Vikramaditya Singh Age, Wife, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Other name	Tikka Sahib [1]Outlook
Profession	Politician
Known for	Being the son of six-time Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Late Virbhadra Singh
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	5' 11" (180 cm)
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Politics
Political Party	Indian National Congress (INC) (2011-present)
Political Journey	• Joined Indian National Congress (INC) party (2011) • Elected as the Himachal Pradesh Youth Congress president (2013) • Contested and won the assembly elections from the Shimla Rural constituency in Himachal Pradesh (2017) • Contested and won the assembly elections from the Shimla Rural constituency in Himachal Pradesh for the second time (2022) • Took oath as a cabinet minister in Himachal Pradesh (8 January 2023) [2]Hindustan Times • Resigned as the cabinet minister (28 February 2024) [3]Hindustan Times • Contested the Lok Sabha election from the Mandi constituency in Himachal Pradesh and lost to his BJP rival Kangana Ranaut by a margin of 74,755 votes
Personal Life
Date of Birth	17 October 1989 (Tuesday)
Age (as of 2023)	34 Years
Birthplace	Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Zodiac sign	Libra
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Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Sarahan, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
School	Bishop Cotton School, Shimla [4]Vikramaditya Singh - Facebook
College/University	• Hansraj College, University of Delhi, New Delhi • St. Stephen's College, New Delhi
Educational Qualification(s)	• Bachelor of Arts degree in History (Hons.) [5]India Today • Master of Arts degree in History [6]My Neta
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Rajput [7]Indian Rajputs
Address	Padam Palace, Rampur Bushahr, Himachal Pradesh
Hobbies	Mountaineering, cycling, wildlife photography, reading autobiographies and historical books
Controversies	Cases Where Pending • 1 charge related to the delivery of coin as genuine, which, when first possessed, the deliverer did not know to be counterfeit (IPC Section-241) • 5 charges related to punishment for being a member of an unlawful assembly (IPC Section-143) • 2 charges related to disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant (IPC Section-188) • 2 charges related to Punishment for wrongful restraint (IPC Section-341) • 1 charge related to an act endangering the life or personal safety of others (IPC Section-336) • 1 charge related to public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property (IPC Section-169) • 1 charge related to Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life (IPC Section-270) • FIR filed for allegedly accumulating disproportionate assets The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case on 23 September 2015 against the former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh for allegedly accumulating disproportionate assets worth Rs 10 crores when he served as the Union Minister in the UPA government from 2009-2012. The charge sheet framed by the CBI accused his wife Pratibha Singh, his son Vikramaditya Singh, and his daughter Aparajita Singh of allegedly encouraging the crime and misappropriating the funds. Virbhadra and his family members were levied with the charges of cheating and forgery as they invested the illegal funds in LIC policies with the help of an agent and tried to evade tax by showing the funds as an agricultural income obtained from the sale proceeds of apples. They were charged under sections 109 (abetment) and 465 (punishment for forgery) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA). [8]The Times of India • Accusations of domestic exploitation On 17 October 2022, a case was filed under section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act by Sudarshana Chundawat at the Udaipur court against her husband Vikramaditya Singh, mother-in-law Pratibha Singh, sister-in-law Aparajita Singh, brother-in-law Angad Singh, and Amreen, a resident of Chandigarh for allegedly harassing her mentally, emotionally, and financially. In her complaint, Sudarshana alleged that her husband installed CCTV cameras in her room to monitor her and had an extramarital affair with Amreen, a 38-year-old resident of Chandigarh. She revealed that Vikramaditya wanted to marry Amreen at first, but his father, Virbhadra Singh, threatened to disown him if he went against his decision of marrying Amreen. When Sudarshana confronted Vikramaditya about his affair, he threatened her and pressurized her to divorce. As per some media sources, after Sudarshana filed the case, a non-bailable warrant was issued against Vikramaditya and his mother, Pratibha Singh by the Udaipur court in December 2022, but Vikramaditya denied getting any kind of warrant and said, There was no order passed by the court regarding issuance of non-bailable warrants. Rather, we have accepted the notices. We are not evading the law. There has been no default on our part, so there is no question of issuing warrants against us.” [9]The Indian Express
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	8 March 2019
Marriage Place	Kanotagarh palace in Jaipur
Family
Wife/Spouse	Sudarshana Chundawat (art connoisseur, digital illustrator, and photographer)
Parents	Father- Virbhadra Singh (politician) (b. 1934; d. 2021) Mother- Pratibha Singh (politician)
Siblings	Sister- Aparajita Singh Step-sister(s)- 4 • Jyotsna Kumari • Anuradha Kumari (deceased) • Abhilasha Kumari (judge) • Meenakshi Kumari
Other Relative	Grandfather- • Paternal- Raja Padam Singh (121st titular Maharaja of Bushahr) • Maternal- Hitendra Sen Grandmother • Paternal- Rani Shanti Devi • Maternal- Shanta Devi Step-mother- Ratna Kumari Brother-in-law- Angad Singh (Aparajita's husband; grandson of Captain Amarinder Singh)
Favourites
Book	India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha (an Indian author)
Place	Sarahan in Himachal Pradesh
Style Quotient
Car Collection	• Mahindra XUV 500 • Ford Endeavour • Mahindra Thar • Nexa lgnis Zeta
Money Factor
Assets/Properties	Movable Assets • Cash: Rs 2,00,000 • Deposits in Banks, Financial Institutions and Non-Banking Financial Companies: Rs 1,29,22,251 • Bonds, Debentures and Shares in companies: Rs 1,82,75,537 • LIC or other insurance Policies: Rs 1,20,23,597 • Personal loans/advance given: Rs 1,60,61,563 • Motor Vehicles: 63,20,000 • Jewellery: Rs 29,32,740 • Other assets, such as values of claims/interests: Rs 1000000 Immovable Assets • Agricultural Land: Rs 11,93,08,940 • Non-Agricultural Land: Rs 77,82,646 • Commercial Buildings: Rs 11,86,00,000 • Residential Buildings: Rs 65,77,00,000 Note: The given estimates of movable and immovable assets are according to the year 2022. It excludes the assets owned by his wife and dependents (minor). [10]My Neta
Net Worth (approx.)	As of 2022, Vikramaditya's net worth is estimated to be Rs 95,92,56,307 Note: It excludes the net worth of his wife and dependents (minors). [11]My Neta

