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Range (statistics) In descriptive statistics, the range is the length of the smallest interval which contains all the data. It is calculated by subtracting the smallest observations from the greatest and provides an indication of statistical dispersion.
Range Creek Range Creek, rising in the Book Cliffs in Emery County, Utah, is a high tributary of the Colorado River, effluent to the Price River near Price, Utah, an affluent of the Green River, a major affluent tributary of the Colorado. The creek is ever-flowing, not subject to drought.
Range encoding Range encoding is a form of arithmetic coding, a data compression method, that is believed to be free from arithmetic coding related patents. It is on this basis that interest in range encoding has arisen, particularly in the open source community.
Range check In computer programming, a range check is a check to make sure a number is within a certain range. This is often used with arrays, as using a number outside of the upper range in an array may cause the program to crash, or may introduce security vulnerabilities (see buffer overflow).
Range Murata Renji "Range" Murata (村田 蓮爾 Murata Renji, born October 2, 1968) is a Japanese artist and designer, known for his unique style combining Art Deco and Japanese anime elements. He is best known for his conceptual design work on anime series Last Exile and Blue Submarine No.
Range of motion Range of motion or (ROM), as used in the medical and weightlifting communities, is the measurement of the achievable distance between the flexed position and the extended position of a particular joint or muscle group. The act of attempting to increase this distance through therapeutic exercises (range of motion therapy -- stretching from flexion to extension for physiological gain) is also sometimes called range of motion.
Range of Motion (exercise machine) Range of Motion is an exercise machine that won the 1991 Popular Science award for "Best of what's new" in leisure products. It claims to give a full workout in 4 minutes, and costs more than 14,000 USD.
Range Rover The Land Rover Range Rover is a four-wheel drive / luxury SUV produced by Ford owned Land Rover, and first introduced in 1970. The Range Rover was built on a box section ladder type chassis, much like the contemporary Series Land Rover, but utilised coil springs as opposed to leaf springs, permanent four-wheel drive, disc brakes all round and was powered by the lightweight Rover V8 engine of 3528 cc (3947 cc in later variants - and is now powered by a Jaguar V8 of 4.
Range Rover Sport The Range Rover Sport is a high-performance, five-passenger luxury SUV built by Land Rover (currently owned by Ford) and sold since the summer of 2005. It shares its platform with the Land Rover Discovery (LR3 in North America) rather than the larger Range Rover.
Range Safety Officer In the field of rocketry, Range Safety Officer (NASA call sign: RSO) is a generic term referring to an individual who monitors the performance of rockets in flight, and who is responsible for their remote destruction if it should be judged that they pose a hazard.
Range voting Range voting (also called ratings summation, average voting, cardinal ratings, 0–99 voting, or the score system or point system) is a voting system for one-seat elections under which voters score each candidate, the scores are added up, and the candidate with the highest score wins. It has not been used in any major election.
Rangefinder A rangefinder is a device that measures distance from the observer to a target. Some devices use active methods to measure (such as sonar, laser, or radar); others, available since the nineteenth century, measure distance using trigonometry.
Rangefinder camera A rangefinder camera is a camera fitted with a rangefinder: a range-finding focusing mechanism allowing the photographer to judge the focusing distance and take photographs that will be in focus. Most varieties of rangefinder show two images that when coincident give the proper focus distance.
Rangekeeper Rangekeepers were electromechanical fire control computers used primarily during the early part of the 20th century. They were sophisticated analog computers whose development reached its zenith during World War II.
Rangeland Rangeland refers to a large, mostly unimproved section of land that is predominantly used for livestock grazing. This is land on which the natural vegetation is dominated by native grasses, grass-like plants, forbs, and shrubs.
Rangeomorph Rangeomorphs are an extinct, basal kingdom of soft-bodied creatures, neither animals nor plants that appeared 575 million years ago at the beginning of the Ediacaran period. They survived about 30 million years, forming 80% of the fossils found from that period, until the Cambrian explosion of modern species after which they rapidly declined.
Ranger (GM) The Ranger was a General Motors car brand that lasted from 1968 to 1976. The brand was used in conjunction with two markets, an automobile marketed as "South Africa's Own Car", built in Port Elizabeth from 1968 to 1973, and another model range that was produced from 1970 to 1976 in Antwerp, Belgium, by General Motors Continental SA.
