Mahendra Kumari

Mahendra Kumari
Member of Parliament
In office
1991 - 1996
Preceded byRamji Lal Yadav
Succeeded bynaval Kishore Sharma
ConstituencyAlwar
Personal details
Born1942
Bundi, Rajasthan
Died27 June 2002
New Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpousePratap Singh

Mahendra Kumari (1942 – 27 June 2002) was a member of Lok Sabha. She was elected to Lok Sabha from Alwar in Rajasthan as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party. She was born in Bundi in 1942 to a royal family and educated at Scindia Girls College, Gwalior. She was wife of ruler of Alwar, Pratap Singh.

Kumari was a Member of Tenth Lok Sabha from 1991 to 1996 representing Alwar Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan. She was a Member of Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests from 1993 to 1996 and House Committee from 1993 to 1995.

A keen sports enthusiast, Kumari was a champion pistol shooter and had special interest in tennis, swimming and riding. A widely travelled person, Mahendra Kumari was a Member of Indian Parliamentary Group of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China in 1995.

She died on 27 June 2002 at New Delhi at the age of 60 after a brief illness.

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