Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

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Gayatri Rathore
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Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
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The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (IC) and Information & Broadcasting, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore addressing after felicitating the winners of the World Youth Boxing Championship 2017, at a function (cropped).jpg
Cabinet Minister
Government of Rajasthan
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 December 2023
Children2
Alma mater
Military service
AllegianceFlag of India.svg  India
Branch/serviceFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army
Years of service1990 – 2013
Rank Colonel of the Indian Army.svg Colonel
Unit 9th Grenadiers
Battles/wars Kargil War, CI/CT operations in J&K [3]
Awards
Sports career
Sport Shooting
Event Double trap
Medal record
Men's shooting [4]
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games –1–
Commonwealth Games 31–
Asian Games -11
World Shotgun Championship--1
ISSF World Shooting Championship 112
Asian Clay Target Championship5--
Total944
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens Double trap
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Manchester Double trap individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2002 Manchester Double trap pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Double trap individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2006 Melbourne Double trap pairs
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Doha Double trap teams
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Doha Double trap
World Shotgun Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2003 CyprusDouble trap individual
ISSF World Shooting Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2006 GranadaDouble trap individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2004 SydneyDouble trap individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2006 CairoDouble trap individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2003 New DelhiDouble trap individual
Asian Clay Target Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2003 New DelhiDouble trap individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2004 BangkokDouble trap individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2005 BangkokDouble trap individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2006 SingaporeDouble trap individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011 Kuala LumpurDouble trap individual

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (born 29 January 1970) is an Indian politician, Olympic medallist in shooting and retired colonel in the Indian Army. He is serving as a cabinet minister at the Industry & Commerce, Youth Affairs & Sports Department in the Government of Rajasthan since December 2023. Rathore was a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Jaipur Rural seat since 2014 till 2023.

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He won 25 international medals at various championships for Double Trap Shooting including a silver medal at 2004 Summer Olympics in Men's Double Trap event. [5]

Rathore served as a commissioned officer in The Grenadiers regiment of the Indian Army before retiring in 2013 as a colonel. Following his retirement from the army and shooting,he also acted in some advertisements and tv shows after that he later became a member of the parliament for the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014.

In November 2014, was made the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting. [6] Rathore served as a Cabinet minister with independent charge for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports from 2017 [7] until 2019. [8]

Personal life

Rajyavardhan was born in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan to Colonel Lakshman Singh Rathore (Retd.), an Army Colonel of Garabdesar, Lunkaransar, Bikaner, [9] and Manju Raghav Bhondsi, a teacher, [10] [11] on 29 January 1970. [12] [13] [14]

His educational qualifications include B.A., Instructor-Weapons (MMG, AGL, Small Arms), Grading Tactics (YO) Course. He was educated at the National Defence Academy, Pune and Infantry School, Mhow. [12]

He married Maj. Gayatri Rathore (nee Kapkoti), hailing from Kapkot-Almora in Uttarakhand, on 16 February 1997. She served as a doctor by profession in the Indian Army. They have a son and a daughter. [12] [13] [15]

Military career

Rathore is a graduate of the 77th Course of the National Defence Academy. [16] After graduating from the NDA, Rathore attended the Indian Military Academy where he was awarded the Sword of Honor for the best all-round Gentleman Cadet. He was also the recipient of the Sikh Regiment Gold Medal, awarded to the best sportsman of the course. [13]

He was later commissioned in the 9th Grenadiers (Mewar) Regiment on 15 December 1990. He was promoted to lieutenant on 15 December 1992 and to captain on 15 December 1995. [17] [18] Rathore fought in the Kargil War, [3] and was promoted to major on 15 December 2000. [19] As part of his career in the Indian Army, he served in Jammu and Kashmir, where he participated in counter-terrorist operations. His regiment was awarded the Army Chief's Citation and the Governor of J&K's Citation for exemplary work. [13] He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 16 December 2004, [20] and to his final rank of colonel on 1 May 2009. [21]

Sports career

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Rathore won a gold medal and set a new Commonwealth Games Record of 192 targets out of 200, which still stands. He also won the Team Gold Medal along with Moraad Ali Khan. Rathore, went on to successfully defend his Commonwealth Champion title by winning the gold medal at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006. He also won the silver in the Team event with Vikram Bhatnagar. He won gold medals in two World Shooting Championships, at Sydney in 2004 and Cairo in 2006.

Rathore rose to prominence when he won the silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics. It was India's first ever individual silver at the Olympics. [22] [13]

In 2006, Rathore won a bronze medal in the World Championship in Spain, an event held for the top 12 shooters of the world. He was ranked third in the world for the most of 2003 and 2004 and briefly climbed to the first in early 2004 and second after the Athens Olympics. He won a silver at the World Championship in 2003 in Sydney for India after a gap of nearly 40 years. [13] India had not seen a victory since Karni Singh of Bikaner, who won a silver at the 1962 World shooting Championship in Cairo. Rathore is credited with winning the Asian Clay Target gold medal four times in a row from 2003 to 2006. He also holds an Individual bronze medal which was at the Asian Games 2006 in Doha.

Between 2002 and 2006 he won 25 international medals at various championships for Double Trap.

In 2011, Rathore participated in the Asian Clay Target Championship in Kuala Lumpur and won gold. His score of 194 in that tournament equals world record. [4]

Political career

On 10 September 2013, Rathore joined Bharatiya Janata Party after taking retirement from the Indian Army. [23] He was elected as an MP in the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Jaipur Rural constituency. [24] On 9 November 2014, he was sworn-in as the Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, under the Narendra Modi government. [25] He was appointed the Minister of Sports on 3 September 2017. In May 2018, he became Minister of State (I/C) for Information & Broadcasting. [13] In the 2019 Indian general election, he retained the Jaipur Rural seat by over 3.93 lakh votes and was elected to the Lok Sabha for the second time. [26]

In November 2023, Rathore contested from Jhotwara Assembly constituency for the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election. [27] He defeated Abhishek Chaudhary of the INC by 50,167 votes. After winning the elections, [28] Rathore resigned from Lok Sabha. [29] On 30 December 2023, he took oath as a cabinet minister in the Government of Rajasthan. [30]

Awards and recognitions

Military awards

Padma Shri Ribbon.svg Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg
IND Special Service Medal Ribbon.svg IND Operation Vijay star.svg IND Operation Vijay medal.svg
IND Sainya Seva Medal Ribbon.svg IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg
Padma Shri Ati Vishist Seva Medal
Special Service Medal Operation Vijay Star Operation Vijay Medal
Sainya Seva Medal 50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal

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