Rathore was born on 9 August 1957 at Kelwa, Rajsamand, Rajasthan. His parents were Fateh Singh Rathore and Govind Kunwar. The possessor of a B.Com. degree, he attended Bhupal Nobles College in Udaipur and later became an agriculturalist. He married Praveena Hada on 23 November 1980 and had both a son and a daughter. He was elected to the Parliament of India in May 2014.[1] He died on 27 May 2019.[2]