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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1971)}}
{{other people|Jitendra Singh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Jitendra Singh addressing the media persons after his visit from Lausanne, Switzerland, in New Delhi on May 16, 2013.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|6|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], India
| office = [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports|Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports]]
| predecessor = [[Ajay Maken]]
| successor = [[Sarbananda Sonowal]]
| prime_minister = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_start = 28 October 2012
| term_end = 26 May 2014
| constituency2 = [[Alwar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alwar]], [[Rajasthan]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament]]
| predecessor2 = [[Karan Singh Yadav]]
| successor2 = [[Mahant Chandnath]]
| term_start2 = 2009
| term_end2 = 2014
| office3 = General Secretary of the [[All India Congress Committee|AICC]] incharge of [[Assam Pradesh Congress Committee]]
| term_start3 = 24 December 2023
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 = [[Harish Rawat]]
| successor3 =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}
'''Bhanwar Jitendra Singh''' (born 12 June 1971) is a former Minister of State for [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports|Youth Affairs and Sports]] (Independent charge) and a former Minister of State for Defence, Government of India. He assumed this charge on 28 October 2012. Formerly, Singh was the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of India, a position that he assumed in July 2011. He was the Member of Parliament representing the [[Alwar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alwar constituency]] of [[Rajasthan]]. Jitendra Singh is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is the present titular [[Alwar State|Maharaja of Alwar]] and hence the cultural head of [[Naruka]] clan of Rajputs.

== Personal life ==

Jitendra Singh was born into the ruling family of Alwar to [[Yuvaraja|Yuvraj]] [[Sri]] Pratap Singh and [[Mahendra Kumari]]. Jitendra's grandfather was [[His Highness]] [[Colonel (British Army)|Colonel]] [[Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur|Sir Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur]],
[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India|K.C.S.I.]] (1911-2009), the reigning [[Maharaja]] of [[Alwar State|Alwar]].

The Alwar royal family belongs to the [[Naruka]] clan of [[Kachhwaha]] dynasty.

Jitendra Singh is married to Ambika Singh.<ref>{{cite web |first=Harsha Kumari |last=Singh |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/the-political-wives-of-rajasthan-393632 |title=The 'political wives' of Rajasthan |work=NDTV |date=6 May 2009|access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> They have one son and two daughters.

== Education ==

Jitendra Singh went to school at [[Wynberg Allen School]], [[Mussorie]], followed by Bachelor in Commerce from the [[University of Delhi]]. Subsequently, he trained in automobile engineering from Germany.

== Political career ==

* Elected as a member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly representing Alwar City constituency (state parliament of Rajasthan) in 1998.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1998/StatisticalReport_RAJ98.pdf 63. Jitendra Singh] [[Election Commission of India]]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410020236/http://eci.nic.in/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1998/StatisticalReport_RAJ98.pdf |date=10 April 2009 }}</ref>
* Elected for second term as a member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly representing Alwar City constituency (state parliament of Rajasthan) in 2004.<ref name="ECI: Partywise Comparison">{{cite web |title=Rajasthan - Alwar Assembly Constituency |url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/electionanalysis/AE/S20/partycomp63.htm |work=Partywise Comparison Since 1977 |publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=15 October 2013}}</ref>
* Appointed Secretary, All India Congress Committee in 2007 (assists [[Rahul Gandhi]] in his political projects).<ref name="D K Singh">{{cite news |title=Rahul's new team in place |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rahuls-new-team-in-place/262679/|access-date=15 October 2013 |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=18 January 2008 |author=D K Singh}}</ref>
* Elected as Member of Parliament to the 15th Lok Sabha (2009-2014) representing the Alwar constituency of Rajasthan in 2009.<ref>http://eci.nic.in/results/ListofWinningCandidated.pdf Page no 6] [[Election Commission of India]].{{Dead link|date=October 2013}}</ref>
* Appointed Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent charge) and Minister of State for Defence, Government of India in the latest Cabinet reshuffle in Oct 2012.<ref name="Lok Sabha">{{cite web |title=Shri Jitendra Singh |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4403 |work=Fifteenth Lok Sabha - Members Bioprofile |publisher=Parliament of India|access-date=15 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015124153/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4403|archive-date=15 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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