India, May 27 -- Veteran sports administrator and former India shooter Raja Randhir Singh passed away at his residence here on Wednesday after prolonged illness. He was 79. Singh is survived by his wife Vinita and daughters Mahima, Sunaina and Rajeshwari.

Born in 1946 into the royal family of the erstwhile Patiala state in Punjab, Randhir Singh first carved a name for himself as one of India's finest shooters. He became the first Indian to win an Asian Games gold medal in men's trap at the 1978 Bangkok Games. He also won silver in the team event and then an individual bronze at the 1982 Asian Games in Delhi. He participated in five Olympics, from 1968 to 1984.

Randhir Singh - his father Raja Bhalindra Singh too was a senior sports admin...