Jaspal Rana was born in a simple family of farmers, his father Narayan Singh served in ITBP, mother Shyama was a housewife, Educated in Mussoorie and Delhi, Jaspal came to limelight with a equaled Junior World record performance in Standard Pistol event in Shooting World Cup at Milan in 1994.He was awarded Arjuna award at an early age of nineteen in 1998, 2002 was the year when he was given PadamShree for Record breaking performances in Asian Games, Common wealth games and other competitions.After a gap of twelve years and hundreds of Gold medals, Jaspal again equaled another World Record in his favorite Centre Fire event in 2006 Asian Games at Doha winning three Gold medals and one Silver in the process, Jaspal was nominated as the best Athlete of Doha Asian Games.