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'''Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia''' (born 1 January 1971) is an [[India]]n politician from the [[Indian National Congress]]. He is also a member of parliament (of the [[15th Lok Sabha]]) of India representing the Congress party, the Union Minister of State (Independent charge)–[[Ministry of Power (India)|Ministry of Power]],<ref>http://india.gov.in/govt/cabinet.php</ref><ref>http://india.gov.in/outerwin.php?id=http://www.powermin.nic.in/</ref> and the president of Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association.<ref>http://mpcaonline.com/details.php?bWVudT1tYW5hZ2luZ19jb21taXR0ZWVzLnBocA==</ref>
'''Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia''' (born 1st January 1971) is an [[India]]n politician from the [[Indian National Congress]]. He is also a member of parliament (of the [[15th Lok Sabha]]) of India representing the Congress party, the Union Minister of State (Independent charge)–[[Ministry of Power (India)|Ministry of Power]],<ref>http://india.gov.in/govt/cabinet.php</ref><ref>http://india.gov.in/outerwin.php?id=http://www.powermin.nic.in/</ref> and the president of Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association.<ref>http://mpcaonline.com/details.php?bWVudT1tYW5hZ2luZ19jb21taXR0ZWVzLnBocA==</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 03:44, 29 March 2013

Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
J. Scindia (2012)
Union Minister of State (Independent charge) – Ministry of Power
Assumed office
28 October 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byVeerappa Moily
ConstituencyGuna
Personal details
Born (1971-01-01) 1 January 1971 (age 53)
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpousePriyadarshini Raje Scindia
Children1 son and 1 daughter
Residence(s)Jai Vilas Mahal, Gwalior
Alma materHarvard University (B.A.)
Stanford University (M.B.A.)
Website[1]

Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia (born 1st January 1971) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. He is also a member of parliament (of the 15th Lok Sabha) of India representing the Congress party, the Union Minister of State (Independent charge)–Ministry of Power,[1][2] and the president of Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association.[3]

Early life

Scindia was born in Mumbai to Madhavrao Scindia and Madhavi Raje Scindia. He studied at Campion School, Mumbai and The Doon School, Dehradun.[4] He majored in Economics at Harvard University, graduating in 1993; in 2001, he received M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.[5][6] He has worked at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.[citation needed]

=Political career

Jyoti Raje Guna Family Scindia was elected to the Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Indian Parliament) in February 2002 from Guna District - formerly represented by his father.[citation needed] He was re-elected in May 2004,[citation needed] and again in 2009, when he was also appointed Minister of State for Commerce & Industry in the Government of India.[citation needed]

Personal life

Scindia is a grandson of George Jivajirao Scindia, the last princely ruler of Gwalior State belonging to the Scindia dynasty of the Marathas. However, in the 26th amendment[7] 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).[8]

