Rajendrasinh Ghanshyamsinh Rana (born 22 May 1956) is an Indian politician who was a

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of the

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, the lower house of

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, from 1996 to 2014. He is the great-grandson of S. R. Rana (1870–1957), who was an Indian political activist, founding member of the Paris Indian Society and the vice-president of the

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Political career

He represented the

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constituency of

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for five terms of the Parliament. He is a member of the

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(BJP), and served as the President of the state unit of BJP from 1998 to 2006. He did not contest

2014 Indian general election General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat 1956 births Living people India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 1998–1999 India MPs 1999–2004 Lok Sabha members from Gujarat Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh members {{Gujarat-BJP-politician-stub