HH Tikka Raja Shri Shatrujit Singh of Kapurthala

Tikka Raja Shatrujit Singh,Crown Prince of Kapurthala(born 27th December 1961)is the elder son of HH Brig Sukhjit Singh,Maharaja of Kapurthala and HH Maharani Gita Devi of Kapurthala, daughter of Meherban Mukhlisan, Sadakat Va Ekhlasinisan Mahobat Hun, Darbar Shri Ala Vajsur Khachar II Sahib, Darbar Sahib of Jasdan, CIE, by his second wife, Rani Madvi Devi Sahib, daughter of RajKumar Gambhir Chand, of Jubbal. He has one brother and two sisters :

• HH Maharajkumar Amanjit Singh of Kapurthala, born July 1966, educated at the Doon School, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, died unmarried 10th November 1991 at Chail, Himachal Pradesh, in a hunting accident.
• HH Maharajkumari Bibiji Gayatri Devi of Kapurthala born at New Delhi, 10th May 1959, educated at Welham Girls School Dehra Dun.
• HH Maharajkumari Bibiji Priti Devi of Kapurthala born at New Delhi, 7th August 1960, educated at Welham Girls School, Dehra Dun. Employed with Shell Oil Co. in Singapore. married (first) at New Delhi, 27th December 1987 (div. 1993), Shri Gautam Thapar, educated the Doon School, Dehra Dun. Chairman Crompton Greaves, Vice Chairman & MD Ballarpur Industries Ltd. (BILT) since 1998, MD BILT Paper Holdings Ltd., Vice Chairman Thapar Centre for Industrial R&D (Patiala), elder son of Brij Mohan Thapar, Chairman BILT Chemicals, English Indian Clays, Bharat Starch Industries and Crompton Greaves. married (second) 20th April 2003, Mr Tarun Kataria educated the Cathedral and John Connon School, Bombay, and Wharton College, University of Pennsylvania, USA, a naturalised US citizen, employed with HSBC in New York, Head of Treasury Sales, Director and Head of Risk Management Adviser Group in Singapore until 2004, and Head of Global Markets Sales (Asia Pacific) at Hong Kong since 2004. She had issue, one daughter by her first husband.
• Princess Shaira Devi, born 1992.

Biography

From the time of his birth he is first in the line of succession to The Throne of Kapurthala and is heir apparent and Crown Prince and Chieftain of Ahluwalia clan. Alumnus of the elite Doon SchoolDehra Dun ,Uttaranchal and graduated from Hindu College, Delhi University Chief Representative in Asia for Moet-Hennessy and Group Advisor to the French firm, Louis Vuitton, he has pioneered the entry of Moet Hennessy, LVMH perfumes and cosmetics and the LVMH fashion group into India, he is also actively involved in various restoration projects in Punjab and has had other initiatives undertaken for the protection of India's Heritage monuments, he was awarded "The Order of Mohammed" by King Hasan II of Morocco for developing outstanding relationships, both cultural and economic, with the Kingdom of Morocco.President Guru Ka Lal Sultan Ul Quam Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Memorial Trust (Regd).

Marriage and children

He was married to Rajkumari Chandralekha Kumari Sahiba, styled Tikka Rani Sahib during her marriage, daughter of Raja Rudra Partab Singh Bahadur, of Bansi, a talukdari of UP. He has issue, an only son:

• HH MK Suryajit Singh (born 28th May 1990)

External links

http://www.4dw.net/royalark/India/kapurth4.htm http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/k/kapurthala.html http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/j/jasdan.html http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/j/jubbal.html

See also

• Ahluwalia
• Kapurthala
• Jagatjit Singh Bahadur
• Louis Vuitton
• LVMH
• Tika

Category :People from Kapurthala