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Rahi Mohinder Singh better known by his Initials R M Singh is a Punjabi speaking Indian painter, an illustrator and a teacher. Hailing from the state of Punjab, he has added a profound flavour of that land and its people in his paintings. Sikh history has been his favourite theme. Though he himself is located in urban or suburb but his painting unreels the rural Punjab with its fields, bullock carts, oxen, water ponds, traditionally attired men and women. Being one of the few painters who received a personal touch in learning from Legendary Artist Sobha Singh (painter). He has portrayed many men and women of importance and his Portrait Paintings have found space in the Parliament of India and President House of India (Rashtrapati Bhavan). apart from other galleries of importance.

Early Life and Education
Rahi Mohinder Singh started schooling at a government primary school in his native village Bharoli Kalan, distt. Pathankot, Punjab, India. Later, he went to a nearby town Pathankot for High School. He started painting in oil colours when he was in 7th standard. The very first painting, he recalls painting was a landscape on waste piece of plywood tea leave container box. He was introduced to canvas painting, later. In 1983, he got a chance to meet renowned artist Sobha Singh at Andretta, Himachal Pradesh. R M Singh remained a lifelong follower of Sobha Singh's works. Soon he became a child prodigy known for his art works among local art lover families of Pathankot. He participated in an exhibition, which was organised by a local convent school, where he sold off all his displayed works. For his further studies in Art he went to New Delhi but finding the Delhi atmosphere not much to his taste, he returned back and tried at Government College of Art, Chandigarh. He completed his graduation in Fine Arts from this institute.

Works and Styles
R M Singh is known for working with a wide spectrum of genres of painting. Painting landscapes is rather easy for him, but, where he finds the actual challenge to his sense of aesthetics and the grip over the medium is the genre of portraiture. He recognize a deeply entrenched realism in himself as he says that the portrait cannot be simply 'like' someone, it should 'be' someone

Portraits
Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir, Shivraj Patil ( Both portraits displayed at Lok Sabha Gallery, parliament of India) Pratibadevi Singh Patil 2012 , Pranab Mukhraji 2016 (Both portraits displayed at President House {Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi})

In year 1994 he was commissioned for War Meuseum, Ludhiana where he painted portraits of the war heroes of Punjab.

He did 40 portraits of writers and artists of Punjab for Punjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh.

At Shabad Parkash Meuseum, Rakba, [Ludhiana], Punjab he did portraits of the 36 writers who have contributed in Guru Granth Sahib. He painted the "Inauguration Ceremony of The Holy Guru Granth Sahib ji" which portrays Baba Buddha ji opens the holy scripture for the public.