entire wealth of a royal family, sources suggest that their total value can be around $2.8 billion!
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In 2019, she was elected to the government's National Tiger Conservation Commission. Diya also runs an NGO called Princess Diya Kumari Foundation for empowering women.