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| honorific-prefix = [[Colonel]]<br />
| name = Manvendra Singh<br />
| image = File:Manvendra Singh.jpg|<br />
| imagesize = 250px|<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|5|19|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]<br />
| residence = [[Jasol]]<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| constituency_MP = [[Barmer (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Barmer-Jaisalmer]]<br />
| term = 2004 - 2009<br />
| primeminister = [[Manmohan Singh]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Sona Ram]]<br />
| successor = [[Harish Chaudhary]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Sheo (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Shiv]]<br />
| office2 = Member of the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| termstart2 = 2013<br />
| termend2 = 2018<br />
| spouse = Chitra Singh<br />
| children = Harshini Kumari Rathore (Daughter), Hamir Singh Rathore (Son)<br />
| parents = [[Jaswant Singh]] (father)<br />Sheetal Kanwar (mother)<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (1999-2018) <br> [[Indian National Congress]] (2018-present)<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = 14 September|<br />
| year = 2006|<br />
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4197<br />
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'''[[Colonel]] Manvendra Singh Jasol''' (born 19 May 1964) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]]. He joined Congress on 17 October 2018. He was the member of the [[14th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]] from 2004-2009 representing the [[Barmer (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Barmer-Jaisalmer]] constituency of [[Rajasthan]] and was considered an upcoming leader for BJP.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.patrika.com/tags/rajasthan-election-2018/|title=Rajasthan Election 2018|work=Rajasthan Patrika}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Colonel Manvendra Singh was born on 19 May 1964 in [[Jodhpur]], Rajasthan. His father is [[Jaswant Singh]], a former Finance Minister and [[Defence Minister]] of [[India]], and mother is Sheetal Kanwar. Singh is married to Chitra Singh daughter of Bhainsrorgarh. They have two children. He is an alumnus of [[Mayo College]] and has an MA, having studied at [[Hampshire College]], [[Amherst, Massachusetts]] and the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[London]]. He is a [[Colonel]] in [[Territorial Army (India)]]. Before entering politics, he worked as a journalist at the Statesman and the [[Indian Express]], with a specialization in defence and national security affairs. <br />
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Singh worked as a media advisor for General [[Ved Prakash Malik]] during the [[Kargil War]].<br />
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==Political life==<br />
Though Singh entered politics in the late 90s. He lost his first [[Lok Sabha]] election in 1999 against [[Sona Ram]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] from [[Barmer (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Barmer-Jaisalmer]] constituency of [[Rajasthan]]. In 2004, he won the [[Lok Sabha]] election by 2,71,888 votes against [[Sona Ram]] from the same constituency. He represented [[Barmer (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Barmer-Jaisalmer]] constituency of [[Rajasthan]] in the 14th Lok Sabha, where he was a member of the Standing Committee on Defence. He had won from Shiv constituency as a candidate of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] for [[Vidhan Sabha]] election, 2013 in [[Rajasthan]]. In 2014 he was suspended from BJP because of his campaign against BJP Lok Sabha candidate from his father's constituency. Just before 2018 [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] elections he quit BJP to join [[Indian National Congress]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
He was elected for [[14th Lok Sabha]] from [[Barmer (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Barmer-Jaisalmer]] constituency of [[Rajasthan]]. Singh was a member of the Standing Committee on Defence, in the government of [[Manmohan Singh]]. He is a [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)]] from Shiv constituency for [[Rajasthan]] [[Legislative Assembly]].<br />
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==Books==<br />
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* ''Till Memory Serves: Victoria Cross Winners of India'', 2007<br />
* ''Campaign Diary: Chronicle of an Election Fought and Lost'', 2013<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://rajassembly.nic.in/MembersPage.asp?DivNo=126 ManvendraSingh]<br />
*[http://www.rediff.com/election/1999/sep/02chindu.htm]<br />
*[http://www.dsalert.org/manvendra-singh-blog Manvendra Singh Blog]<br />
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