Rana Hamir Singh is the 26th Rana of Amarkot and a Pakistani politician who has been member of

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.Footprints: Once upon a time in Umerkot

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, 16 January 2015.Pakistan's Umerkot gets a new Hindu ruler

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, 30 May 2010. He is the one of the 5 children of Rana Chandra Singh. He is the current crown

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Ruler of

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and is also titled as 'Rana Saheb'.

Family

His grandfather Rana Arjun Singh contested election in 1946 from

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platform. His father Rana Chandra Singh was initially associated with

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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. His family are the

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Rulers of the

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Province of

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. He has been diagonised with

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on 30 April 2020 and now has healed from the virus.

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

and vice chairman of Sindh Arid Zone Development Authority.

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Rana Hamir Singh

. * Living people 1957 births Thari people Pakistan People's Party MPAs (Sindh) Politicians from Sindh People from Umerkot Pakistani Hindus {{Sindh-MPA-stub

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