Rajmata Mohinder Kaur of Patiala
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Member of Parliament (MP)
In office – 1967-1971
Preceded by – Sardar Hukam Singh
Succeeded by – Sat Pal Kapur
Constituency – Patiala
Personal details
Political party – Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) – Maharaja Yadavindra Singh
Children – Capt. Amarinder Singh
Residence – New Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala
Religion – Sikhism
Rajmata Mohinder Kaur, the present Rajmata Sahiba of Patiala, is the widow of His Late Highness Maharajadhiraj Yadavindra Singh of Patiala, who remained the maharaja of the Patiala state from 23rd of March 1938 to 1974.
Born on 14th of September 1922, her Highness Rajmata Mehtab Kaur is the daughter of S. Harchand Singh Jaijee who was a member of the Riyasat Prajya Mandal.
Her Highness played an active role in the politics of India. She served as a member of Upper House of Indian Parliament, Rajya Sabha, from the year 1964 to 1967 as a Congress (I) member. In the year 1967, she got elected to the Lower House of Parliament, Lok Sabha, on a Congress (I) ticket.
In the year 1977, Rajmata Mohinder Kaur joined the Janta Party and became its general secretary. Then she served another term in the Upper House of Indian Parliament from the year 1978 to 1984 as a Janta Party member.
She has four children: Maharaja Amarinder Singh, Maharajkumar Malvendra Singh, Maharajkumari Heminder Kaur and Maharajkumari Roopinder Kaur. Her elder son Amarinder Singh served Punjab as Chief Minister from 2002 to 2007. He is currently the President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC).
Following the independence of India, she organized a number of camps in the Patiala & East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) for refuses who had came from Western Punjab and also arranged food and medical provisions for them. She along with her late husband Maharaja Yadavindra Singh worked determinedly for people of PEPSU.
Rajmata Mohinder Kaur, is still an active social worker, and currently resides in New Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala.
