Leishemba Sanajaoba

Leishemba Sanajaoba
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 June 2020
Preceded byBhabananda Singh
ConstituencyManipur
Personal details
Born (1972-03-01) 1 March 1972 (age 52)
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Parent
  • Maharaja Okendrajit Singh (father)
RelativesBodhchandra Singh (grandfather)
also see Kingdom of Manipur
Residence(s)Royal Palace Compound, Imphal, Imphal East District, Manipur
Alma materB.A. (English Hons.), Maharaja Bodhchandra College
Source: [1]

Leishemba Sanajaoba is the current member of the former royal family of the princely state of Manipur in India, and a politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party from Manipur. In 2020, he was elected as the member of Rajya Sabha from Manipur.[1][2][3] He is often addressed with the honorific "maharaja", which is not a statutory title.[4] He continues to be the symbolic and spiritual head of ritualistic traditions of the erstwhile kingdom of Manipur.[1]

  1. ^ a b Pradip Phanjoubam (25 March 2020). "A new twist in the plot in Manipur". The Telegraph (India).
  2. ^ "Manipur titular king Leishemba files nomination as BJP candidate for Rajya Sabha polls". NE Now. 14 March 2020.
  3. ^ "BJP candidate Leishemba Sanajaoba wins RS election in Manipur". EastMojo. 25 March 2020.
  4. ^ R. K. Nimal (23 June 2020), "Is Manipur still a Kingdom?", Imphal Free Press