He is married to Priyadarshini, who hails from the erstwhile Maratha royal family Gaekwad of Baroda. He has two children, a son, Mahanaryaman Scindia, born in November 1995 and a daughter, Ananya, born April 2002. [9] As of 2004, he was the President of the Board of Governors of Scindia School, Gwalior.[10] He also serves on the board of governors for Madhav Institute of Technology & Science, Gwalior.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://india.gov.in/govt/cabinet.php
  2. ^ http://india.gov.in/outerwin.php?id=http://www.powermin.nic.in/
  3. ^ http://mpcaonline.com/details.php?bWVudT1tYW5hZ2luZ19jb21taXR0ZWVzLnBocA==
  4. ^ "The evolution of Honorable Shri. Jyotiraditya Scindia". Times of India. 2002-06-02. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  5. ^ "Honorable Shri. Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia - Minister of State for Commerce & Industry". Department of Commerce, Government of India. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  6. ^ "Jyotiraditya M. Scindia - Minister of State for Commerce & Industry". Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Government of India. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  7. ^ "The Constitution (26 Amendment) Act, 1971", indiacode.nic.in, Government of India, 1971, retrieved 9 November 2011
  8. ^ 1. Ramusack, Barbara N. (2004). The Indian princes and their states. Cambridge University Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-521-26727-4. Retrieved 6 November 2011., "Through a constitutional amendment passed in 1971, Indira Gandhi stripped the princes of the titles, privy purses and regal privileges which her father's government had granted." (p 278). 2. Naipaul, V. S. (8 April 2003), India: A Wounded Civilization, Random House Digital, Inc., pp. 37–, ISBN 978-1-4000-3075-0, retrieved 6 November 2011 Quote: "The princes of India – their number and variety reflecting to a large extent the chaos that had come to the country with the break up of the Mughal empire – had lost real power in the British time. Through generations of idle servitude they had grown to specialize only in style. A bogus, extinguishable glamour: in 1947, with Independence, they had lost their state, and Mrs. Gandhi in 1971 had, without much public outcry, abolished their privy purses and titles." (pp 37–38). 3. Schmidt, Karl J. (1995), An atlas and survey of South Asian history, M.E. Sharpe, p. 78, ISBN 978-1-56324-334-9, retrieved 6 November 2011 Quote: "Although the Indian states were alternately requested or forced into union with either India or Pakistan, the real death of princely India came when the Twenty-sixth Amendment Act (1971) abolished the princes' titles, privileges, and privy purses." (page 78). 4. Breckenridge, Carol Appadurai (1995), Consuming modernity: public culture in a South Asian world, U of Minnesota Press, pp. 84–, ISBN 978-0-8166-2306-8, retrieved 6 November 2011 Quote: "The third stage in the political evolution of the princes from rulers to citizens occurred in 1971, when the constitution ceased to recognize them as princes and their privy purses, titles, and special privileges were abolished." (page 84). 5. Guha, Ramachandra (5 August 2008), India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy, HarperCollins, pp. 441–, ISBN 978-0-06-095858-9, retrieved 6 November 2011 Quote: "Her success at the polls emboldened Mrs. Gandhi to act decisively against the princes. Through 1971, the two sides tried and failed to find a settlement. The princes were willing to forgo their privy purses, but hoped at least to save their titles. But with her overwhelming majority in Parliament, the prime minister had no need to compromise. On 2 December she introduced a bill to amend the constitution and abolish all princely privileges. It was passed in the Lok Sabha by 381 votes to six, and in the Rajya Sabha by 167 votes to seven. In her own speech, the prime minister invited 'the princes to join the elite of the modern age, the elite which earns respect by its talent, energy and contribution to human progress, all of which can only be done when we work together as equals without regarding anybody as of special status.' " (page 441). 6. Cheesman, David (1997). Landlord power and rural indebtedness in colonial Sind, 1865-1901. London: Routledge. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-7007-0470-5. Retrieved 6 November 2011. Quote: "The Indian princes survived the British Raj by only a few years. The Indian republic stripped them of their powers and then their titles." (page 10). 7. Merriam-Webster, Inc (1997), Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary, Merriam-Webster, pp. 520–, ISBN 978-0-87779-546-9, retrieved 6 November 2011 Quote: "Indian States: "Various (formerly) semi-independent areas in India ruled by native princes .... Under British rule ... administered by residents assisted by political agents. Titles and remaining privileges of princes abolished by Indian government 1971." (page 520). 8. Ward, Philip (September 1989), Northern India, Rajasthan, Agra, Delhi: a travel guide, Pelican Publishing, pp. 91–, ISBN 978-0-88289-753-0, retrieved 6 November 2011 Quote: "A monarchy is only as good as the reigning monarch: thus it is with the princely states. Once they seemed immutable, invincible. In 1971 they were "derecognized," their privileges, privy purses and titles all abolished at a stroke" (page 91)
  9. ^ http://www.verveonline.com/29/people/princess/full.shtml
  10. ^ "Education to excel: Scindia School in Gwalior is rated as one of the finest public schools for boys". The Tribune. May 23, 2004.

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