Udayanraje Bhosale (KING OF SATARA)

UDAYAN RAJE BHOSALE (उदयनराजे भोसले)

• Memeber of the Parliament of India for Satara Incumbent
• Assumed office 2014
• Constituency Satara
• Memeber of the Parliament of India for Satara Incumbent In office 2009-2014
• Succeeded by Laxmanrao Pandurang Jadhav (Patil)
• Constituency Satara
• Minister of State for Revenue, Government of Maharashtra In office 1998-1999

Udyanraje Bhosale (उदयनराजे भोसले) (born 24 February 1966) is member of the 16th Lok Sabha from Satara Constituency in Maharashtra state in India and also the current claimant to the title of Chhatrapati of the former Satara state. In the 2009 parliamentary elections, he was elected to the Lok Sabha as a Nationalist Congress Party candidate in May 2009 general elections by a margin of three lakh (300,000) votes. Before that, he was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and the Minister for Revenue of Maharashtra in the Bharatiya Janata Party government.

Udayanraje is the 13th holder of the title of Chhatrapati which was founded by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on his coronation in 1674. He is married to Damayantiraje and has a son - Veerpratapsinhraje and a daughter Nayantararaje.

Positions Held

• 1998: Elected as Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• 1998: Minister of State for Revenue in Government of Maharashtra
• 2009: Elected to 15th Lok Sabha of India
• 2014: Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha of India

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