Raninder Singh was born on 2 August 1967 and is an Indian politician and sports administrator from Punjab, India, and son of former Chief Minister of Punjab, Amarinder Singh.
12 Facts About Raninder Singh
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Raninder Singh is the titular heir to the historical royal Phulkian dynasty of Patiala.
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Raninder Singh attended Yadavindra Public School, Patiala and subsequently studied at The Doon School, Dehradun.
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Raninder Singh graduated from St Stephen's College, Delhi and completed a master of business administration degree from Buckingham University, UK in 1990.
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Raninder Singh started his political career in late 1990s, by assisting with the election campaigns of his father and mother Preneet Kaur, an Indian National Congress Member of Parliament from the Patiala Lok Sabha constituency, four times, 1999,2004,2009 and 2019.
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Raninder Singh unsuccessfully contested for Lok Sabha elections against Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the wife of Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal in the 2009 Indian general election, from Bathinda, in a high-profile run up to the elections.
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Raninder Singh lost in the 2012 Punjab Assembly elections in from the Samana constituency.
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Raninder Singh was appointed as the President of the National Rifle Association of India in December 2009.
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Raninder Singh won from his nearest rival Shyam Singh Yadav by a landslide majority.
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Raninder Singh has been an accomplished international level trap shooter himself.
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Raninder Singh was elected as one of the vice-presidents of the International Shooting Sports Federation in November 2018 and he was the first Indian to be elected as vice-president of the ISSF.
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Raninder Singh served as one of the ISSF vice-presidents until November 2022.