Rana Hamir Singh

Rana Hamir Singh is a Pakistani politician who has been member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh And 26th Rana of Amarkot.[2][3] He is the one of the 5 children of Rana Chandra Singh. He is the current crown Rajput Ruler of Umerkot and is also titled as 'Rana Saheb'.[4]

This article is about the Pakistani politician. For the 14th-century ruler, see Hammir Singh.
Rana Hamir Singh
Rana in his Umerkot fort in Sindh, Pakistan.
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
Personal details
Born (1957-03-11) 11 March 1957
Umerkot, Sindh, Pakistan [1]
NationalityPakistani
RelationsRana Arjun Singh (grandfather)
Rana Chandra Singh (father)
ChildrenKanwar Karni Singh (son)

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] He has been diagonised with Covid-19 on 30 April 2020 and now has healed from the virus.[7]

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]

References
  1. "Member Profile". Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  2. Footprints: Once upon a time in Umerkot, Dawn (newspaper), 16 January 2015.
  3. Pakistan's Umerkot gets a new Hindu ruler, The Hindu, 30 May 2010.
  4. "Pakistan's Royal Rajputs, the Hindu rulers of Amarkot Estate". Rabwah Times. 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  5. "Meet Rana Hamir Singh, PPP's first pick on minority reserved seat in Sindh - The Express Tribune". 3 August 2018.
  6. "हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  7. "पाकिस्तान में हिंदू विधायक राणा हमीर सिंह कोरोना से संक्रमित". punjabkesari. 2020-04-30. Retrieved 2020-08-20.


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