Shrimant Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhosale | |
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![]() Shrimant Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhosale | |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Shriniwas Patil |
Constituency | Satara, Maharashtra |
In office May 2009 – September 2019 (Resigned) | |
Preceded by | Laxmanrao Pandurang Patil |
Succeeded by | Shriniwas Patil |
Constituency | Satara, Maharashtra |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 3 April 2020 – 4 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Amar Shankar Sable |
Succeeded by | Nitin Patil |
Constituency | Maharashtra |
Minister of State for Revenue,Government of Maharashtra | |
In office 1998–1999 | |
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
In office 05 June 1998[1] – 07 October 1999 | |
Preceded by | Abhaysinh Raje Bhosle |
Succeeded by | Abhaysinh Raje Bhosle |
Constituency | Satara |
Personal details | |
Born | (1966-02-24)24 February 1966 (age 59) Nashik,Maharashtra,India |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2019) |
Other political affiliations | Nationalist Congress Party (1999-2019) |
Spouse | Damayanti Raje Bhosale |
Children | 2 |
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Relatives | Bhonsle dynasty |
Residence(s) | Jalmandir Palace,Satara,Maharashtra,India |
Education | Production Engineering (DIBM)[2] |
Occupation | Politician |
Shrimant Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhosle (born 24 February 1966) is an Indian politician serving as a member of theLoksabha, the lower house of theParliament of India, fromMaharashtra since 2024 fromSatara. He is a member of theBharatiya Janata Party.[3]
Bhosale is the 13th holder of the title ofChhatrapati which was founded by theMaratha kingShivaji on his coronation in 1674.[4]
He is addressed as Chhatrapati by some in the media, however the title is entirely ceremonial and in the role of apretender.
Bhosale was born inNashik to Pratapsingh and Kalpanaraje. He studied Production Engineering. He married Damayantiraje on 20 November 2003. They have a son and a daughter.[2]
Bhosale was a member ofBharatiya Janata Party and a member of theMaharashtra Legislative Assembly (1998-1999) and the Minister for Revenue of Maharashtra in the Sena-BJP Maharashtra government.[5][6] In2009,2014 and2019 parliamentary elections he was elected to the Lok Sabha as aNationalist Congress Party candidate fromSatara (Lok Sabha constituency).[7] In September 2019, he resigned from NCP and announced his return from NCP to the BJP ahead of the Maharashtra legislative assembly elections.[8] He lost the Lok Sabha by-poll in October 2019. In 2020 he was elected to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra.[3]