Rana Hamir Singh Explained

Rana Hamir Singh
Birth Date:11 March 1957
Birth Place:Umerkot, Sindh, Pakistan[1]
Office:Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
Term Start:13 August 2018
Constituency:Reserved for Minorities
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:PPP
Children:Kanwar Karni Singh (son)
Relations:Rana Arjun Singh (grandfather)
Rana Chandra Singh (father)
Term End:11 August 2023

Rana Hamir Singh is the 26th Rana of Amarkot and a Pakistani politician who had been a member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh from August 2018 to August 2023.[2] [3] He is one of the five children of Rana Chandra Singh. He is the current crown Rajput Ruler of Umerkot and is also titled as 'Rana Saheb'.[4]

Family

His grandfather Rana Arjun Singh contested election in 1946 from All-India Muslim League platform. His father Rana Chandra Singh was initially associated with Pakistan Peoples Party but left it to form Pakistan Hindu Party in 1990. He has one son, Kanwar Karni Singh, who was married into Kanota Rathore royal family of Jaipur in 2015.[5] His family are the Hindu Rajput Rulers of the Sindh Province of Pakistan.[6]

Political career

Singh has been member of Sindh Assembly three times. In 1990, he was elected from the platform of Pakistan Hindu Party on separate electorate for minorities. In 1993, he was a minister for science and technology and research in irrigation. He has been Naib Nazim of Umerkot and vice chairman of Sindh Arid Zone Development Authority.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Member Profile. 29 March 2019.
  2. https://www.dawn.com/news/1157340 Footprints: Once upon a time in Umerkot
  3. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/Pakistans-Umerkot-gets-a-new-Hindu-ruler/article16042843.ece Pakistan's Umerkot gets a new Hindu ruler
  4. Web site: 2018-07-04. Pakistan's Royal Rajputs, the Hindu rulers of Amarkot Estate. 2020-08-20. Rabwah Times. en-US.
  5. Web site: Meet Rana Hamir Singh, PPP's first pick on minority reserved seat in Sindh - The Express Tribune. 3 August 2018.
  6. Web site: हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर. 2020-08-20. Patrika News. 26 September 2015 . hindi.