Vishvaraj Singh Mewar

Vishvaraj Singh Mewar (born 18 May 1969) is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected as MLA from Nathdwara constituency and The 77th custodian of the House of Mewar.

Personal life He is married to Mahima Kumari Mewar, a royal family member and the daughter of Vidya Devi of Bandhi Talukdari (Madhya Pradesh) and Jagdishwari Prasad Singh Deo of Panchkote. She also supports him in canvassing.

He did his schooling from Ajmer and went to Mumbai for completing college studies and settled there in Mewar House. He has been visiting Udaipur frequently.

Political life His father, Mahendra Singh Mewar, made his electoral debut with the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections. He later joined Indian National Congress, after which he lost the 1991 Lok Sabha elections in Chittorgarh and 1996 Lok Sabha elections in Bhilwara. His maternal grandfather Manabendra Shah, was an eight-time Member of Parliament from Tehri Garhwal and also a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.

He is the grandson of Bhagwat Singh of Mewar, the last Maharana of Mewar, and descendant of Rajput warrior Maharana Pratap. His father Mahendra and his uncle Arvind both are claiming to be 76th custodian of the House of Mewar. The matter is currently sub judice.

He defeated incumbent C.P. Joshi, five-term incumbent MLA and former Speaker of the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha. He is an MLA from Nathdwara constituency in 16th Rajasthan Assembly. This is his electoral debut and re-entry of his family into Bharatiya Janata Party after 3 decades. His entry in Bharatiya Janata Party is attributed to Diya Kumari, Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan.

He had written to PM Narendra Modi and the CBFC in 2017 to stop the release of Bhansali's Padmaavat movie to prevent inaccurate portrayal of history and hurting of public sentiments. He had also written to the PM, S Jaishankar (Minister of External Affairs), and G Kishan Reddy (Minister for Tourism) with respect to the consent not being taken for their disputed property being used in G20 Summit.

False Maratha map controversy In 2025, Maharana Vishvaraj Singh Mewar Strongly Objected to an NCERT Map showing Mewar under Maratha rule and sought a correction. The disputed map appears in the Class 8 NCERT history textbook (Part-1, Unit-3, Page 71), showing the political divisions of India during a certain period. Singh said that sometimes Mewar is shown under British rule and at other times under Maratha control, which he described as not just historical ignorance but a deliberate distortion of history. He has written to the Ministry of Education and NCERT demanding an amendment to the concerned map.