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| name= Bhalindra Singh<br />
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| office= 4th & 6th [[Indian Olympic Association|President of Indian Olympic Association]]<br />
| term_start= 1960<br />
| term_end= 1975<br />
| predecessor= [[Yadavindra Singh]]<br />
| successor= [[Om Prakash Mehra]]<br />
| term_start1= 1980<br />
| term_end1= 1984<br />
| predecessor1= [[Om Prakash Mehra]]<br />
| successor1= [[Vidya Charan Shukla]]<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|10|09|df=y}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|4|16|1919|10|9|df=y}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm slow<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 13<br />
| runs1 = 392<br />
| bat avg1 = 21.77<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 1/1<br />
| top score1 = 109<br />
| deliveries1 = 1284<br />
| wickets1 = 25<br />
| bowl avg1 = 27.00<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 4/34<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/0<br />
| source =http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/34810.html Cricinfo<br />
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'''Raja Bhalindra Singh''' (9 October 1919 – 16 April 1992) was an Indian first class cricketer and Maharajkumar of [[Patiala State|Patiala]]. His father was [[Maharaja Bhupinder Singh]] and his brother [[Yuvraj of Patiala]] played Test cricket for [[ Indian national cricket team|India]].<br />
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Bhalindra was a right-handed middle order batsman and handy right arm slow bowler. He played just one first class match in England, for [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] in 1939 against [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]]. The rest of his games were played for Southern Punjab and Patiala back home in India. His only century was made for Southern Punjab against Northern India in 1943-44.<br />
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After finishing his cricket career, he was very active as a national sports administrator, becoming President of the [[Indian Olympic Association]] in 1960 and a member of [[International Olympic Committee]] in 1947.<br />
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He was instrumental in organising the [[Asian Games]] in 1951. His son Raja [[Randhir Singh (sport shooter)|Randhir Singh]] was the secretary general of [[Indian Olympic Association]] from 1987 to 2012.<br />
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* {{Cricinfo|id=34810}}<br />
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{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1980–89}}<br />
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[[Category:Aitchison College alumni]]<br />
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