Udayanraje Bhosale
Member's Name: Bhonsle, Shri Chh. Udayanraje
Constituency: Maharashtra
Udayanraje Bhosale
Born/Date of Birthday: 24 February 1966
Place of Birth: Satara, Maharashtra, India
Political party: Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2019)
Other political affiliations: Nationalist Congress Party (1999-2019)
Educational Qualification: Production Engineering/DIBM
Profession: Social Worker, Politician
Marital Status: Married on 20 November 2003
Spouse's Name: Shrimati Damayantiraje Bhonsle
Children: One son and one daughter
Parents: Shri Pratapsing Maharaj Bhonsle, Shrimati Kalpanaraje Bhonsle
Permanent Address: 1, Jalmandir Palace, Satara, Maharashtra. 415002. Tel.-
Udayanraje Bhosale (born 24 February 1966) is an Indian politician serving as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, from Maharashtra since 2020. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Bhosale is the 13th holder of the title of Chhatrapati which was founded by the Maratha emperor Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on his coronation in 1674.
Personal life
Bhosale was born in Nashik to Pratapsingh and Kalpanaraje. He studied Production Engineering. He married Damayantiraje on 20 November 2003. They have a son and a daughter.
He is the grandson of Shahu III of Satara, who was adopted by the widow of Pratapsinh Raje-II, who was the younger son of Rajaram Maharaj-III, who was adopted by the widow of Pratapsinh Raje, who was adopted by Venkata Raje, who was adopted by Shahaji II of Satara, who was the adopted son of Chhatrapati Pratap Singh (1808–1818).
Political career
Bhosale was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1998-1999) and the Minister for Revenue of Maharashtra in the Sena-BJP Maharashtra government. In 2009, 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections he was elected to the Lok Sabha as a Nationalist Congress Party candidate from Satara (Lok Sabha constituency). In September 2019, he resigned from NCP and announced his return from NCP to the BJP ahead of the Maharashtra legislative assembly elections. He lost the Lok Sabha by-poll in October 2019. In 2020 he was elected to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra.
