Raninder Singh
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Raninder Singh
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|8|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Patiala, Punjab, India
| residence = Patiala
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = President of the National Rifle Association of India
| term_start = December 2009
| office1 = Vice President of the International Shooting Sport Federation
| constituency1 =
| term_start1 = November 2018
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| successor1 =
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| otherparty = Punjab Lok Congress
Indian National Congress
| father = Captain Amarinder Singh
| mother = Preneet Kaur
| spouse = Rishma Kaur (m. 1995)
| children = 3
| website =
| module = {{infobox pretender
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| dynasty = Phulkian
| title = Yuvraj of Patiala
| regent = Maharaja Amarinder Singh
| reign = 17 June 1974 – present
| predecessor = Amarinder Singh
| pretend from = 17 June 1974–present
| year = Sovereign monarchy
1947 (Instrument of Accession)
Titular monarchy
1971 (26th Amendment of the Indian Constitution)
| suc-type = {{nowrap|Heir apparent}}
| successor = Yadauindra Singh II
}}
}}
Raninder Singh (born 2 August 1967) is an Indian politician from Punjab, India, and son of the former Chief Minister of Punjab Amarinder Singh.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Is-Yuvraj-Raninder-heading-Kaka-Ji-Sukhbirs-way/articleshow/22392117.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103122759/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-09-16/chandigarh/27314250_1_political-aspirations-political-affairs-political-heirs|url-status=live|archive-date=3 November 2012|work=The Times of India|title=Is 'Yuvraj' Raninder heading Kaka Ji Sukhbir's way?|date=16 September 2002}} He is the titular heir to the historical royal Phulkian dynasty of Patiala.
Early life and education
Belonging to royal house of Patiala, Singh is son of Amarinder Singh and Preneet Kaur. He has a sister Jai Inder Kaur. He attended Yadavindra Public School, Patiala and subsequently studied at The Doon School, Dehradun. He graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and completed a master of business administration degree from Buckingham University, UK in 1990.
Career
He started his political career in late 1990s, by assisting with the election campaigns of his father and mother Preneet Kaur, an Indian National Congress MP from the Patiala Lok Sabha constituency, four times, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2019.{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990907/ige07150.html|title=Patiala contestants 'satisfied' with campaign|date=7 September 1999|work=Indian Express}}
Subsequently he joined the Youth Congress division of the party himself. In 2005, he was appointed General Secretary of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) in 2005 and made in-charge of the Bathinda district. In the coming years, he worked in the region, and as a result he was credited for Congress winning the maximum seats in the Malwa region, in the State Assembly elections in India, 2007, while the party faced a rout in Majha and Doaba regions of Punjab.{{cite web|url=http://www.nriinternet.com/NRIcongressparty/Indian_Leaders/A_Z/R/Raninder_Singh/BIO.htm|title=Raninder Singh- Bathinda Parliamentary Constituency (the son of Capt. Amarinder Singh )|access-date=29 June 2010|archive-date=8 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108144755/http://www.nriinternet.com/NRIcongressparty/Indian_Leaders/A_Z/R/Raninder_Singh/BIO.htm|url-status=live}}
He unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha elections against Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the wife of Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal in 2009 general elections, from Bathinda, in a high-profile run up to the elections.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/06/stories/2009050659880700.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513060826/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/06/stories/2009050659880700.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 May 2009|title=It's Badals vs. Patiala royals in Punjab|date=6 May 2009|work=The Hindu|location=Chennai, India}}{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ruling-singhs-vs-ousted-singhs-in-punjab/91968-37.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509155604/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ruling-singhs-vs-ousted-singhs-in-punjab/91968-37.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 May 2009|title=Ruling Singhs vs ousted Singhs in Punjab|date=7 May 2009|publisher=CNN-IBN}}
He lost 2012 Punjab Assembly elections in 2012 from Samana constituency.{{Cite web |date=March 6, 2012 |title=Punjab assembly elections 2012: Prominent winners and losers |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2012/punjab/story/punjab-assembly-elections-2012-winners-losers-95209-2012-03-06 |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=India Today |language=en}}
President of National Rifle Association of India
He was appointed as the President of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) in December 2009. He won from his nearest rival Shyam Singh Yadav by a landslide majority. He has been an accomplished international level trap shooter himself.{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-29/shooting/28237794_1_nrai-shooting-federation-commonwealth-shooting-championships | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707042110/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-29/shooting/28237794_1_nrai-shooting-federation-commonwealth-shooting-championships | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 July 2012 | work=The Times of India | title=Raninder Singh appointed NRAI president | date=29 December 2010}}{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article2992234.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=NRAI clarifies on Olympic selection | date=14 March 2012}}
He was elected as Vice President of International Shooting Sports Federation in November 2018.
Personal life
He married Rishma Kaur (née Dhingra), daughter of Kuldip Singh Dhingra and Meeta Dhingra of Berger Paints India Limited in 1995, and the couple have one son, Yadauinder Singh (b. 2003), and two daughters namely Seherinder Kaur (b.1996) and Inayatinder Kaur (b.1999).[http://www.magnamags.com/society/features/berger-paint-s-royal-connection/1466 Berger Paint’s royal connection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309071251/http://www.magnamags.com/society/features/berger-paint-s-royal-connection/1466 |date=9 March 2014 }}, 12 Sept 2013.
References
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- [http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/GE/GE2009/Affidavits/S19/GE/11/RANINDER%20SINGH/RANINDER%20SINGH.htm General Election 2009 - Affidavits filed by Ranninder Singh] Office of Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab
External links
- [http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/p/patiala.html Genealogy of rulers of Patiala] Queensland University
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Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India
Category:The Doon School alumni