Fact Check: Did Stalin’s only daughter marry an Indian? Know the truth of the claim

New Delhi: When dictators are mentioned in the world, the name of one person is taken even before Hitler. That person was Joseph Stalin, the leader and ruler of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin was the ruler before whom even Hitler’s army had surrendered. However, today we are going to tell you not about Joseph Stalin but about his/her only daughter Svetlana.

what was claimed

Recently a thread was found on social media whether Joseph Stalin’s daughter had really married a former Indian prince. In fact @siddharthkg7 The user named told about a love story on X. About which many people were unaware. he/she claimed that Joseph Stalin’s daughter Svetlana had married Brajesh Singh. Let us know how much truth is there in this claim.

What was found in the investigation?

When Sajjag’s team investigated this post of X, a Times of India Report Found. In which it was told that Svetlana loved Brajesh but she could not marry him/her. Although in her heart she had accepted him/her as her husband. Therefore she is called the formal wife of Brajes Singh.

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Sajak’s team then looked at other media reports, including one from the magazine. Report Found. In whatever case he/she had claimed, his/her marriage could not take place and his/her dream remained unfulfilled.

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Svetlana was Stalin’s only daughter.

Russian ruler Joseph Stalin had not one but two marriages. he/she had a son from his/her first wife and a girl and a boy from his/her second marriage. Stalin named his/her daughter Svetlana Stalin. However, after Stalin’s death, when Nikita Khrushchev took power in 1954, he/she exposed Stalin’s cruel face to the world. After which it became difficult for Svetlana to even step out of the house. Fed up with people’s taunts, Svetlana changed her surname to her mother’s. After which she started being called Svetlana Aliluyeva.

Love story started from hospital

Although changing the surname did not make much difference, people from the ruling party always kept an eye on him/her. Meanwhile, one day her health deteriorated and she was admitted to a hospital. When she was admitted in the hospital, she met a man there. Who was Brajesh Singh and he/she worked in a press in Moscow. Svetlana and Brajesh talked a lot in the hospital. This conversation continued even after they were discharged from the hospital. Gradually the conversation turned into love and both came closer to each other.

sought permission to go to india

When their love blossomed, Svetlana planned to marry Brajesh. he/she met the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union and asked for his/her permission. However, Svetlana did not get permission from there. he/she said that Svetlana should marry a Russian citizen. Brajesh died in 1966 while seeking permission. After Brajesh’s death, Svetlana wanted to bring his/her ashes to India but she did not get permission to travel abroad. However, he/she did not give up and then a year later in 1967, he/she met the then Premier of Russia Leonid Brezhnev and asked for permission to go to India and he/she got permission.

Spent many years in Brajesh Singh’s village

After which Svetlana came to India in 1967 and spent several months in Brajesh Singh’s village Kalakankar in Pratapgarh district and then came to Delhi. Svetlana liked India and asked permission from the Indian government to live here. However, India did not give him/her permission at that time. When the Kremlin came to know about this, they sent orders to Svetlana to return to Moscow but she refused.

Svetlana went to America

Then, in March 1967, Richard Celeste, assistant to US Ambassador to India Chester Bowles, received an important call from CIA’s Delhi Station Chief Dave Bly. Bly asks Celeste to come to his/her office immediately. Upon reaching the embassy, ​​Celeste learns that a woman has come to the embassy claiming that she is the daughter of Joseph Stalin. This claim left everyone stunned. If this claim were true, it could have serious political consequences. After this, Svetlana was sent to Switzerland by special plane that night. Where George Keenan told that she was actually Stalin’s daughter. After which he/she set foot in New York on 12 April 1967. After which the news came that amidst the Cold War, the Kremlin’s princess had come to America to seek refuge for freedom. However, after this the relations between India and the Soviet Union turned sour. The Soviet Union alleged that CIA officers helped Svetlana escape to the United States. After which Rikhi Jaipal from India, who was an officer in the Special Ministry at that time, was sent to Switzerland where she got Svetlana to sign a letter. In which it was written that the Indian authorities did not help him/her at all.

Conclusion: On Social Media The claim of Joseph Stalin’s daughter marrying an Indian prince is just a rumour. In Sajjak’s investigation, no such report was found where there were pictures of both the weddings. However, according to TOI and Pratrika reports, both were not married.