Diya Kumari parents-Indian politician, Diya Kumari was born on January 30, 1971, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Who are Diya Kumari’s parents?

Diya Kumari was born to Bhawani Singh and Padmini Devi. We have no details regarding her siblings at the moment.

Who is Bhawani Singh?

Bhawani Singh is the father of Diya Kumari. He was born on October 22, 1931, and died on April 17, 2011. He was an officer in the Indian Army and an entrepreneur. Singh was an Indian army soldier from 1951 to 1975.

He received the Maha Vir Chakra, the nation’s second-highest decoration for valor in the face of the enemy, during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War. Later on, he advised the Indian soldiers stationed in Sri Lanka. He was India’s High Commissioner to Brunei following his retirement. He was in charge of running the hotel that had been turned into Rambagh Palace.

Who is Padmini Devi?

Padmini Devi is the mother of Diya Kumari. She was born on September 21, 1943. She is the titular Rajmata of Jaipur. As chairperson, she is in charge of the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum. She is very concerned about the welfare and social events of the Jaipur community in Rajasthan.

Diya Kumari career

Bhawani Singh, the late father of Kumari and the erstwhile titular king of Jaipur ran for parliament from Jaipur in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections on a Congress ticket but lost to the BJP candidate.

Gayatri Devi, the stepgrandmother of Kumari and a former Jaipur queen, was elected three times as a Member of Parliament from the Jaipur constituency in 1962, 1967, and 1971. Riding the Swatantra Party banner, she had won these polls with unprecedented margins.

On September 10, 2013, Kumari became a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party in front of two lakh supporters during a Jaipur event. Those in attendance included former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, BJP President Rajnath Singh, and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

She ran as a BJP candidate from Sawai Madhopur in the 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election and won the position of MLA.

She did not, however, run in the 2018 elections, which the BJP ultimately lost. She was chosen to represent Rajsamand as a member of the Lok Sabha in 2019.

She received 8.58 lakh votes, and her 5.51 lakh vote victory margin is in the top 20 largest margins of victory for 2019.

She was named a Brand Ambassador by the Rajasthani government for Save the Girl Child. In the Rajasthan elections of 2023, Kumari will represent the BJP in the Vidhyadhar Nagar constituency in lieu of incumbent five-term MLA Narpat Singh Rajvi.

She has been working in Bhajan Lal Sharma’s ministry as Rajasthan’s deputy chief minister since December 12, 2023.

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