Ranger (ride) A Ranger is a HUSS manufactured inverting pendulum ride, first manufactured in 1981. Many of the design elements were later used in the HUSS Rainbow, and the term 'Ranger' has become synonymous with inverting pendulum rides.
Ranger 7 Ranger 7 was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact. The spacecraft carried six television vidicon cameras, 2 wide angle (channel F, cameras A and B) and 4 narrow angle (channel P) to accomplish these objectives.
Ranger 8 Ranger 8 was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact. The spacecraft carried six television vidicon cameras, 2 wide angle (channel F, cameras A and B) and 4 narrow angle (channel P) to accomplish these objectives.
Ranger 9 Ranger 9 was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact. The spacecraft carried six television vidicon cameras, 2 wide angle (channel F, cameras A and B) and 4 narrow angle (channel P) to accomplish these objectives.
Ranger Bill Ranger Bill is a Christian radio program from the 1950s, produced by the Moody Broadcasting Network. With over 200 episodes produced, Ranger Bill stars Myron Canady as the title character and Stumpy Jenkins and Ed Ronne, Sr as Grey Wolf.
Ranger Creed The Ranger Creed is the official mission statement of the US Army Rangers, and is also adopted by Rangers in other armed forces around the world. It was initiated by then-LTC Leuer and his Command Sergeant Major Neal R.
Ranger Hal Ranger Hal was a children's television program that originated in Washington, DC on what was then WTOP-TV(now WUSA) and aired from 1957 to 1969. It was hosted by Hal Shaw (1925-1999), a local television personality who created and produced the show.
Ranger magazine Ranger was a British weekly comic/text magazine published by Fleetway Publications which debuted on 18 September 1965 and ran for 40 un-numbered issues until 18 June 1966. The title was then incorporated into Look and Learn from issue 232, dated 25 June 1966.
Ranger Memorial The original idea of the Ranger Memorial was drawn on a sketch by two Rangers in a mess hall. The idea was to form a permanent memorial to the contributions that Rangers have made to the defense of the United States and its allies throughout their long history.
Ranger program The Ranger program was a series of unmanned space missions by the United States in the 1960s whose objective was to obtain the first close-up images of the surface of the Moon. The Ranger spacecraft were designed to collide with the lunar surface, returning imagery until they were destroyed upon impact.
Ranger Rick Ranger Rick is a children's nature magazine published in the United States by the National Wildlife Federation. Since the first issue in January, 1967, the magazine has featured articles about the wonders of wildlife and nature discovery.
Ranger Uranium Mine The Ranger uranium mine is surrounded by Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory of Australia, 230 km east of Darwin. The orebody was discovered in 1969, and the mine commenced operation in 1980, reaching full production of uranium oxide in 1981.
Rangers F.C. season 2003-04 Rangers did not win any trophies in season 2003-2004 although they did qualify for the UEFA Champions League despite having to sell many top players, such as Barry Ferguson, due to the club's financial situation. They also reached the semi-final of the League Cup.
Rangers F.C. season 2006-07 Rangers will compete in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and UEFA Cup in season 2006-07. Rangers entered the season under new management with Paul Le Guen having replaced Alex McLeish.
Rangers F.C. seasons This is a list of seasons played by Rangers Football Club in Scottish and European football, from 1890 to the present day. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.
Rangers pub Rangers pubs describe Public Houses, particularly in certain parts of Glasgow and the West of Scotland, which cater to a clientele of supporters of Rangers Football Club. These pubs are usually decorated in team colours (red, white and blue) with flags, photographs of players and other related paraphernalia adorning the walls.
Rangers Standing Orders There are two versions of the Rangers Standing Orders of Major Robert Rogers. The version immediately below is the one used by the United States Army Rangers and has been provided to US soldiers attending Ranger School from the 1950's to present day.
Rangeya Raghav Rangeya Raghav (17th January 1923 – 12th September 1962), birth name Tirumalla Nambakkam Viraraghava Acharya, was born in Agra, a city of Uttar Pradesh state, India. A prominent Hindi writer of the 20th century, he completed his post-graduation studies from St.
