Mahendrasinh Rana

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

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| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| office1 = Mayor of Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation

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| birth_place = Gandhinagar, India

| nationality = Indian

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| residence = Gandhinagar, India

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| term_start1 = 2010

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Mahendrasinh Rana was an Indian National Congress politician, who later defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{Cite news|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gujarat-assembly-elections/Gujarat-polls-Congress-suspends-Gandhinagar-mayor/articleshow/17070670.cms|title = Gujarat polls: Congress suspends Gandhinagar mayor|website = The Times of India| date=5 November 2012 |access-date = 2016-04-12}} He was the first mayor of Gandhinagar.{{cite news|title=Mahendrasinh Rana is Gandhinagar mayor|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mahendrasinh-rana-is-gandhinagar-mayor-1540805

|publisher=DNA |date=8 May 2011 | first=Paras K | last=Jha | accessdate=18 October 2018 }}