Bhagwan Sahay (15 February 1905 – 6 December 1986) was the

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, from 6 February 1966 to 15 May 1967. Bhagwan Sahay took over as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir on 15 May 1967 and continued till 3 July 1973. He was an ICS officer and an alumnus of the S.M College in Chandausi,

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and became the second alumni of that College, after his immediate predecessor Ajit Prasad Jain, to become

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. Before his stint in Kerala, he was also the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab. In the 1970s, under President VV Giri, a former governor of Kerala himself, he headed the committee of governors which sought to outline guidelines for constitutional heads. He was awarded the

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, and was appointed an OBE in the 1945 Birthday Honours.The London Gazette, 14 June 1945
/ref> He was the younger brother of former Assam Governor Vishnu Sahay.

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List of Kerala governors
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sahay, Bhagwan 1905 births 1986 deaths Governors of Kerala Indian Officers of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in civil service People from Chandausi