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1977 In India
Events in the year 1977 in the Republic of India. Incumbents * President of India – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed until 11 February, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy. * Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi until 24 March, Morarji Desai. * Vice President of India – B.D. Jatti * Chief Justice of India – Ajit Nath Ray (until 27 January), Mirza Hameedullah Beg (starting 27 January) Governors * Andhra Pradesh – ** until 17 February: Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare ** 17 February-5 May: B. J. Divan ** starting 5 May: Sharda Mukherjee * Assam – L. P. Singh * Bihar – Jagannath Kaushal * Gujarat – Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham * Haryana – Jaisukh Lal Hathi (until 23 September), Harcharan Singh Brar (starting 23 September) * Himachal Pradesh – S. Chakravarti (until 16 February), Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan (starting 16 February) * Jammu and Kashmir – L. K. Jha * Karnataka – Uma Shankar Dikshit (until 2 August), Govind Narain (starting 2 August) * Kerala – N. N. Wanchoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of India
The president of India (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the head of state of the Republic of India. The president is the nominal head of the executive, the first citizen of the country, and the commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the Indian Armed Forces. Droupadi Murmu is the 15th and current president, having taken office on 25 July 2022. The office of president was created when Constitution of India, India's constitution came into force and it became a republic on Republic Day (India), 26 January 1950. The president is indirect election, indirectly elected by an electoral College (India), electoral college comprising both houses of the Parliament of India and the state Legislative Assembly (India), legislative assemblies of each of States and union territories of India, India's states and territories, who themselves are all directly elected by the citizens. s:Constitution of India/Part V#Article 53 %7BExecutive power of the Union%7D, Article 53 of the Constitution of India stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham
Kambanthodath Kunhan Viswanathan (4 November 1914 – 17 or 18 August 1992) was governor of the Indian state of Gujarat. Viswanathan was born in Mattancheri, Cochin on 4 November 1914 to an Ezhava family. He was educated at St. Thomas College, Trichur, Maharaja's College, Earnakulam and Law College, Trivandrum. He took his bachelor's degree in Law from the Madras University in 1938 and started his legal practice in Cochin the same year. Simultaneously, he took up the management of a High School there and also evinced great interest in trade union work. Viswanathan was one of the founders of a major Port-workers' Union by the name of ''Cochin Thuramukha Thozhilali Union''. Afterwards, he joined the Cochin Praja Mandal, a constituent of the All India State People's Conference, which carried on in the princely State the policies and programmes of the Indian National Congress. In 1948, he was elected to the Cochin Legislative Council on the Praja Mandal ticket and, on the merger o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satya Narayan Sinha
Satya Narayan Sinha (9 July 1900 – 26 July 1983) was an Indian National Congress politician who served as the member of Constituent Assembly and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. He was the first Leader of the House in Lok Sabha not to be a prime minister. Details Satya Narayan Sinha was born in Sambhupatti Samastipur. He was elected to the Lower house of the Indian Parliament the Lok Sabha in 1952 from Samastipur East, 1957 and 1962 from Samastipur and in 1967 from Darbhanga in Bihar, India. Sinha served as Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Communications from 1964 to 1967, and as Minister for Health, Family Planning and Urban Development from 1967 to 1971. He was appointed Governor of Madhya Pradesh The governor of Madhya Pradesh is the nominal head of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. There are 22 governors. Below is a list of governors of the Central Provinces and Berar and the pre ... in 1971, and se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of Madhya Pradesh
The governor of Madhya Pradesh is the nominal head of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. There are 22 governors. Below is a list of governors of the Central Provinces and Berar and the precursor offices associated with that title: Chief commissioners of Nagpur Province and Saugor Nerbudda territories *1861–''1862'': Edward King Elliot Chief commissioners of the Central Provinces *''1862''–1864: Edward King Elliot *1864–1867: Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet, Sir Richard Temple, Bt. *1867–1883: John Henry Morris, Sir John Henry Morris *1883–1884: William Brittain Jones *1884–1885: Charles Crosthwaite, Sir Charles Haukes Todd *1885–1887: Dennis Fitzpatrick (colonial administrator), Dennis Fitzpatrick *1887–1889: Alexander Mackenzie (civil servant), Alexander Mackenzie *1889–1893: Antony MacDonnell, 1st Baron MacDonnell of Swinford, Sir Antony Patrick Macdonnell *1893–1895: John Woodburn (Bengal governor), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jothi Venkatachalam
Jothi Venkatachalam (born 27 October 1917, date of death unknown) was an Indian politician who served as Governor of Kerala and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. Life and career Jothi Venkatachalam was born in Maymyo, hill city of British Burma (now Myanmar), on 27 October 1917 to G. Kuppuram and MeenaPai. Her father was appointed to serve in Secretary office of British Burma, resigned and came back to Chennai in 1930 due to political turmoil during that time in Burma. Jothi continued her study in Ewart Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Veppery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Jothi was more involved in social works and came to the attention of Congress party. She was appointed minister for Liquor Prohibition and Women's Welfare in the C. Rajagopalachari cabinet between 10 October 1953 and 12 April 1954. Thus Jothi Venkatachalam became the first woman to be minister in Tamil Nadu state in the republic of India. In that very brief stint, she clubbed the liquor prohibit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of Kerala