Rangi (ethnic group) The Rangi are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the Dodoma Region of central Tanzania. In 1999 the Rangi population was estimated to number 350,000 Rangi call their language Langi], though it is more commonly known as Rangi or Kirangi.
Rangi and Papa In Māori mythology, the primal couple Rangi and Papa (or Ranginui and Papatuanuku) appear in a creation myth explaining the origin of the world.This article is based largely on the writings of a Te Arawa chief, Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikāheke, who is the author of much of the material in George Grey’s Nga Mahi a nga Tupuna (Grey 1971), originally published in 1854 and later translated into English as Polynesian Mythology (Grey 1956).
Rangipo Desert Rangipo Desert is a barren desert-like environment in New Zealand, located on the North Island Volcanic Plateau to the east of the three active peaks of Mount Tongariro, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount Ruapehu, and to the west of the Kaimanawa Range.
Rangiroa Rangiroa, which means "Far Sky" in Tuamotuan, is the largest atoll in the Tuamotus, and one of the largest in the world (although it is smaller than Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands). It is located in the Palliser group.
Rangitaiki River The Rangitaiki River is the longest river in the Bay of Plenty region in New Zealand's North Island. It is 155 kilometres in length, and rises inland from northern Hawke Bay to the east of the Kaingaroa Forest.
Rangitata Island Rangitata Island is a long lens-shaped island in the delta of the braided Rangitata River in Canterbury, New Zealand, approximately halfway between Timaru and Ashburton, New Zealand. The island is approximately 17 kilometres in length, and is about five kilometres wide at its widest point.
Rangitata River The Rangitata River is one of the braided rivers that helped form the Canterbury Plains in southern New Zealand. It flows southeast for 120 kilometres from the Southern Alps, entering the Pacific Ocean 30 kilometres northeast of Timaru.
Rangitikei by-election 1978 The Rangitikei by-election was a by-election in the New Zealand electorate of Rangitikei, a predominantly rural district in the middle of New Zealand's North Island. The by-election occurred on 18 February 1978, and was precipitated by the death of sitting National Party MP (and Speaker of the House) Sir Roy Jack in December 1977.
Rangitikei District The Rangitikei District is a Territorial Authority in the Manawatu-Wanganui region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located in the southwest of the island, and follows the catchment area of the river which shares its name.
Rangitikei River The Rangitikei River is one of New Zealand's longest rivers. Its headwaters are to the southeast of Lake Taupo in the Kaimanawa Ranges and its outflow is into the Tasman Sea 40 kilometres southeast of Wanganui.
Rangitoto College Rangitoto College (Rangi) is the largest secondary school in New Zealand with over 3,000 students as of 2004. The Correspondence School has more enrolled secondary students, but fewer full-time equivalent secondary students.
Rangitoto Channel The Rangitoto Channel is one of several passes between the islands of the inner Hauraki Gulf, close to the mouth of the Waitemata Harbour to the east of Auckland in New Zealand. The channel is an important stretch of water because most ships (such as container cargo ships and passenger cruise liners) entering Auckland travel through the channel in order to get to the busy port of Auckland.
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje The sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpei Dorje (August 14, 1924–November 5, 1981) (Wylie Rang 'byung rig pa'i rdo rje) was spiritual leader of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in Denkhok in the Dergé district of Kham (Eastern Tibet), near the Yangtze River.
Rangpur, India Rangpur is an archaeological site in Gujarat, India. Lying on the tip between the Gulf of Khambhat and Gulf of Kutch, it belongs to the period of the Indus valley civilization, and lies to the northwest of the larger site of Lothal.
Rangrim Mountains The Rangrim Mountains are a mountain range stretching from north to south, west of the Kaema Highlands, in central North Korea. They are the source of several major rivers of North Korea, such as the Taedong and the Ch'ĹŹngch'ĹŹn.
Rangsit University Rangsit University (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยรังสิต) is a private university located in Pathum Thani, Thailand. Rangsit University has started enrollment of students since its first batch in 1986 under the name of Rangsit College and later in 1990 became a university.
