Jitendra Pratap Singh Prabhakar Bahadur (born 12 June 1971) is the Minister of State (Home) in the central government Indian Member of Parliament

Parliament of India

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 representing the Alwar constituency

Alwar (Lok Sabha Constituency)

Alwar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Rajasthan state in India.-Assembly segments:Presently, Alwar Lok Sabha constituency comprises eight Vidhan Sabha segments...

 of Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

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Jitendra Singh is the grandson of Sir Tej Singh Prabhakar, the last ruling Maharaja

Maharaja

Mahārāja is a Sanskrit title for a "great king" or "high king". The female equivalent title Maharani denotes either the wife of a Maharaja or, in states where that was customary, a woman ruling in her own right. The widow of a Maharaja is known as a Rajamata...

 of the princely state

Princely state

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 of Alwar

Alwar State

-History:Alwar has been a part of Matsya region of olden times whose capital was Virat Nagar."Alwar" was formerly known as "Ulwar". This placed it in last position in alphabetically ordered lists, so a king renamed it to "Alwar" to bring it to the top. Till the 11 A.D. this area was ruled by a...

. In the 26th amendment to the Constitution of India

Constitution of India

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 promulgated in 1971, the Government of India abolished all official symbols of princely India

Princely state

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, including titles, privileges, and remuneration (privy purses

Privy Purse in India

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Political career

• Elected to legislative assembly (state parliament of Rajasthan, Alwar) in 1998.
• Elected to legislative assembly (state parliament of Rajasthan, Alwar) in 2004.
• Secy. All India Congress Committee, Delhi.(assists Rahul Gandhi
  Rahul Gandhi
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   in his political projects).
• Elected as Member of Parliament representing the Alwar constituency of Rajasthan in 2009.

Sworned in as Minster of State for Home Affairs in Government of India in Latest Cabinet Resuffle.