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Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

AVSM
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
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Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting
Assumed office
9 November 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Preceded by Prakash Javadekar
Member of Parliament
for Jaipur Rural
Assumed office
16 May 2014
Preceded by Lal Chand Kataria
Majority 3,32,896 (32.84%)
Personal details
Born (1970-01-29) 29 January 1970 (age 47)
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Gayathri Rathore (m. 1997)
Sports career
Sport Shooting
Event(s) Double trap

Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore AVSM (born 29 January 1970) is an Indian politician and a former professional shooter. As a shooter, competing in the double trap event, he won a silver medal in the 2004 Olympic Games. In a career spanning over a decade, he also won multiple medals at the Commonwealth and Asian Games. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2005.

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 Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting.

Rathore was born in Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) as his maternal grandfather was posted there. He belongs to a Rajput family based in Bikaner.

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.


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