Rangsit, Prince of Chainat HRH Rangsit Prayurasakdi, Prince of Jainad or Somdej Phra Chao Boromawongse Ther Krom Phraya Jainad Narendhorn ()(November 12 1885 - March 7 1951) was the Thai Founder of the Public Health Ministry and Prince Regent.
Ranch A Ranch is an area of landscape, including buildings and structures, given primarily to the practice of Ranching, meaning grazing of livestock such as cattle or sheep on rangeland by ranchers. Ranching also a method used to raise less common livestock such as Elk (Wapiti), American Bison or even ostrich and emu.
Ranch (house) Ranch is a common term used to describe a single story house often built with a very horizontal appearance. The entrance is often low to the surrounding grade of land, although some with basements have a more elevated entrance and are called "raised ranches".
Ranch 1 Ranch 1 is a small restaurant franchise that is known for its menu of grilled chicken sandwiches, chicken salads, and chicken tenders with side orders of fresh cut french fries and fruit cups. Ranch 1's motive is to serve a slightly healthier menu through their grilled chicken dishes, salads, and fruit cups.
Ranch Rescue Ranch Rescue is a volunteer organization that assists ranchers and owners of property near the United States-Mexico border in the protection of their property. The organization claims that the protection is necessary due to damages caused by unauthorized border crossers, which it characterizes as terrorists.
Ranch steak The Ranch steak comes from the chuck cut of a cow, namely the shoulder. Technically it is called a "boneless chuck shoulder center cut steak", but supermarkets in an effort to get the patron a better sounding as well as an easier to remember name dubbed it the "Ranch steak".
Ranch-style house Ranch-style houses are also called American Ranch or California Ranch. First built in the 1930s, the ranch style house was extremely popular in America during the 1950s to 1980s, as new suburbs were built for baby boomer families.
Ranchera The ranchera is a genre of the traditional music of Mexico. Although closely associated with the mariachi groups which evolved in Jalisco in the post-revolutionary period, rancheras are also played today by norteño (or Conjunto), banda (or Duranguense), groups.
RancherĂ­a RancherĂ­a, is a form of administrative division used by Amerindian tribes to organize their social structure. In Spanish, the term means the workers' residential area of a rancho, and became extended from there into English to mean a native village.
Rancho Bernardo Handicap The Rancho Bernardo Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses open to fillies and mares age three and up. The race is set at a distance of six and one-half furlongs on the dirt track at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.
Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, California Rancho Bernardo is a neighborhood of the city of San Diego, California, located in the county of the latter's same name. It is geographically located about 20 miles north-north-east of downtown San Diego, immediately northwest of the city of Poway and south of Escondido.
Rancho Cucamonga High School Rancho Cucamonga High School (RCHS) is a public high school in Rancho Cucamonga and is part of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District. Rancho Cucamonga High School was opened in the fall of 1992 to roughly 1,500 students.
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are a minor league baseball team in Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA. They are a "high-A" class team in the California League, and have been a farm team of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim since 2000.
Rancho De La Luna Rancho De La Luna is a recording studio in Joshua Tree, California that was founded in 1993 by Fred Drake and David Catching. Since Drake's untimely death in 2002 to cancer, it has doubled as Catching's home, and he has been known to cook for bands and allow them to stay at the house for weeks at a time while they record.
Rancho Del Mar High School Rancho Del Mar High School is one of three public high schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula (the others being Palos Verdes Peninsula High School and Palos Verdes High School). Located on Crest Road in Rolling Hills, the school is part of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District.
Rancho Del Oso Nature and History Center Rancho Del Oso Nature and History Center interprets the cultural and natural history of the area of Rancho del Oso -- ranch of the bear -- which became part of California's Big Basin Redwoods State Park, in the 1970s.
Rancho in focus Rancho in focus is a Community magazine geared exclusively to the community of Rancho Cucamonga, California. Rancho In Focus is the exclusive property of Parlay Publications, the publishing company founded by CEO Gary Travis.
Rancho Los Amigos Scale The Rancho Los Amigos Scale (also called the Rancho Los Amigos Cognitive Scale or Rancho Scale) is a medical scale intended to assess the level of recovery of head injury patients and those recovering from coma. It is named after the Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center.
