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| birth_date = {{birth date|1982|11|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = Wankaner Taluka, [[Rajkot District]], [[British India]]
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'''Kesridevsinh Jhala''' is an Indian politician belonging to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the Indian Parliament unopposed from [[Gujarat]].<ref name="Jaishankar, O’Brien among 11 elected to Rajya Sabha uncontested">{{cite news |last1=The Indian Express |title=Jaishankar, O’Brien among 11 elected to Rajya Sabha uncontested |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/jaishankar-bjp-candidates-elected-rajya-sabha-uncontested-gujarat-8844578/ |access-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718114039/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/jaishankar-bjp-candidates-elected-rajya-sabha-uncontested-gujarat-8844578/ |archive-date=18 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="S Jaishankar, 2 other BJP candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat">{{cite news |last1=Hindustan Times |title=S Jaishankar, 2 other BJP candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/s-jaishankar-2-other-bjp-candidates-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha-from-gujarat-101689607806884.html |access-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718115156/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/s-jaishankar-2-other-bjp-candidates-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha-from-gujarat-101689607806884.html |archive-date=18 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Kesridevsinh Jhala is the son of the late Congress leader and former Union environment minister [[Digvijaysinh Jhala]].

==Early Life==
Kesridevsinh Jhala was born on 5 November 1982 in [[Wankaner]] in the [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] region. He completed his schooling at Vidyabharti Education Trust, in [[Wankaner]], completed high school from New Era High School, [[Panchgani]] in [[Maharashtra]], and graduated from Lady Shri Ram College with B.A. (Hons.) in History. Kesridevsinh Jhala done is degree from Tourism and Lieser Management at the University of Huddersfield in [[Yorkshire]], [[United Kingdom]].
== Personal life ==
Kesaridevsinh Jhala is married to Yogini Kumari, a princess of the Sirohi royal family of [[Rajasthan]]. The then Chief Minister Narendra Modi also attended Kesridev Singh’s wedding. Jhala’s grandfather [[Pratap Singh (politician)|Pratap Singh]] was an MLA from [[Wankaner Assembly constituency|Wankaner]] during 1952-57. His father [[Digvijaysinh Jhala]] was a two-time MLA during 1979-1989. He was the first Environment Minister of India during 1979–1989. He was the president of Akhil Bhartiya Kshatriya Mahasabha for years. Jhala’s uncle Janakdev Sinh Jhala was also the [[Wankaner Assembly constituency|Wankaner]] MLA during 1975-1980. His maternal uncle Ajay Singh was the railway minister in VP Singh’s government at the Centre.

==Political Career==
Kesridevsinh Jhala started his political career with BJP in 2011 in the presence of then-Chief Minister [[Narendra Modi]]<ref name="Wankaner prince joins BJP">{{cite news |last1=The Times of India |title=Wankaner prince joins BJP |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/wankaner-prince-joins-bjp/articleshow/8917979.cms |access-date=19 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719163713/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/wankaner-prince-joins-bjp/articleshow/8917979.cms |archive-date=19 July 2023}}</ref> and was officially in charge of Wankaner Taluka BJP’s taluka panchayat and district panchayat. He was the district BJP vice president of Rajkot for one term and the district BJP vice president of Morbi district for one term. Kesridevsinh Jhala, have been declared elected uncontested as Rajyasabha MP on 2023 July 17 from Gujarat.

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