Chandresh Kumari Katoch

Maharani Chandresh Kumari Katoch (born 1 February 1944) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party. She is a former Minister of Culture in India's central government. She was a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of parliament), representing Jodhpur constituency. Katoch was sworn in as Cabinet Minister in the Government of India on 28 October 2012, and was given the portfolio of the Ministry of Culture. She is daughter of Maharaja Hanwant Singh of Jodhpur and Maharani Krishna Kumari and is married into the royal family of Kangra with Raja Aditya Dev Chand Katoch, in Himachal Pradesh. She contested but lost in the Indian general election, 2014.

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• Positions Held
• References

Positions Held

1972-77 Member, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

1977 Deputy Minister, Government of Himachal Pradesh

1982-84 Member, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (second term)

1984 (for 9 Months) Minister of State, Tourism, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh

1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha from Kangra (Lok Sabha constituency)

1996 Elected to Rajya Sabha

1998-1999 Deputy Chief Whip, Congress Party in Rajya Sabha

1999-03 President, All India Mahila Congress

2003-07 Member, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (third term)

2003-2004 Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha from Jodhpur(2nd term)

2012 Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Cultural, Government of India.