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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2012}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
|native_name = ସଙ୍ଗୀତା କୁମାରୀ ସିଂହଦେଓ
|native_name_lang = or
| image = Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo 2019 Lok Sabha.jpg
| caption = Sangeeta Singh Deo
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1961|12|3|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| residence = Sailashree Palace, [[Bolangir]], [[Odisha]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Bolangir (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bolangir]]
| term_start = 23 May 2019
| predecessor = [[Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo]]
| predecessor1 = [[Sarat Pattanayak]]
| successor1 = [[Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo]]
| constituency1 = [[Bolangir (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bolangir]]
| term_start1 = 1998
| term_end1 = 2009
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| spouse = [[Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo]]
| children = [[Nivritti Kumari Mewar]]
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 22 September |
| year = 2006 |
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=426
|nationality=[[India]]n}}

'''Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo''' ({{lang-or|ସଙ୍ଗୀତା କୁମାରୀ ସିଂହଦେଓ}}) (born 3 December 1961) is an Indian politician and the wife of the titular Maharaja of Bolangir, an erstwhile [[princely state]] located in [[Odisha]]. She is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from [[Bolangir (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bolangir]] of [[Odisha]] and member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]. She is a member of the National executive of the party.

==Background and family==
Sangeeta was born into the minor [[Rajput]] nobility of [[Rajasthan]]. Her natal family held an estate of five villages of which the largest was Kerote (or Kirot). Her father, Amar Singh, was a younger son and therefore he inherited little, but he entered government service, serving as an officer in the elite [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]. He retired as PR in-charge at the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences|AIIMS]], [[New Delhi]]. Sangeeta grew up in a middle class milieu and graduated from Delhi university with a BA in political science.

In October 1985, and in a match arranged by their parents in the usual Indian way, Sangeeta was married to Kanakvardhan Singh Deo, son and heir of the Maharaja of Patnagarh-Bolangir, an erstwhile [[princely state]] located in [[Odisha]]. The couple settled in Delhi and became the parents of a single child, a daughter named Nivritti. In January 2014, again in a match arranged by their families in the usual Indian way, Nivritti was married to Lakshyaraj Singh, only son and heir of Shriji Arvind Singh of Mewar.

==Career==
Kanakvardhan's father and grandfather had both been active and successful politicians. His grandfather, Maharaja [[Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo]], who had enjoyed absolute ruling power within his state during the period 1933–47, had adjusted very well to democracy after independence, and excelled in politics to the extent of serving as [[Chief Minister of Orissa]] during the period 1967-71 as a member of the [[Swatantra party]]. Kanakvardhan's father has also been a member of parliament twice. Inevitably, Kanakvardhan was drawn to politics and served for four terms as member for Patnagarh in the Odisha state assembly. The family felt the need to ensure that the national parliamentary seat covering their former kingdom should also be under their control. Kanakvardhan therefore made Sangeeta a member of his party, the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], and arranged for her to contest parliamentary elections. Sangeeta won the [[Bolangir (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bolangir Lok Sabha seat]] in 1998, 1999 and 2004 and thus was a member of the [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]], [[13th Lok Sabha|13th]] and [[14th Lok Sabha]]s. She lost the polls in 2009 and again in 2014 to a member of her own family, her husband's first cousin, [[Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo|Kalikesh Singh Deo]], who is a prominent member of the [[Biju Janata Dal]]. Sangeeta took third position in the 2009 elections and second place in 2014.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622225541/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=426 Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website]
* [https://www.facebook.com/NivrittiKumariSinghDeo?fref=ts Nivritti Kumari Singh Deo official Facebook]


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