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Bhairab Dutt Pande (17 March 1917 – 2009) was a member of the
Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British Raj, British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 3 ...
and Union Cabinet Secretary of the
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under
Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 un ...
. He served as the Governor of West Bengal (1981–1983), and
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(1983–1984), and the Administrator of Chandigarh for a brief period. Born in
Almora Almora ( Kumaoni: ') is a municipal corporation and a cantonment town in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Almora district. Almora is located on a ridge at the southern edge of the Kumaon Hills of the ...
, in the Indian state of
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, Pande served as a Cabinet Secretary to the Union Government from 2 November 1972 to 31 March 1977. When President's rule was imposed on Punjab, he served as the governor of the state. Pande was married to Vimla Pande. They had three children: Arvind Pande, IAS, environmentalist Lalit Pande, and Ratna Pande. His brother-in-laws were Vinod Chandra Pande, a former governor and Union Cabinet Secretary and Govind Chandra Pande a Padmi Shri and noted scholar and historian. He was one of the last living members of the
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, having entered in the 1939 batch. The Government of India awarded Pande the fourth highest civilian honour of the
Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...
, in 1972, for his contributions to Indian society and the
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in 2000. He is author of his famous autobiography book released after 5 years of his demise as per his wish name “In the Service of Free India” Memoir of a civil servant, by B D Pande.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pande, B. D. 1917 births 2009 deaths Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in civil service Recipients of the Padma Shri in civil service Indian Administrative Service officers Kumaoni people Governors of Punjab, India Governors of West Bengal Politicians from Kolkata Uttarakhand politicians People from Almora Indian Civil Service (British India) officers