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	'''Pratapsingh Raoji Rane''' (born 28 January 1939) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician from the state of [[Goa]] and former Leader Of Opposition in the Goa state assembly. He has served as the [[Chief Minister of Goa]] six times - from 1980 to 1985, 1985 to 1989, for three months in 1990, from 1994 to 1999, a month in 2005 and finally in 2005–07.		'''Pratapsingh Raoji Rane''' (born 28 January 1939) is an Indian politician from the state of [[Goa]] and former Leader Of Opposition in the Goa state assembly. He has served as the [[Chief Minister of Goa]] six times - from 1980 to 1985, 1985 to 1989, for three months in 1990, from 1994 to 1999, a month in 2005 and finally in 2005–07.

	Rane has been a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] since the mid-1970s, and was earlier a prominent figure in the [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]. In the MGP, he was minister for law and also held other portfolios, in the term beginning 1972.		Rane has been a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] since the mid-1970s, and was earlier a prominent figure in the [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]. In the MGP, he was minister for law and also held other portfolios, in the term beginning 1972.

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Pratapsingh Rane.jpg
| name = Pratapsingh Raoji Rane
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|1|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sanquelim]], [[Goa]], [[Portuguese India]]
| residence = [[Sanquelim]], [[Goa]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency =
| office = [[List of Chief Ministers of Goa#Chief Ministers of Goa|3rd]] [[Chief Minister of Goa]]
| term_start = 7 June 2005
| term_end = 8 June 2007
| governor = [[S. C. Jamir]]
| predecessor = ''[[President's rule]]''
| successor = [[Digambar Kamat]]
| term_start2 = 2 February 2005
| term_end2 = 4 March 2005
| governor2 = [[S. C. Jamir]]
| predecessor2 = [[Manohar Parrikar]]
| successor2 = ''[[President's rule]]''
| term_start3 = 16 December 1994
| term_end3 = 29 July 1998
| governor3 = [[Gopala Ramanujam]] [[Romesh Bhandari]] [[P.C. Alexander]] [[T. R. Satish Chandran]] [[J. F. R. Jacob]]
| predecessor3 = [[Wilfred de Souza]]
| successor3 = [[Wilfred de Souza]]
| term_start4 = 16 January 1980
| term_end4 = 27 March 1990
| governor4 = [[P. S. Gill]] [[Jagmohan]] [[I H Latif]] [[K. T. Satarawala]] [[Gopal Singh (politician)|Gopal Singh]] [[Khurshed Alam Khan]]
| predecessor4 = ''[[President's rule]]''
| successor4 = [[Churchill Alemao]]
| office5 = Member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start5 = 1989
| term_end5 =
| predecessor5 = constituency established
| successor5 =
| constituency5 = [[Poriem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Poriem]]
| termstart6 = 1972
| term_end6 = 1989
| predecessor6 = K.G. Appa
| successor6 = constituency delimited
| constituency6 = [[Sattari]]
| office7 = Speaker of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
| termstart7 = 1999
| termend7 = 2002
| predecessor7 = [[Tomazinho Cardozo]]
| successor7 = [[Vishwas Satarkar]]
| termstart8 = 2007
| termend8 = 2012
| predecessor8 = [[Francisco Sardinha]]
| successor8 = [[Rajendra Arlekar]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse =
| children =
| website =
| footnotes =
| source = https://web.archive.org/web/20060707212453/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/profile.php?memberid=3&class=gov Government of Goa
}}
'''Pratapsingh Raoji Rane''' (born 28 January 1939) is an [[India]]n politician from the state of [[Goa]] and former Leader Of Opposition in the Goa state assembly. He has served as the [[Chief Minister of Goa]] six times - from 1980 to 1985, 1985 to 1989, for three months in 1990, from 1994 to 1999, a month in 2005 and finally in 2005–07.

Rane has been a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] since the mid-1970s, and was earlier a prominent figure in the [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]. In the MGP, he was minister for law and also held other portfolios, in the term beginning 1972.

== Early life ==

{{Sources needed|date=April 2021}}

Rane completed his primary education in SSPMS Boarding school, [[Pune]] and later got his BBA degree in the United States. He comes from the prominent [[Maratha]] family of the Ranes that dominated politics out of their home in the north eastern pocket of Sattari in Goa. They have had a set of revolts and peace treaties with the Portuguese while the latter were ruling Goa. The family traces their roots to the [[Rane (clan)|Rane clan]] of [[Marathas]].

He dominated politics in Goa for the entire decade of the 1980s, and for part of the 1990s. His achievements include the launching of the [[Kadamba Transport Corporation]] government-run bus transport system in [[Goa]] which had a poor transportation system, which could still do with further improvements. He started Schools and Colleges in rural areas.

During his tenure as a Chief Minister, and also the [[Goa University]] was established. He built a network of all weather roads connecting villages and Towns in Goa. Number of Industrial Estates and Industrial Training Institutes were stated during his tenure which helped Goa to industrialise.

He undertook to build small and big Irrigation Projects in various parts of Goa. He is also a founder member of the International Centre Goa and a founder member of [[Goa Institute of Management]], a premier Management Institute in [[India]].

== Political career ==

In the 1980s, dissidents within the ruling Congress party sought to dislodge Rane from power, by appealing to [[New Delhi]] mostly unsuccessfully. Some of his later tenures in power earned criticism allegedly because of growing corruption during his regime. He was leader of the Opposition while the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) ruled Goa from the late-1990s until early 2005. His critics, like the then editor of the local Goa newspaper ''Herald'' or ''[[O Heraldo]]'', Rajan Narayan criticised Rane for not doing enough as the leader of the Opposition.

Rane became chief minister after the Congress's first-ever win in [[Goa]] in 1980 mainly as a "consensus candidate", after a bitter battle for the top political slot between the then two Congress heavyweights, Dr [[Wilfred de Souza]] and [[Anant Narcinva Naik]], also known as Babu Naik. Naik was subsequently largely marginalised in state politics, while Souza served under Rane in some of his cabinets.

After 5 years of [[BJP]] rule, Rane began his fifth term as chief minister in February 2005 after the government fell due to a split in the Goa BJP. A month later, however, the state was put under president’s rule for three months. Rane then served as chief minister for the sixth time, for two years until the June 2007 state elections. Though the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] and its allies won a comfortable majority, Rane was forced to step aside as chief minister due to infighting within the state Congress party, and was forced to step aside in favor of a neutral candidate, [[Digambar Kamat]]. Rane was, however, elected speaker of the state assembly when it reconvened a few days later. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220030/http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=45666]

== Personal ==

By profession, Rane is an [[agriculturist]]. He is married. He enjoys reading and watching [[Marathi language|Marathi]] Drama and also enjoys English Theatre and Western and Indian Classical Music. He loves playing the Piano.

==Controversy==

After the BJP attempted a "show of strength" to take over the Goa house, they were stifled by Rane. The BJP accused Rane of acting in a partisan manner to protect the Congress led government.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120731002623/http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=90195 Goa Speaker acting in partisan manner: BJP-led front] 30 July 2007</ref>

He has also been accused by businessman [[Bhalchandra Naik]] for demanding Rs 10 Crore for being granted Environmental clearance for a mine, of which Rs 6 Crore had been paid to his son [[Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane|Vishwajit Rane]], MLA from [[Valpoi]]

Recently Into a controversy for calling Goans in UK as toilet cleaners.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060707212453/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/profile.php?memberid=3&class=gov Goa Assembly - Chief Minister Profile, official version]

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