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<div>{{short description|Indian politician}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Diya Kumari<br />
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1971|01|30|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], India<br />
| residence = [[City Palace, Jaipur]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata]]<br />
| alma_mater =<br />
| education = [[Modern School (New Delhi)|Modern School, New Delhi]]<br>[[Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency = [[Rajsamand (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajsamand]]<br />
| predecessor = Hari Om Singh<br />
| termstart = 23 May 2019<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Sawai Madhopur]]<br />
| term2 = 2013 – 2018<br />
| successor2 = [[Danish Abrar]]<br />
| parents = [[Bhawani Singh]]<br>Padmini Devi<br />
| children = 3, including [[Padmanabh Singh]]<br />
| spouse = {{marriage|Narendra Singh}}<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.diyakumari.org}}<br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Diya Kumari''' (born 30 January 1971) is an [[India]]n politician. She is a member of [[Indian Parliament]] from [[Rajsamand (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajsamand]] parliamentary seat, and a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. Kumari is the daughter of the late [[Maharaja of Jaipur]], [[Sawai (title)|Sawai]] [[Bhawani Singh]], and Padmini Devi.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Diya Kumari attended [[Modern School (New Delhi)]], G.D Somani Memorial School, [[Mumbai]] and [[Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School]], Jaipur. She then did a decorative arts course in London.<ref>[http://msmsmuseum.com/ Diya Kumari biography from Maharaja Sawai Mansingh II Museum]</ref> She manages the family heritage, which includes [[City Palace, Jaipur]], that is also partly her royal residence; [[Jaigarh Fort]], Amber and two trusts: Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum Trust, Jaipur and the Jaigarh Public Charitable Trust. She also manages two schools: The Palace School and Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh School. She is engaged in the management of the three hotels: Rajmahal Palace in Jaipur, Hotel Jaipur House at Mount Abu and Hotel Lal Mahal Palace, Jaipur.<ref>http://www.msmsmuseum.com/pagedetail.php?catid=1&subcatid=2</ref><br />
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Diya Kumari has three children from her marriage to Narendra Singh, Thikana Kothara of Shivad, granted the honorary title ''maharaj'' by Bhawani Singh in 2003.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/2003/10/09/stories/2003100906482200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040113031651/http://www.thehindu.com/2003/10/09/stories/2003100906482200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 January 2004 |title = A royal surprise in Jaipur|date = 9 October 2003|last1 = Sebastian| newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |first1 = Sunny}}</ref> Their eldest son, [[Padmanabh Singh]], was born on 2 July 1998, and adopted by Bhawani Singh as his successor as head of the erstwhile royal family on 22 November 2002, and assumed the position on Jaipur Gaddi on 27 April 2011. Their second son is Lakshraj Singh, and their daughter is Gauravi Kumari.<ref>[http://msmsmuseum.com/ Princess Diya Kumari biography from Maharaja Sawai Mansingh II Museum]</ref> She divorced her husband in December 2018.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
Kumari joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 10 September 2013 before a crowd of two-lakh people, in the presence of then [[Gujarat]] [[Chief Minister]], [[Narendra Modi]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] president, [[Rajnath Singh]], and [[Vasundhara Raje]], at a rally in Jaipur.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130911/jsp/nation/story_17336370.jsp#.UjF3SnuLi3E | title=Jaipur princess joins BJP | date=11 September 2013 | newspaper=The Telegraph | location=India | accessdate=22 July 2018 }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Rajasthan MLAs 2013–2018]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]<br />
[[Category:17th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian princesses]]<br />
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