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Ranbir Singh Mahendra

27th President of BCCI
In office 2004–2005
Preceded by	Jagmohan Dalmiya
Succeeded by	Sharad Pawar

Ranbir Singh Mahendra (Hindi: रणबीर सिंह महेन्द्रा) is a politician in the Indian National Congress from Haryana, India and was President of Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) from 2004 to 2005.^[1] He is the son of former Haryana chief minister Bansi Lal.

Politics

Mahendra represented the Mundhal constituency in the Haryana Legislative Assembly.

Cricket administration

He joined the BCCI in 1975, and ascended to the post of joint secretary in 1980. In 1985, he was elevated to the post of secretary, which he held for five years. He was one of the key administrators during the 1987 World Cup held in India, and was the driving force behind the Haryana Cricket Association. In 2001, he was elected as one of the vice presidents of the board.

Personal life

Mahendra is a lawyer by profession. He is the son of Bansi Lal, a prominent politician who served as Chief Minister of Haryana, Railway Minister and Defence Minister of India. Mahendra's son, Anirudh Chaudhry has served as the treasurer of the BCCI.^[2]

References

v t e Presidents of the BCCI
1928–1950	R. E. Grant Govan (1928–1933) Sikandar Hayat Khan (1933–1935) Hamidullah Khan (1935–1937) Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji (1937–1938) P. Subbarayan (1938–1946) Anthony S. D'Mello (1946–1951)
1951–1975	J. C. Mukherjee (1951–1954) Maharajkumar of Vizianagram (1954–1956) Surjit Singh Majithia (1956–1958) R. K. Patel (1958–1960) M. A. Chidambaram (1960–1963) Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad (1963–1966) Zal Irani (1966–1969) A. N. Ghosh (1969–1972) Purushottam Rungta (1972–1975)
1976–2000	Ramprakash Mehra (1975–1977) M. Chinnaswamy (1977–1980) S. K. Wankhede (1980–1982) N. K. P. Salve (1982–1985) S. Sriraman (1985–1988) B. N. Dutt (1988–1990) Madhavrao Scindia (1990–1993) Inderjit Singh Bindra (1993–1996) Raj Singh Dungarpur (1996–1999) A. C. Muthiah (1999–2001)
2001–present	Jagmohan Dalmiya (2001–2004) Ranbir Singh Mahendra (2004–2005) Sharad Pawar (2005–2008) Shashank Manohar (2008–2011) N. Srinivasan (2011–2013) Jagmohan Dalmiya (2013) N. Srinivasan (2013–2014) Sunil Gavaskar (2014) Shivlal Yadav (2014) Jagmohan Dalmiya (2014–2015) Shashank Manohar (2015–2016) Anurag Thakur (2016–2017) C. K. Khanna (2017–2019) Sourav Ganguly (2019–2022) Roger Binny (2022–present)