Narayan Singh Rana is an Indian politician and member of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...

. Rana was a member of the

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad'') is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. Uttar Pradesh is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is ...

from the

Garhwal Division Garhwal (IPA: /ɡəɽʋːɔɭ/) is one of the two administrative divisions of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Lying in the Himalayas, it is bounded on the north by Tibet, on the east by Kumaon, on the south by Uttar Pradesh state, and on the ...

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

. He is father and first coach of an Indian shooter

Jaspal Rana Jaspal Rana (born 28 June 1976) is an Indian shooter. He contested mainly in the 25 m Centre Fire Pistol category. He was a gold medallist at the 1994 Asian Games, 1998 Commonwealth Games - Men's Center Fire Pistol, Men's Center Fire Pistol Pa ...

. He was first sports minister of the

from 2000 to 2002. He also served

Indo-Tibetan Border Police The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is a border patrol organization of India deployed along its borders with Tibet Autonomous Region. It is one of the seven Central Armed Police Forces, established in 1962 in the aftermath of the Sino-India ...

in 1967 and served in Jammu and Kashmir during the 1971 war and was also selected in the

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in 1985. He also trains young shooter at Jaspal Rana Shooting Academy. In 2017, Rana contested the

2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election The 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 4th Vidhan Sabha ( Legislative Assembly) election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. Elections were held on 15 February 2017 in a single phase for the 69 seats of the Uttarakhand ...

from Dhanolti constituency after being sidelined for 14 years, but lost to an independent candidate Pritam Singh Panwar.

Personal life

Rana is the father of two sons, Subhash Rana and

, and a daughter Sushma Singh. His elder son Jaspal is a shooting champion who has been honoured with the

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(1994) and

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(1997). Rana's only daughter, Sushma, is the daughter-in-law of

Rajnath Singh Rajnath Singh (; born 10 July 1951) is an Indian politician serving as the Defence Minister of India. He is currently the Deputy Leader of the House Lok Sabha. He is the former President of Bharatiya Janata Party. He has previously served as ...

, an eminent

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leader who is presently defence Minister of India and holds the third place in the union cabinet, next only to the home Minister.Dhanaulti MLA's supporters protest ticket to Rajnath's relative
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References

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