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GAEKWAD, SHRI
RANJIT SINH, B.A., (Fine Arts) [Congress
(I)-Gujarat, Baroda, 1984] s. of Shri Pratap Singh F. Gaekwad;
b. at Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, May 8, 1938; ed. at Maharaja Sayajirao
University, Baroda and Royal Academy of Arts, London, U.K.; m. Smt.
Shubhanginiraje Gaekwad, December 15, 1965; 1 s. and 2 d.; Artist and
Businessman; President, Baroda City Congress (I) since 1977; President,
Rural Integrated Development Forum since 1976; Chairman, Ustad Faiyaz Khan
Memorial Trust since 1975; Trustee Swarvilas, since 1977; Member, Seventh
Lok Sabha, 1980-84; Member, Public Accounts Committee, 1985-86.
Social activities:
Working for the welfare of the poor; organising Sangeet Sammelans, eye
camps in the Constituency under Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Trust; Patron,
Kendriya Teachers’ Association.
Favourite pastime
and recreation: Painting, music, photography, drawing, reading,
child welfare and education.
Special interests:
Painting, drawing and singing.
Accomplishment in
letters, art and science: (i) Won prizes at London and India for
painting, (ii) sung for Hindi and Gujarati films and at I.T.C. Sangeet
Sammelans held at Vadodara, Agra and Ahmedabad; relesed one cassette; of ‘Prachin
Bhajans’.
Sports and clubs:
Cricket, Tennis and Badminton; played in Ranji Trophy for Baroda Cricket
Association; represented in the Inter-University Cricket Tournament;
organising sports meets at All India level.
Travels abroad:
England and Europe.
Permanent
address: Laxmi Villas, Vadodara-390001, Gujarat.
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