Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

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AVSM
Cabinet Minister
Government of Rajasthan
Assumed office
30 December 2023
GovernorKalraj Mishra
Chief MinisterBhajan Lal Sharma
Ministry and Departments
  • Industry and Commerce
  • Information Technology and Communication
  • Youth Affairs and Sports
  • Skill Planning and Entrepreneurship
  • Sainik Welfare
Preceded by
Jaipur Rural
Majority332,896 (32.84%)
Personal details
Born (1970-01-29) 29 January 1970 (age 54)
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Gayatri Rathore
​
(m. 1997)​
National Defence Academy, Pune
  • Indian Military Academy, Dehradun
    • Military service
    Allegiance India
    Branch/service Indian Army
    Years of service1990 – 2013
    Rank Colonel
    Unit9th Grenadiers
    Battles/warsKargil War, CI/CT operations in J&K
    Shooting
    EventDouble trap
    Medal record
    Men's
    shooting[3]
    Representing  India
    Event 1st 2nd 3rd
    Olympic Games – 1 –
    Commonwealth Games 3 1 –
    Asian Games - 1 1
    World Shotgun Championship - - 1
    ISSF World Shooting Championship 1 1 2
    Asian Clay Target Championship 5 - -
    Total 9 4 4
    Olympic Games
    Silver medal – second place
    2004 Athens
    		 Double trap
    Commonwealth Games
    Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester
    Double trap individual
    Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester
    Double trap pairs
    Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne Double trap individual
    Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne Double trap pairs
    Asian Games
    Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Double trap teams
    Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Double trap
    World Shotgun Championship
    Bronze medal – third place 2003 Cyprus Double trap individual
    ISSF World Shooting Championship
    Bronze medal – third place 2006 Granada Double trap individual
    Silver medal – second place 2004 Sydney Double trap individual
    Gold medal – first place 2006 Cairo Double trap individual
    Bronze medal – third place 2003 New Delhi Double trap individual
    Asian Clay Target Championship
    Gold medal – first place 2003 New Delhi Double trap individual
    Gold medal – first place 2004 Bangkok Double trap individual
    Gold medal – first place 2005 Bangkok Double trap individual
    Gold medal – first place 2006 Singapore Double trap individual
    Gold medal – first place 2011 Kuala Lumpur Double trap individual

    Jaipur Rural
    seat since 2014 till 2023.

    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.[4]

    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 became the member of the parliament for the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014.

    In November 2014, was made the

    Cabinet minister with independent charge for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports from 2017[6] until 2019.[7]

    Personal life

    Rathore was born in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan to Colonel Lakshman Singh Rathore (Retd.) and Manju Rathore on 29 January 1970.[8][9]

    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.[8]

    He married Maj. Gayatri Rathore (nee Kapkoti), hailing from Kapkot-Almora in Uttarakhand, on 16 February 1997. on 16 February 1997. She is a doctor by profession in the Indian Army. They have a son and a daughter.[8][9][10]

    Military career

    Rathore is a graduate of the 77th Course of the

    National Defence Academy.[11] 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.[9]

    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.[12][13] Rathore fought in the Kargil War,[2] and was promoted to major on 15 December 2000.[14] 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.[9] He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 16 December 2004,[15] and to his final rank of colonel on 1 May 2009.[16]

    Sports career

    At the

    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.[17][9]

    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.

    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.[3]

    Political career

    On 10 September 2013, Rathore joined

    Jaipur Rural constituency.[19] On 9 November 2014, he was sworn-in as the Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, under the Narendra Modi government.[20] He was appointed the Minister of Sports on 3 September 2017. In May 2018, he became Minister of State (I/C) for Information & Broadcasting.[9] 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.[21]

    In November 2023, Rathore contested from Jhotwara Assembly constituency for the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election.[22] He defeated Abhishek Chaudhary of the INC by 50,167 votes. After winning the elections,[23] Rathore resigned from Lok Sabha.[24] On 30 December 2023, he took oath as a cabinet minister in the Government of Rajasthan.[25]

    Awards and recognitions

    Military awards

    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

    References

    1. ^ "A Sure Shot". The Tribune. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
    2. ^ a b "Work smart rather than just hard". Rediff India Abroad. 10 June 2006. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
    3. ^ a b "ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
    4. ^ "Rathore Medals".
    5. ^ Vincent, Pheroze (10 November 2014). "Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore: Olympian finds a place". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
    6. ^ Ravinder, Singh (3 September 2017). "Sports Minister". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
    7. ^ "Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Biography – About family, political life, awards won, history". Elections in India.
    8. ^ a b c "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
    9. ^ a b c d e f g "Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Olympic silver medallist appointed sports minister". Hindustan Times. Press Trust of India. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
    10. ^ "सुसराल में आवभगत से गदगद दिखे केंद्रीय मंत्री -". Jagran (in Hindi). 21 January 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
    11. ^ ":: Welcome to National Defence Academy ::". Archived from the original on 9 September 2015.
    12. ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 9 October 1993. p. 1871.
    13. ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 23 March 1996. p. 390.
    14. ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 15 December 2001. p. 1464.
    15. ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 3 December 2005. p. 2419.
    16. ^ "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch)". The Gazette of India. 27 November 2010. p. 2207.
    17. ^ "Shooter Rathore strikes silver". rediff.com. 17 August 2004.
    18. ^ "Olympic medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore joins BJP". The Times of India. 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013.
    19. ^ "Narendra Modi to also contest from Vadodara in Lok Sabha Election". news.biharprabha.com. Indo-Asian News Service. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
    20. ^ "'Come, Have Breakfast With Me and Take Oath, PM Modi Said': Rajyavardhan Rathore to NDTV". NDTV. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
    21. ^ "Lok Sabha 2019 election results: BJP's Rajyavardhan Rathore wins from Jaipur Rural with 64% votes". CNBCTV18. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
    22. ^ Shekhawat, Bal Virendra Singh; Mishra, Nishant (4 November 2023). "Rajasthan Election 2023: तमाम विरोधों के बीच राज्यवर्धन राठौड़ का नामांकन आज, झोटवाड़ा सीट से बनाए गए हैं भाजपा के प्रत्याशी". NDTV (in Hindi). Retrieved 1 November 2023.
    23. ^ "Rajasthan polls: BJP's Rajyavardhan Rathore wins from Jhotwara with margin of 50,000 votes". The Economic Times. PTI. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
    24. ^ Saha, Poulomi; Mishra, Himanshu (6 December 2023). "10 of 12 BJP MPs who won state elections resign from Lok Sabha". India Today. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
    25. ^ "Rajasthan Cabinet Expansion: Rajyavardhan among 22 new ministers | Full list". Mint. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
    26. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
    27. ^ "ŠRathore to be India's flag bearer in Beijing". ndtv.com. 4 August 2008.

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