Rancho Mission Viejo Rancho Mission Viejo is a 23,000 acre (93 km²) cattle ranch and leased land operation in Southeast Orange County, California. The ranch's history can be traced back to 1845 when California land baron "Don Juan" John Forster acquired Rancho La Paz and Mission San Juan Capistrano in what is now Orange County.
Rancho Notorious Rancho Notorious is a 1952 Western film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Marlene Dietrich as the matron of a criminal hideout called Chuck-a-Luck. Arthur Kennedy and Mel Ferrer compete for her attention in this campy tale of frontier revenge.
Rancho Penasquitos, San Diego, California Rancho Penasquitos is a community in the northeastern part of the city of San Diego, California. Rancho Penasquitos (meaning little cliffs) is surrounded by a beautiful canyon open space preserve offering hiking, biking and equestrian trails.
Rancho Petaluma Adobe Rancho Petaluma Adobe is the name of a historic ranch and adobe ranch house that was owned and constructed by General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo from 1834 to 1857, constructed at the time when the Northern California was part of Mexico. In Spanish, the term Rancho Adobe means a ranch house made with adobe brick walls.
Rancho Rinconada, Cupertino, California Rancho Rinconada is a residential neighborhood in the eastern part of Cupertino, California. It is bordered by Saratoga Creek (just west of Lawrence Expressway), Stevens Creek Boulevard, Miller Road, and Bollinger Road.
Rancho San Antonio (Peralta Grant) Rancho San Antonio, also known as the Peralta Grant, was a 44,800-acre land grant by Governor Pablo Vicente de Solá, the last Spanish governor of California, to Don Luís María Peralta, a Spanish Army officer, in recognition of his forty years of service, on August 3, 1820. The grant embraced the sites of the cities of San Leandro, Oakland, Alameda, Emeryville, Piedmont, Berkeley, and Albany.
Rancho San Joaquin Middle School Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, commonly referred to as Rancho, is a middle school in Irvine, California, serving the southern part of Irvine, including the neighborhoods of University Park, Turtle Rock, Turtle Ridge, Quail Hill, Shady Canyon, and University Hills. It is part of the Irvine Unified School District.
Rancho San Justo Covering 11 hectares (28,000 acres), Rancho San Justo was one of three ranches attached to Mission San Juan Bautista of San Benito County, California. After the mission lands were secularized in 1832, General José Castro was granted the ranch by the Mexican government.
Rancho Simi Rancho Simi (full name Rancho San José de Nuestra Senora de Altagarcia y Simi) is one of the land grants in California by the Spanish government. The name derives from Shimiji, the name of the Chumash village here before the Spanish.
Ranchos de Taos church Ranchos de Taos church also known as San Francisco de Asis church is a small mission in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. It was built in approximately 1772 by Franciscan Fathers and its patron is Saint Francis of Assisi.
Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem Rani Arbo and the band Daisy Mayhem, consisting of Andrew Kinsey, Anand Nayak, and Scott Kessel, are an American musical group whose style combines folk, country blues, jazz, and swing. Arbo and Kinsey were formerly members of Salamander Crossing.
Rani Avantibai Rani Avantibai (died March 20, 1858) was the wife of Vikramaditya Singh, the ruler of the Indian state of Ramgarh. When he died, leaving his wife with no heir, the British placed Ramgarth under their administration.
Rani Lakshmibai The Rani of Jhansi (c. 1828 – 17 June 1858), the queen of the Maratha-ruled princely state of Jhansi in North India, was one of the leading figures of the Indian rebellion of 1857, and a symbol of resistance to British rule in India.
Rani Mangammal Rani Mangammal (1689—1704) was a queen regent on behalf of her grandson, in the Madurai Nayak kingdom in present day Tamil Nadu, India, towards the end of the century. She was a popular administrator and is still widely remembered as a maker of roads and avenues, and a builder of temples, tanks and choultries with many of her public works still in use.
Rani Rashmoni Rani Rashmoni, founder of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple and numerous charitable works was born into a poor farming family of Kona village,in present day North 24 Parganas on 26th September 1793 (1211 Bangabda).
