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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rana Kanwar Pal Singh
| image = Eana K. P. Singh Official portrait 2017.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption =
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1957|10|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Jhandian ([[East Punjab|Punjab]], [[India]])
| residence =[[Rupnagar]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = '''[[List of Speakers of Punjab Legislative Assembly|Speaker of Punjab assembly]]'''
| term_start = 27 March 2017
| term_end =
| predecessor =[[Charanjit Singh Atwal]]
| successor =
| governor = [[V. P. Singh Badnore]]
| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 2002, 2007, 2017
| term_end1 =
| successor1 =
| party =[[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Shashi Rana
| children = 1 son and 2 daughters
| website =
| footnotes =
| date =26 June |
| year = 2018 |
| source = http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&Itemid=119&id=23|constituency=[[Anandpur Sahib]]|constituency1=[[Anandpur Sahib]]
}}

'''Rana Kanwar Pal Singh''' (born 16 October 1957) is an [[Indian politician]] from [[Indian National Congress|INC]] and a member of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=User |first1=Super |title=Speaker |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&Itemid=119&id=23 |website=punjabassembly.nic.in |accessdate=4 July 2018 |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Know the new Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker, Rana KP Singh |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/know-the-new-punjab-vidhan-sabha-speaker-rana-kp-singh/story-OBx8t4LsHiXdQJwnb7cwOI.html |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |date=27 March 2017}}</ref> Currently he is the [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Speaker|url=http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&Itemid=119&id=23|access-date=2020-08-17|website=www.punjabassembly.nic.in}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==

=== Early life ===
Singh was born in a Prominent [[Hindu]] [[Rajput]] [[Katoch]] family in Rupnagar. His family have vast lands in Punjab and had in [[Lyalpur]] of pre-partition [[Punjab]].

=== Education ===
After completing his primary education/schooling from Nurpur Bedi, District Ropar, he did his graduation from Government College, Ropar. Subsequently, he obtained the professional degree of LLB and started practice as an Advocate.

== Political career ==
A voracious reader by nature, he took keen an interest in agriculture apart from being a successful lawyer. He joined [[Indian National Congress]] through its youth organization Youth Congress in the year 1975 and since then he has been working continuously and untiringly for the people of Ropar district.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Indian Constitution is best, says Rana KP|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/indian-constitution-is-best-says-rana-kp-32316|access-date=2020-08-17|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref> He has contested assembly elections from [[Nangal]] and [[Anandpur Sahib]] constituency 4 times since 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-20|title=SAD pushes for discussion on power hike, 'scams'|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/sad-pushes-for-discussion-on-power-hike-scams-6276899/|access-date=2020-08-17|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

He was elected as MLA from Nangal Constituency and Anandpur Sahib constituency in 2007. In 2002 he was appointed as a Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board and [[Parliamentary Secretary]] (Industry & Commerce) in [[Government of Punjab, India|Punjab Government]]. He worked as a Chairman of various Assembly Committees. Apart from being associated with party organizations, he was also appointed as Senator in Punjab University from the year 2002–07.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loksabhatv.nic.in/shri-rana-kp-singh|title = Shri Rana K.P. Singh | Lok Sabha Television}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

=== Family ===
He got married with Rani Shashi Kanta a [[Bhati]] Rajput on 6 May 1981. He has two daughters (Married) and one son.

=== Other Works ===
He is associated with various congress party organizations and served the same as, Gen Sec. Punjab Youth Cong., Gen. Sec. Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee, Spokesman [[Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee]] and Member of [[All India Congress Committee]] and Vice President of [[Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee]]. He is against of putting [[Rajput]] [[Sikhs]] in Backward Class because of their glorious past. And was also appointed as Chief Patron of 'All India Rajput Student Union'.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=nationnews.in|last2=www.nationnews.in|last3=Desk|first3=Nation News|date=2019-06-23|title=Rana KP appointed as Chief Patron of All India Rajput Students' Aid Society|url=https://nationnews.in/rana-kp-appointed-as-chief-patron-of-all-india-rajput-students-aid-society/|access-date=2020-08-17|website=NationNews -Nation News worlds's Top News Web Portal www.nationnews.in|language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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