| 词条 | Diljit Rana, Baron Rana |
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|honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable |name = The Baron Rana |image = Lord Diljit Singh Rana at the 2013 Horasis Global India Business Meeting crop.jpg |caption = Rana at the Horasis Global India Business Meeting in 2013 |honorific-suffix = MBE |office4 = Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |term_start4 = 16 June 2004 Life Peerage |term_end4 = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1938|09|20}} |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |nationality = |party = Conservative |children = |religion = }} Diljit Singh Rana, Baron Rana, MBE (born 20 September 1938) is a British politician and member of the House of Lords. Having originally been a crossbencher, he took the Conservative whip in 2016. He was married to Shruti, Lady Rana. On 16 June 2004, he was created a life peer as Baron Rana, of Malone in the County of Antrim.[1][2] It is believed that in the years since he was created a Life Peer he has never asked a written question, contributed to a debate, or asked a verbal question in the chamber. LifeHe was born in Sanghol,[3] India and is the oldest sibling of three brothers and two sisters. Lord Rana left Punjab in 1963 for England,[3] but now has been a resident of Belfast since 1966. He had to repair his property portfolio over 25 times during the Troubles in Northern Ireland because of bombings and arson attacks.[3] "Being an Indian I should not have had any loyalty to Northern Ireland; I stayed there despite the problem," said Lord Rana. Today, he is a successful property developer, hotelier and president of the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is director of Andras House, is a leading figure in the Indian community in Northern Ireland. He is India's honorary consul in Belfast.[3] Lord Rana claims to promote business links between India and Northern Ireland and has been elected president of the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce. He led a trade mission of 13 companies to India to explore business opportunities for Northern Ireland companies. Awards and philanthropyRana was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1996 Birthday Honours,[3][4] for his contribution to the economic regeneration of the city of Belfast. Rana has set up a charitable trust of Rs. 50 million for a school and a college named Taxila, in his native village Sanghol, near Chandigarh, India. The new college has collaborative links with the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland.[3] The university conferred an honorary doctorate on Rana who led a delegation of academics from the university to India to explore educational partnerships and help develop university links between India and Northern Ireland. Rana also received an Honorary Doctorate from Bengal Engineering and Science University in West Bengal in November 2008. DisputesA dispute has continued for many years over the redevelopment plans of the Tillie & Henderson factory site in Derry, this site is owned by Dijit Rana.[5] The site was previously a shirt factory of historic importance but was damaged in multiple arson attacks including major ones in 2001,[6] and 2002,[7] and was subsequently demolished without permission in 2003.[8] A budget hotel originally envisioned for the site was still at the planning stage in 2009.[5] Rana stated in April 2009 that his designers "we're trying to get things right this time", and communication was ongoing with the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, and he hoped that "there will be a general welcome for our plans in what is a prime location in the city".[9] Rana was forced to comply with an Urgent Works Notice in 2003 from the Department of the Environment. It obliged him to carry out immediate repairs to Cairndhu House, near Larne. Rana was advised that the building would be taken from him if he did not comply with the works notice.[3] Rana himself states that he has protected a lot of heritage buildings in Belfast,[10] including:
Personal LifeIn 2012 he was cleared of the allegation that he had assaulted his estranged wife.[11] Arms{{Infobox COA wide|image = |image size = |notes = |year_adopted = 2007 |coronet = Coronet of a Baron |escutcheon = Argent semy of Flames Gules three Peacocks reguardant in pale Azure |supporters = On either side a Chinkara Argent armed and unguled Or in the mouth a Flax Flower proper slipped and leaved Or |crest = On a Helm with a Wreath Or and Azure issuing from a Lotus Argent a Lion's Face Or |badge = The Wheel of Ashoka Or encircled by a Garland of Flax Flowers proper slipped and leaved Or |symbolism = The achievement is full of allusion to North West India and the grantee's origins. The flax flower is used as an emblem for Northern Ireland. }} See also
References1. ^{{London Gazette |issue=57334 |date=22 June 2004 |page=7753}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.com/pa/ld200304/ldjournal/237/108.htm |title=House of Lords Journal 237 (Session 2003–04) |accessdate=13 April 2009 |publisher=www.parliament.uk |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930014057/http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.com/pa/ld200304/ldjournal/237/108.htm |archivedate=30 September 2011 |df=dmy }} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2005/01/09/story1425.asp |title=Rana's relief |accessdate=13 April 2009 |publisher=The Sunday Business Post }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=54427 |date=15 June 1996 |page=22 |supp=y}} 5. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/7994002.stm |title=Call for action on Tillie's site |accessdate=13 April 2009 |publisher= BBC News | date=10 April 2009}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/1293916.stm |title='Arson' attack on factory |accessdate=13 April 2009 |publisher=BBC News | date=24 April 2001}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/2542129.stm |title=Former factory damaged in blaze |accessdate=13 April 2009 |publisher=BBC News | date=4 December 2002}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/radiofoyle/features/tillie.shtml |title=Tillie and Henderson | date=16 October 2014 | accessdate=6 February 2019 |publisher=BBC News}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.derryjournal.com/journal/I-still-want-to-build.5165586.jp |title='I still want to build hotel on Tillie's site'- says Lord Rana |accessdate=13 April 2009 |date=13 April 2009 |publisher=www.derryjournal.com}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/lord-diljit-rana-past-heartbreak-for-hotel-tycoon-13461092.html |title=Lord Diljit Rana: Past heartbreak for hotel tycoon |accessdate=13 April 2009 |date=23 July 2007 | publisher=belfasttelegraph.co.uk}} 11. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18283206 | title=Lord Rana is cleared of assaulting his wife | date=31 May 2012 | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=6 February 2019 }} External links
11 : 1938 births|Living people|People's peers|Conservative Party (UK) life peers|Crossbench life peers|Recipients of the Pravasi Bharatiya Community Service Award|Indian emigrants to England|Indian emigrants to Northern Ireland|British politicians of Indian descent|People from Northern Ireland of Punjabi descent|Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom |
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