Shrinjan Rajkumar Gohain | |
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Country | India |
Born | 18 August 1990 Assam, India | (age 33)
FIDE rating | 1841 (November 2015)[1] |
Peak rating | 1895 (September 2011) |
Education | St. Joseph's College of Commerce |
Shrinjan Rajkumar Gohain (Rajkumar Shrinjan Singha; born 18 August 1990[2]) is an Indian chess player.[3] He is the former Indian chess champion and a Arena Grandmaster[4] who has represented his state, Assam, and India in numerous tournaments.[1][5]
Shrinjan Rajkumar Gohain was born in a Tai-Ahom family with his family residences at Guwahati, Moran in Dibrugarh District and Titabor in Jorhat District of Assam. His father's family can be traced back to Ahom Kingdom's royal family of Swargadeo Gadadhar Singha. Gohain is a direct descendant and sixth and seventh Great grandsons of Ahom Kings Swargadeo Rajeswar Singha and Swargadeo Rudra Singha and Great great great grandnephew of Swargadeo Purandar Singha. [6]
Gohain attended Maria's Public School[7] in Guwahati before moving to Bangalore to complete pre-university studies. He then went to St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore.[8][9]