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Ranjit Singh of Bharatpur
Ranjit Singh of Bharatpur, youngest son of Maharaja Suraj Mal, ruled the Bharatpur state from the late 1770s until his death in 1805, withstanding Lord Lake's siege.
Ranjit Singh's conquest of Amritsar
Ranjit Singh's conquest of Amritsar was the 1802 capture of the city from its Bhangi sardars, ending with the Lohgarh fort and the Zamzama gun in his hands.
Ranjith Menon
Ranjith Menon is an Indian venture capitalist, Partner and Managing Director at Chiratae Ventures since 2007, known for early-stage investments in Myntra, Uniphore, and Redcliffe Labs.
Rank insignia of the Austro-Hungarian Army
Rank insignia of the Austro-Hungarian Army (k.u.k. forces, 1867–1918): six-pointed stars and lace on Paroli collar patches and sleeves, celluloid or embroidered stars, silver/gold button-colour rules, 1915 Generaloberst rank.
Ranked voting
Ranked voting (ranked-choice voting, RCV; instant-runoff voting, IRV; single transferable vote, STV) lets voters rank candidates by preference, with instant-runoff tabulation producing majority winners; used in Maine, Alaska, NYC, and Australia.
Ranked-choice voting in the United States
Ranked-choice voting in the United States: instant-runoff ranking of candidates used in Maine, Alaska, and dozens of cities; over 800 US RCV elections since 2004, reaching nearly 14 million voters.
Rankin County torture incident
Rankin County torture incident: January 24, 2023 raid in Braxton, Mississippi, where six white "Goon Squad" officers tortured Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker without a warrant, shot Jenkins in the mouth, and got 10 to 40 year sentences.
Rankings of academic publishers
Rankings of academic publishers order scholarly book publishers by prestige or level, chiefly via Spain's survey-based SPI and Norway's level-based register; cross-country studies show inconsistent results.
Rankings of universities in Canada
Rankings of universities in Canada: annual comparisons led by Maclean's (since 1991), historically in Medical Doctoral, Comprehensive, and Primarily Undergraduate categories, reorganized in 2027 into Large, Mid-Size, and Small size tiers covering 56 schools, scored on 15 indicators including retention, graduation, research, and reputation.
Rankings of universities in France
How French universities fare in Shanghai, QS, THE, CWUR and domestic classements: top-100 positions, EPE mergers, IDEX funding, methodology critiques, and 2023-2026 position changes.
Rankings of universities in Pakistan
University rankings in Pakistan: HEC's national quality-and-research ranking (resumed 2023, 61 parameters) plus QS, THE, Webometrics, and uniRank tables; QAU and NUST lead recent editions.
Rankings of universities in South Africa
How South Africa's 26 public universities rank in QS, THE, ARWU, CWUR, Webometrics, SCImago, and EduRank: UCT leads QS, THE, ARWU, and US News; Wits tops CWUR; Rhodes University alone withdrew.
Rankings of universities in the European Union
Rankings of universities in the European Union: how EU institutions place in QS, THE, and ARWU (Shanghai) tables, the methodologies behind them, EU responses like U-Multirank, and effects such as French mergers.
Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom
UK university league tables (Complete University Guide, Guardian, Times Good University Guide) and global systems (QS, THE, Shanghai) rank British universities by weighted metrics such as entry standards, student satisfaction, research quality, and graduate outcomes; methodologies differ so positions diverge across tables.
Ranks and insignia of NATO
Ranks and insignia of NATO: standardized rank codes under STANAG 2116, OF-1 to OF-10 for officers and OR-1 to OR-9 for other ranks, letting member nations compare ranks by command tier.
Ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945)
The ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945) were the rank titles, shoulder boards, and chevrons of the Heer, the Wehrmacht's army branch from 1935.
Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party
Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party: paramilitary titles and badges of the NSDAP (c. 1928-1945), with Reichsleiter, Gauleiter, and Blockleiter hierarchy, parallel SS/SA rank systems, and postwar banning under German law.
Ranks and insignia of the officers of the British Army
Officer ranks of the British Army, from Second Lieutenant to Field Marshal, with NATO OF codes, star, crown, and baton insignia, commission by the monarch, and the 1880 insignia system.
Ranks and insignia of the other ranks of the British Army
Ranks and insignia of the other ranks of the British Army: the enlisted grades from Private to Warrant Officer Class One, worn on sleeves, with chevrons, crowns, and the Royal arms, NATO OR-1 to OR-9 codes, and their 1902 and 1915 badge history.
Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS
Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS: the SS rank hierarchy (from SS-Schütze to Reichsführer-SS) and its badges, collar tabs introduced 1929, shoulder boards, sleeve insignia, and equivalents to Wehrmacht ranks, 1933-1945.
Ranks in Scouts BSA
Ranks in Scouts BSA: the seven sequential ranks Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life, and Eagle Scout of Scouting America's Scouts BSA program, covering requirements, boards of review, the Eagle project, and 2024 statistics.
Ranks in the French Army
Ranks in the French Army (grades de l'armée de Terre): the statutory four-tier system from soldat to maréchal de France, set by Article L4131-1, with NATO OF/OR codes, rank histories, and 2025 pay reform.
Ranks of the German Bundeswehr
Ranks of the German Bundeswehr (Dienstgrade der Bundeswehr): 26 ranks in 82 designations across seven rank groups and three career groups, from recruits to General/Admiral (OF-9), with NATO codes, Navy and Medical Service variants, and insignia rules.
Ranks of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Ranks of the PLA Ground Force: officer and enlisted ranks of China's army, adopted 1955, abolished 1965, restored 1988, now 10 officer ranks alongside 15 positional grades, shifting to a rank-centered system since 2016.
Ranna
Ranna (ರನ್ನ) was a Jain Kannada poet, born in 949, who served the Western Chalukya kings Tailapa II and Satyashraya and wrote the epics Ajitapurana and Gadayuddha.
Ranoj Pegu
Ranoj Pegu is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who serves as a minister in the Government of Assam, holding the education and tribal affairs portfolios.
Ranoji Scindia
Ranoji Scindia (Ranoji Rao Shinde, died 1745) was a Maratha commander under Peshwa Baji Rao I who became Subedar of Malwa and founded the Scindia dynasty that later ruled Gwalior.
Ransa
Ransa is a Peruvian third-party logistics company founded in 1939 as a cotton warehousing firm, now operating as Grupo Ransa in 12 Latin American countries, majority owned by H.I.G. Capital since 2021.
Ransey G. Cole, Jr.
Ransey G. Cole, Jr., also known as Ransey Guy Cole, Jr., is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ransom
A ransom is money or other consideration paid or demanded for freeing a kidnapped person or recovering stolen property, from medieval war captives to modern ransomware extortion.