Madhavrao Scindia
| Madhavrao Scindia | |
|---|---|
| माधवराव सिंधिया | |
| Minister of Railways | |
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In office 22 October 1986 – 1 December 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Mohsina Kidwai |
| Succeeded by | George Fernandes |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 March 1945 Mumbai, India |
| Died | 30 September 2001 (aged 56) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Madhavi Raje Sahib Scindia |
| Children |
Jyotiraditya Rao Scindia Chitrangada Raje Scindia |
| Religion | Hindu Maratha |
Madhavrao Jivajirao Scindia (10 March 1945 – 30 September 2001) was an Indian politician and minister from the Congress Party. Earlier, in 1961, he had become the titular Maharaja of Gwalior being a descendant of the Scindia dynasty of the Marathas. However, in the 26th amendment to the Constitution of India promulgated in 1971, the Government of India abolished all official symbols of princely India, including titles, privileges, and remuneration (privy purses).
Scindia was born to the last ruling Maharaja of Gwalior, Jivajirao Scindia. He underwent his schooling in Scindia School, Gwalior and thereafter went for higher studies in Winchester College and at New College, Oxford.
On his return from the UK, Scindia followed the political tradition set by his mother Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia by joining politics. He was elected to the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian parliament) in 1971 from Gwalior. After Indian independence in 1947, the former princely state of Gwalior acceded to the Union of India and became part of the new state of Madhya Bharat, which in 1956 was merged into Madhya Pradesh.
A nine-term member of the Lok Sabha, Madhavrao Scindia never lost an election since 1971, when he won for the first time from Guna constituency at the age of 26. He contested the election on the ticket of Jan Sangh, a party that his family had long patronised. In the 1977 election after the emergency was lifted, he contested from Guna constituency as an Independent candidate and still won the seat a second time in spite of the wave in favour of Janata Party (Bhartiya Lok Dal-BLD). In the 1980 election, he switched allegiance to Indian National Congress and won from Guna a third time. But in 1984, he was nominated as the Congress candidate from Gwalior in a last-minute manoeuvre to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party's Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and won by a massive margin. After that Scindia contested from either Gwalior or Guna and won on each occasion...
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