Some Lesser Known Facts About Vikramaditya Singh

• Vikramaditya Singh is an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress. He is the son of Virbhadra Singh, who held the post of Himachal Pradesh’s Chief Minister six times, and his second wife, Pratibha Singh. In December 2022, he came into the headlines after his wife, Sudarshana Chundawat, filed a case against him and accused him and his mother of domestic violence.

• Vikramaditya’s father, Virbhadra Singh, was a politician and a member of the Indian National Congress (INC). On 8 July 2021, at the age of 87, Virbhadra breathed his last after suffering from multi-organ failure at the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) in Shimla. Her mother, Pratibha Singh, a member of the Indian National Congress, who served as the MP (member of parliament) from the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency, was appointed as the Chief of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee on 26 April 2022.

• Vikramaditya has a pet dog, Mr Coco, and he often shares pictures of his pet on various social media platforms.
  

  Vikramaditya Singh with his pet dog Mr Coco

• Vikramaditya is a fitness enthusiast, and he workouts regularly to keep himself healthy and fit.
  

  Vikramaditya Singh posing after completing his workout session

• During his school days, Vikramaditya actively participated in several rifle shooting competitions and even represented his state at the national level. He won a bronze medal at the Rifle and Trap shooting Competition in 2007.

• In 2011, Vikramaditya contested and won the Himachal Pradesh Youth Congress presidential elections, but the Foundation for Advanced Management of Elections (FAME) declared the elections as null and void because Vikramaditya was found breaching the Model Code of Conduct, and subsequently he was barred from re-contesting the 2012 presidential elections. In 2013, he contested again and was elected as the State Youth Congress President. ^[12]Business Standard

• Vikramaditya was appointed as the president of the Himachal Pradesh State Rifle Association on 13 October 2013, and he also served as a member of the National Rifle Association.

• In 2015, Vikramaditya was appointed as the director of the Himachal Vikas Nigam.

• In 2017, Vikramaditya Singh became the first member of the legislative assembly to be elected from the Shimla rural constituency in Himachal Pradesh. ^[13]The Times of India

• In 2018, during the 13th Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly session, Vikramaditya and his father, Virbhadra Singh, took oath as members from the Shimla Rural constituency and Arki Assembly constituency respectively, which was the first time in Himachal Pradesh’s history that a father and son took the oath together in the same assembly session.

• In October 2018, Vikramaditya and Sudarshana got engaged in Udaipur. Sudarshana, daughter of Thakur Dheer Singh, hailed from the royal family of Amet in Rajasthan. However, the couple separated after a few months of marriage.

• Vikramaditya was appointed as the general secretary of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee in February 2019.

• Virbhadra Singh, the father of Vikramaditya Singh, became the 122nd titular Maharaja of Bushahr in 1947, at the age of 13, after the demise of his father Raja Padam Singh. Two days after Virbadhra Singh’s demise, on 10 July 2021, Vikramaditya was crowned as the titular “Raja Sahib” of the erstwhile princely state of Bushahr after the Raj Tilak ceremony (Coronation ceremony; a tradition to crown the king/ruler, who would carry forward the family’s legacy), which was held at the Padam Palace in Rampur. The ceremony signified that all the duties earlier performed by his father would now be performed by his heir, Vikramaditya. At first, he was hesitant of performing the ceremony because he believed that Indian democracy doesn’t entertain such titles, but after his family members persuaded him, Vikramaditya obliged and agreed to perform it. ^[14]The Tribune