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Full name
  
Raj Singh Dungarpur

1955-56
  
Madhya Bharat

Education
  
Daly College

Bowling style
  
Right-arm medium

Role
  
Cricket Player

Batting style
  
Right-handed

Name
  
Raj Dungarpur

Height
  
5 ft 9 in (175 cm)

1956-57 to 1970-71
  
Rajasthan


Raj Singh Dungarpur and Lata Mangeshkar looking serious while talking with his right hand on his waist, having gray hair while Lata has black hair and a stud earring with potted plants and a grills fence in the background. Raj is wearing a cream checkered long sleeves while Lata is wearing a white blouse.

Born
  
19 December 1935 (
1935-12-19
)
Dungarpur, Rajasthan, India

Died
  
September 12, 2009, Mumbai

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Raj Singh Dungarpur (19 December 1935 – 12 September 2009) was a former president of Board of Control for Cricket in India. He played first class cricket for 16 years and was in and out of the Board of Control for more than 20 years. He was a selector of the national team for two terms. He also managed the Indian cricket team four times on overseas tours.

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Sachin Tendulkar smiling and standing while holding a book, Raj Singh Dungarpur - A Tribute, in Mumbai while an image of Raj Singh Dungarpur is on a banner in the background, during the book launching on July 25, 2014. Sachin with black curly hair, a black wristwatch, wearing a blue embroidered logo of two Polo players on their horses on a green collared shirt. While Raj on the banner is wearing a white collared shirt under a knitted vest.

Raj Singh Dungarpur was the person who introduced Sachin Tendulkar to the world. He was chairman of the selection committee that selected him to tour Pakistan as a member of the Indian cricket team when he was just 16. He is also credited for establishing the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.

Raj Singh Dungarpur looking serious while sitting and talking with people in the background, the former President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Mumbai, wearing a white collared shirt.

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Biography

Raj Singh Dungarpur talking to someone with an open palm gesture, a former BCCI President, who has white hair, vintage sunglasses on, and wearing a caramel collared shirt under a beige coat.

Maharaj Raj Singh was born in the erstwhile princely state of Dungarpur in Rajasthan (then called Rajputana) on 19 December 1935. He was the youngest son of Maharawal Lakshman Singhji, the ruler of Dungarpur. He has two brothers, namely, Jaisinghji and Mahipalsinghji, and three sisters, one of whom is the Maharani of Bikaner. He studied at Daly College, Indore. He had a long-standing friendship with Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary singer.

Raj Singh Dungarpur smiling and sitting on a wooden stool chair with his right arm resting on his right knee and left arm resting above the table drawer, in his office at the Cricket Club of India, 2004; with a bookshelf, a lamp, a wall clock, and a book in the background. He is wearing a pair of leather slip-on sandals, a pair of gray slacks, and a white collared long-sleeve.

He played for Rajasthan and Central Zone, appearing in 86 first class cricket matches from 1955 to 1971, taking 206 wickets as a medium-pace bowler. In Rajasthan's victory over Vidarbha in 1967-68 he took his best figures of 7 for 88 and 5 for 55. He was appointed as the Manager of the Indian Cricket team on a number of occasions. He was also a keen wildlife enthusiast, and also a keen golfer.

He was also the president of Cricket Club of India for 13 years in Mumbai. He served as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India for two terms. His last cricketing stint was as the manager of the Indian team to Pakistan recently.

Raj Singh Dungarpur looking at the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf (on the left) while shaking hands with Indian Cricket captain, Rahul Dravid (on the right) standing beside him with some men in suits and tie in the background. Perez has brown hair, eyeglasses, finger ring, wearing a gray suit and tie and a white collared inner shirt. Raj in white hair, wearing a pair of light-gray slacks, a white collared shirt, a navy-blue printed necktie, and a BCCI logo patched on the left of his midnight-blue coat. And Rahul is wearing a white collared shirt, a navy-blue printed necktie, and a BCCI logo patched on the left of his midnight-blue coat.

He died on 12 September 2009 after a prolonged battle with Alzheimer's disease, in Mumbai. His funeral was held at Dungarpur.


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References

Raj Singh Dungarpur Wikipedia
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