Sambhaji Raje
Chhatrapati Sambhajiraje Bhosale is a member in the upper house of Indian Parliament. He is heir to Kolhapur royal family as the 13th direct descendant of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji and great grandson of Chhatrapati Shahu of Kolhapur.
Low profile and soft-spoken, he was the face of Maratha protest for reservation in 2016–17. Sambhaji Raje unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha polls from Kolhapur in 2009. He is currently a member of Bharatiya Janta Party.
On 11 June 2016, he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by then President of India, Pranab Mukherjee.
