Shrimant Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhosle (born 24 February 1966) is an Indian politician serving as a member of the Loksabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, from Maharashtra since 2024 from Satara.
[3] Bhosale is the 17th holder of the title of Chhatrapati which was founded by the Maratha king Shivaji on his coronation in 1674.
[4] He is addressed as Chhatrapati by some in the media, however the title is entirely ceremonial and in the role of a pretender.
Bhosale was born in Nashik to Pratapsingh and Kalpanaraje.
[5][6] In 2009, 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections he was elected to the Lok Sabha as a Nationalist Congress Party candidate from Satara (Lok Sabha constituency).