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Yashodhara Raje Scindia (born London, 19 June 1954) is an Indian politician from the Maratha clan, and is the current minister for Commerce, Industries and Employment and Chairman Madhya Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation in the state of Madhya Pradesh. She is the youngest daughter of Jivajirao Scindia, Maratha Maharaja of Gwalior, and the Late Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia 〔()〕 of Gwalior. She was elected from Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency) to the 15th Lok Sabha, having earlier won a by-election in 2007 and recently won Assembly seat from Shivpuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Madhya Pradesh. She educated at The Cathedral and John Connon School in Bombay, then the Presentation Convent, Kodaikanal, and her final 2 years at the Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior,〔()〕 a school founded by her mother. ==Personal life and family== Her siblings are Vasundhra Raje Scindia Chief Minister of Rajasthan, late Madhavrao Scindia, Padmavati Raje 'Akkasaheb' Burman and Usharaje Rana. Her brother was Madhavrao Scindia who was born in 1945. He was an eminent politician belonging to the Indian National Congress Party Indian National Congress as opposed to his mother and sisters who belong to the Bhartiya Janata Party. He was married to Madhavi Raje Scindia of Nepal and had two children Chitrangada Raje Scindia who is married into the erstwhile royal family of Kashmir.〔()〕 and Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia the current Member of Parliament from the Congress Party of the Guna constituency in Madhya Pradesh. Madhav Rao died in a plane crash in 2001. Her other sister is Vasundhara Raje Scindia of Dholpur who is the Current Chief Minister of Rajasthan and a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. She has one son Dushyant who is currently the Member of Parliament from the Jhalawar constituency in Rajasthan.〔()〕 Yashodhara moved to New Orleans, USA in 1977 after marrying Sidharth Bhansali a cardiologist. She has 3 children, Akshay a producer at MTV Desi in New York 〔()〕 (26 yrs), Abhishek a student at the NYU Stern School of business (born in 1985) and Trishala a student at NYU (born in 1988). Whilst there, she was amongst other things, board member of the Delta Festival Ballet, an Advisory Board Member of the Contemporary Art Center, a Fellow of the New Orleans Museum of Art 〔()〕 as well as single handedly raised a quarter of a million dollars for the Audubon zoological society.〔()〕 The funds were dedicated to a permanent Indian exhibit space at the Audubon zoo (Voted the # 3 zoo in the whole of USA). After raising the funds she conceptualized and supervised the making of the entire exhibit which was made by local craftsmen in India and then transported in small pieces by sea and re-assembled at the site.〔()〕 She finalized her divorce and joined politics after returning to India in 1994.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.veethi.com/india-people/yashodhara_raje_scindia-profile-3615-19.htm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yashodhara Raje Scindia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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