Chandresh Kumari Katoch | |
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| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 2012–2014 | |
| President | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Vice President | Hamid Ansari |
| Preceded by | Kumari Selja |
| Succeeded by | Shripad Yasso Naik[1] |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| President | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Vice President | Hamid Ansari |
| Preceded by | Jaswant Singh Bishnoi |
| Succeeded by | Gajendra Singh Shekhawat |
| Constituency | Jodhpur |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| President | Zail Singh |
| Prime Minister | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Vice President | R. Venkataraman |
| Preceded by | Vikram Chand Mahajan |
| Constituency | Kangra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chandresh Kumari Singh 1 February 1944 Jodhpur, Jodhpur State, British India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Aditya Katoch (1968–present) |
| Children | Aishwarya Singh (born 1970) |
| Residence(s) | New Delhi (official) Jodhpur (private) |
| Alma mater | University of Jodhpur (now Jai Narain Vyas University) |
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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] She contested but lost in the 2014 Indian general election.[5]