Rani Rudrama Devi One of the most prominent rulers of the Telangana Kakatiya dynasty on the Deccan Plateau, Rani (queen) Rudramma Devi was one of the few queens in Indian history. She was born, as Rudramba, to King Ganapathideva (or Ganapatideva, or Ganapathi Devudu).
Rani Suhanadi Rani Suhanadi was a queen and the wife of the Rajput ruler of Sind, Raja Sahasi II. She is recorded in historical narratives such as the Chach Nama for having had an affair with his Brahmin chamberlain, Chach of Alor, and then conspiring to raise him to throne upon the death of Raja Sahasi II the last of the Rai Dynasty.
Rania al-Baz Rania al-Baz, a Saudi celebrity, is famous internationally for speaking out against violence against women. Rania is the daughter of Yahya al-Baz, a businessman who owns a large chain of hotels in Saudi Arabia.
Ranial Rajputs The Ranial and Dhamial Muslim Rajputs of the Punjab region are branches of the famed Janjua Rajput clan. The Janjua is a dominant warlike clan of the Punjab and has played a key role throughout Punjabi history - from becoming one of the first Rajput clans to convert to Islam to being the first to begin salt mining in the Salt Range of Western Punjab plains.
Ranibizumab Ranibizumab (Lucentis) is a monoclonal antibody fragment derived from the same parent murine antibody as bevacizumab (Avastin). It is much smaller than the parent molecule and has been affinity matured to provide stronger binding to VEGF-A.
Ranieri de' Calzabigi Ranieri de' Calzabigi (1714-1795) was an Italian poet and librettist, most famous for his collaboration with the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck on his "reform" operas. Born in Livorno, Calzabigi spent the 1750s in Paris, where he became a close friend of Casanova.
Raniero Cantalamessa Raniero Cantalamessa is a Franciscan Capuchin Roman Catholic Priest and the Preacher to the Papal Household for Pope Benedict XVI, a position he has held since being appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1980. In this capacity, he gives a "meditation" to the Pope and other high-ranking officials each Friday during Lent and Advent, and is "the only person allowed to preach to the Pope.
Ranikhet Ranikhet is a hill station and cantonment town in Almora district in the Indian state of Uttaranchal. Ranikhet is at an altitude of 1829 metres above sea level and within sight of the western peaks of the Himalayas.
Ranikot Fort Ranikot is a large fort in the region of the Kirthar Range, about 30 km southwest of Sann, was in the Dadu district of Sindh now in district Jamshoro, approximately 90 km north of Hyderabad in Pakistan. It is one of the largest forts in the world.
Ranipuram Ranipuram is a small place in Kasargode district of Kerala state, south India. This place was formerly known as Madathumalauntil 1970s when it was purchased by the Catholic diocese of Kottayam from the Kandoth family branch, the local landlords ,for the purpose of settlement.
Ranitidine Ranitidine (INN) (IPA: ) is a histamine H2-receptor antagonist that inhibits stomach acid production, and commonly used in the treatment of peptic ulcer disease (PUD) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). It is currently marketed under the trade name Zantac by GlaxoSmithKline in prescription form and by Pfizer in over-the-counter form.
Ranjan Madugalle Ranjan Senerath Madugalle (born April 22, 1959, Kandy) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who became a match referee in 1993. He was educated at Trinity College, Kandy, and Royal College, Colombo, both premier schools in Sri Lanka.
Ranjana Kumar Ranjana Kumar, currently (from 2005) Vigilance Commissioner in Central Vigilance Commission, after her retirement as Chairperson of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is a prominent Indian banker. When the Government of India appointed her as the Chairperson and managing Director of the Indian Bank, she became the first woman to become head of a public sector bank in India.
Ranjeev Deol Ranjeev Deol (born October 19, 1976 in Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian field hockey player, who played his first international senior tournament for the Men's National Team in 1998, at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.
Ranji Hordern Dr. Herbert Vivian 'Ranji' Hordern (born February 10, 1883, North Sydney, New South Wales, died June 17, 1938, Darlinghurst, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1911 to 1912.
Ranji Trophy The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides, equivalent to county cricket in England and the Pura Cup in Australia. The competition is named after Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, also known as "Ranji").

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