Kidar Nath Sahani (24 October 1926 – 3 October 2012) was a governor of the Indian states of

Sikkim Sikkim ( ; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Koshi Province of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the ...

(2001–02) and

Goa Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...

(2002–04). He was a pracharak of the

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(RSS) and a leader of the

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and

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Early life and education

He lived in

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, though he was born in

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, having migrated here following the Partition. He worked for the rights and rehabilitation of the refugees and a leading political figure in Delhi of the right wing Jana Sangh party.

Career

Sahani had served as Mayor of

and Chief Executive of the Delhi Metropolitan Council. He was a swayamsewak of the

and played a key role in the growth of the Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi. During

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, Sahani went underground and later escaped abroad from where he worked against the Indira Gandhi government. Post Emergency, he became a leading figure in Delhi municipal politics, going on to become Deputy Mayor, Mayor and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the

Municipal Corporation of Delhi Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD; ISO: ''Dillī Nagara Nigama'') is the municipal corporation that governs most of Delhi, India. The MCD is among the largest municipal bodies in the world providing civic services to a population of about 20 ...

. He also served as the President of the Delhi State Unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Kidar Nath Sahani served as Governor to the states of Sikkim and

during the NDA regime but was dismissed from office in 2004 after the UPA government was formed on charges of misuse of office and because of his RSS background.

Death

He died at the age of 85 at Delhi.

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