Raninder Singh

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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name =Raninder Singh
| image =
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| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1967|8|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Patiala]], [[Punjab, India|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 Sports Federation
| constituency1 =
| term_start1 = November 2018
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| party =[[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| father = Captain [[Amarinder Singh]]
| mother = [[Preneet Kaur]]
| spouse = Rishma Kaur
| children = 3
| website =
| module = {{infobox royalty
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| dynasty = [[Phulkian]]
| succession = Titular [[Yuvraj]] (Crown Prince) of [[Patiala]]
| reign = 17 June 1974 – present
| reign-type = Tenure
| regent = [[Amarinder Singh|Maharaja Amarinder Singh]]
| reg-type = Monarch
| predecessor = [[Amarinder Singh]]
| suc-type = {{nowrap|[[Heir apparent]]}}
| successor = Yadauindra Singh II
}}
}}

'''Raninder Singh''' (born 2 August 1967) is an [[India]]n politician from [[Punjab, India]], and son of the incumbent [[Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister of Punjab]] [[Amarinder Singh]]. <ref name="to">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-09-16/chandigarh/27314250_1_political-aspirations-political-affairs-political-heirs|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=dead|archive-date=3 November 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Is ‘Yuvraj’ Raninder heading Kaka Ji Sukhbir’s way?|date=16 September 2002}}</ref> He is the titular heir to the Phulkian royal dynasty of Patiala.

==Early life and education==
He belongs to royal house of [[Patiala]] belonging to the [[Phulkian]] dynasty, and 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]]. Thereafter he graduated from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] and afterward completed a master of business administration degree from [[Buckingham University]], UK in 1990.<ref name=nr/>

==Career==
He started his political career in late 1990s, by assisting during the election campaigns of his father and mother [[Preneet Kaur]], an [[Indian National Congress]] MP from the [[Patiala (Lok Sabha constituency)|Patiala]] [[Lok Sabha]] constituency, three times, 1999, 2004 and 2009.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Subsequently joined the Youth Congress division of 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 (Punjab)|Malwa]] region, in the [[State Assembly elections in India, 2007]], while the party faced a rout in [[Majha]] and [[Doaba]] regions of Punjab.<ref name=nr>{{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 )}}</ref><ref name="hi"/>

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 (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bathinda]], in a high-profile run up to the elections.<ref name="hi">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

He lost 2012 Punjab Assembly elections in 2012 from Samana constituency.<ref>http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/punjab-assembly-elections-2012-winners-losers/1/176711.html</ref>

==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

He was elected as Vice President of International Shooting Sports Federation in November 2018.

==Personal life==
He married Rishma Kaur (nee 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).<ref name=bio1>[http://www.magnamags.com/society/features/berger-paint-s-royal-connection/1466 Berger Paint’s royal connection], 12 Sept 2013.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [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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