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By Sumit Kumar, Section More About The Scindia's
Born on March 26, 1945, Madhavrao Scindia was the son of the last ruling Maharaja of Gwalior, Jiyajirao Scindia. He was educated at the Scindia School, endowed by his family, in Gwalior, and then at Oxford University. After Indian independence in 1947, his father acceded to the Indian government, and the kingdom of Gwalior became part of the new state of Madhya Bharat, which in 1956 was merged into Madhya Pradesh. Madhavrao followed the political tradition laid down by his mother Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia, who was elected to the Lok Sabha (parliament) in 1962.
His Literary Tastes
Ministerial stints
Ministerial stints Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao made him Minister for Civil Aviation. He faced a turbulent period of agitation by the staff of the domestic carrier, Indian Airlines, and as part of a strategy of disciplining the workforce he leased a number of aircraft from Russia. Early in 1992 one of these aircraft crashed, though without any loss of life, and Scindia promptly submitted his resignation. Although not known to be too finicky about such notions as ministerial accountability, the prime minister accepted his resignation. Scindia was later reinducted into the Cabinet in 1995 as Minister for Human Resource Development.
Rebellion and return Scindia's political role and influence within the Congress party grew rapidly and he was seen as a potential prime ministerial candidate. His tragic demise in a plane crash demolished many hopes. His son, Jyotiraditya Scindia is a Member of Parliament elected to the seat that he held. His daughter is married to the Crown Prince of Kashmir. He was the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India from 1990 to 1993. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/ (1 comment) Comments >> |
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