Padmanabh Singh

Padmanabh Singh (born 2 July 1998) is an Indian polo player and head of the Kachhwaha clan, the erstwhile ruling dynasty of the Jaipur State.

Personal life Padmanabh Singh was born in New Delhi on 2 July 1998 to Diya Kumari, an Indian politician, and her husband, Narendra Singh. He was educated at Mayo College in Ajmer He is known as Pacho by his loved ones and friends, a nickname from his grandmother, Rajmata Padmini Devi.

Singh is the great-grandson of Man Singh II, the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jaipur in the British Raj, though the relationship is not patrilineal. Singh's mother is the only daughter of the late Bhawani Singh, an Indian soldier, hotelier, and the son of Man Singh II. His father is the son of a former member of staff of Bhawani Singh. Singh's parents divorced in 2018.

On 4 June 2024, while in Edinburgh, he, his father, and his sister, Gauravi Kumari, met a serious road accident and sustained injuries. He suffered three major spinal fractures and subsequently underwent surgery, during which a plate and four screws were inserted into his spine.

Polo Padmanabh Singh began playing competitive polo in 2015 in England and has been a member of Guards Polo Club. In 2017, he led the Indian national team at Hurlingham Park in what was the first visit to the venue by an Indian team in over 70 years. His grandfather had led the last successful Indian polo tour of the UK.