The governor of Kerala is the constitutional head of state of the southern Indian state of Kerala. The governor is appointed by the President of India, and holds office at the President's pleasure. The governor is ''de jure'' head of the government of Kerala; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. The elected council of ministers is headed by the chief minister of Kerala, who thus holds '' de facto'' executive authority in the state. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon their own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent. Durga Das Basu. ''Introduction to the Constitution of India''. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. . p. 237, 241–44. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Kerala as well. Since 2 January 2025, Rajendra Vish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Govind Narain
Govind Narain, ICS (5 May 1916 – 3 April 2012) was an Indian civil servant who was member of the Indian Civil Service and served as the 8th Governor of Karnataka. He formerly served as Defence Secretary of India (1973 to 1975), Home Secretary of India (1971 to 1973) and the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh (1958 to 1961). He is considered to be one of India's most senior and respected civil servants. He also served as Adviser and Secretary to the King of Nepal from 1951 to 1954. Early childhood and education He was born into a Kayastha family in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh and educated at the University of Allahabad and University of Oxford. Career He was selected as a member of the Indian Civil Service in 1939 and served as District Collector of Farrukhabad and Aligarh. Ministry of Defence He served as 11th Defence Secretary of India (1973 to 1975) and also as Secretary to the Government of India in Department of Defence Production (DDP) from 1968 to 1970. Ministry o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uma Shankar Dikshit
Uma Shankar Dikshit (12 January 1901 – 30 May 1991) was an Indian politician, cabinet minister and Governor of West Bengal and Governor of Karnataka.Governors Governor of Karnataka website. Life He was born on 12 January 1901 at village Ugu of of state, to the Kanyakubja Brahmin parents Ram Sarup and Shiv Pyari.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of Karnataka
The governor of Karnataka, formerly governor of Mysore, is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Karnataka. The governor is appointed by the president of India, and holds office at the president's pleasure. The governor is ''de jure'' head of the government of Karnataka; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers, headed by the chief minister of Karnataka, which thus holds '' de facto'' executive authority in the state. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon his or her own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent. Over the years, the exercise of these discretionary powers have given rise to conflict between the elected chief minister and the central government–appointed governor. Durga Das Basu. ''Introduction to the Constitution of Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of Jammu And Kashmir
The governor of Jammu and Kashmir was the head of state, head of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Jammu and Kashmir (state), Jammu and Kashmir. When India became Independence of India, independent, Hari Singh was the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, Maharaja of the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir. Technically he remained so until 17 November 1952, although from 20 June 1949 his son Karan Singh acted as regent. From 17 November 1952 to 30 March 1965, Karan Singh was the elected as the Sadr-e-Riyasat of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. On 30 March 1965, Karan Singh became the first governor of Jammu and Kashmir. The office of governor was abolished after the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 was passed in August 2019 in the Parliament of India, reorganising the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, on 31 October 2019. Provisions contained within the act created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amin Ud-din Ahmad Khan
Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan (23 March 1911 – 12 June 1983) was the last ruling Nawab of princely state of Loharu State, Loharu, reigning from 1926 to 1947. Born on 23 March 1911 in Delhi, he studied at Aitchison College, Lahore, later, Member of the Chamber of Princes, and briefly served the Indian Army and saw action during the Liberation of Goa in 1961 . He was a leader of the regional Indian National Congress party, and became a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan (Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), MLA), and subsequently the 'Minister Public Works Department', Government of Rajasthan from 1967 to 1976. He was appointed the List of Governors of Himachal Pradesh, 2nd governor of Himachal Pradesh (1977–1981) and List of Governors of Punjab (India), 11th governor of Punjab (1981–1982). He donated the famous and valuable library collection of his family to the Raza Library in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, Rampur. He died at Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of Himachal Pradesh
The governor of Himachal Pradesh (ISO: Himachal Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla) is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Shiv Pratap Shukla is the 22nd governor (31st if governors with additional charge also counted) of Himachal Pradesh since February 2023. Out of the regular 21 governors (except the present one) of the state only three have been able to complete their full terms: S. Chakravarti (1971–77), Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje (2003–08) and Urmila Singh (2010–15). Lieutenant governors of Himachal Pradesh Governors of Himachal Pradesh See also * Himachal Pradesh * Governors of India * Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh * Government of Himachal Pradesh References External links H.P.Vidhan Sabha-Past Governor's {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Governors Of Himachal Pradesh Governors of Himachal Pradesh, Lists of governors of Indian states, Himachal Himachal Pradesh-related lists, Governors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
