Vasundhara Raje

Her siblings are Yashodhara Raje Scindia, a former industries minister of Madhya Pradesh, the late Madhavrao Scindia, the late Padmavati Raje "Akkasaheb" Burman (1942–64), who married Kirit Deb Burman, the last ruling Maharaja of Tripura, and Usha Raje Rana (b. 1943) who married into the Rana family of Nepal.

She has one son Dushyant Singh, who is a four-time member of Parliament through Loksabha and the Yuvraj of Dholpur.

Vasundhara Raje Scindia (born 8 March 1953) is an Indian politician, who has held two terms as the chief minister of Rajasthan.

She was previously a minister in the Union Cabinet of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and was India's first Minister of Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries, which now known as Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

Vasundhara Raje singh was born on 8 March 1953 in Bombay (now Mumbai).

She is the daughter of Vijayaraje Scindia-Shinde and Jivajirao Scindia-Shinde, Maharaja of Gwalior, members of the prominent Scindia royal Maratha family.

Raje completed her school education at Presentation Convent School in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, and later graduated with economics and political science degrees from the Sophia College for Women, Mumbai.

She married Maharaj Rana Hemant Singh, of the royal Dholpur family, on 17 November 1972, but they separated a year later.

Her son, Dushyant Singh, was elected to the Lok Sabha from her former constituency, Jhalawar.

In 1984, Raje entered the Indian political system.

Initially, she was made a member of the national executive of the newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party.

She was also elected as a member of the 8th Rajasthan Assembly from Dholpur.

In the same year, she was appointed vice president of the Yuva Morcha, Rajasthan BJP.

In 2003, she became the first woman to serve as the Chief Minister for the state of Rajasthan.

She is currently one of the national vice presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

A member of the Scindia family, she is also the matriarch of the Bamraulia family of Dholpur.

In 2007, she received the "Women Together Award" from the UNO for services rendered towards the self-empowerment of women.

In 2018, she received the 'Best Chief Minister of the Year' Award at the 52nd Skoch Summit.

A book on the life of Vasundhara Raje named Vasundhara Raje aur Vikasit Rajasthan was written by the historian Vijay Nahar and published by Prabhat Prakashan.