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Randhir Singh (born 18 October 1946) is an Indian sports administrator and former sports shooter.Singh is noted as one of India's most influential sports administrators. [1] [2] [3] He has held several positions in both Indian and international sports governing bodies, and also had a successful shooting career before retiring from the sport in 1994. [4]
Randhir Singh died near the Gulf of Aden on 2 April 1870 on a visit to Europe on board the SS Golconda. He had two sons and one daughter by his first wife, one son by his second, and three daughters by his third wife. His sons included Raja Kharak Singh Sahib Bahadur, who succeeded him and Raja Harnam Singh.
Sadhu Singh and his four sons married into Kalal families, because of which the family came to be known as Ahluwalia. The descendants of Sadhu Singh son Gopal Singh (who was the grandfather of Jassa Singh) established the royal family of Kapurthala. [4] The British administrator Lepel Griffin (1873) dismissed this account as spurious. [4]
The organisation of 2010 Commonwealth Games was beset by delays: in January 2010, the Indian Olympic Association vice-chairman Raja Randhir Singh expressed concern that Delhi was not up to speed in forming and organising its games committee and, following a 2009 Indian Government report showing two-thirds of venues were behind schedule ...
Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Government College (NJSA Government College) in Kapurthala, established in 1856 by Raja Randhir Singh of Kaputhala is named after him. [74] A commemorative postage stamp on Jassa Singh Ahluwalia was issued by Government of India on 4 April 1985.
Randhir Singh of Kapurthala (1831–1870), ruler of the Indian princely state of Kapurthala; Randhir Singh of Bharatpur (died 1823), ruler of the Indian princely state of Bharatpur; Randhir Singh (Sikh) (1878–1961), regarded by many Sikhs as a Saint; Randhir Singh (sports administrator) (born 1946), Olympic-level trap and skeet shooter and ...
Raja Ganesa Verman; Raja Pratap Singh Verman, (from 1559 to 1586) ... Randhir Singh (1831–1870) 13 September 1852 – 12 March 1861 [27] Raja-i Rajgan –
Randhir Singh (r.1805–1823) (महाराजा रणधीर सिंह) was the ruler of the Princely state of Bharatpur and the successor of Ranjit Singh of Bharatpur. Randhir Singh ascended the throne after death of his father Ranjit Singh in 1805. [1] Randhir Singh tried to improve the state administration in various ways.