Apa Pant
Appasaheb Pant (1912–1992), also known as Apa Pant, Appa Pant, Appa Sahib Pant, Appsaheb Balasaheb Pant, Parashuram-rao Pant (Parashuram being his first name), was an Indian diplomat, Prince of Aundh, Gandhian, writer and freedom fighter. A philosopher by nature and a mystic at heart, who served for over forty years as a career diplomat for the Indian Government. He served as the Indian Commissioner at various African countries such as Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and the Belgian colony of the Congo and, later, as the Indian ambassador to countries like Indonesia, Norway, Egypt, United Kingdom and Italy.He also served as the Political Officer for India in the Kingdom of Sikkim . The Government of India honoured him in 1954, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the society, placing him among the first recipients of the award.
Apasaheb Balasaheb Pant PS | |
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Jomo Kenyatta, Apa Pant and Achieng Oneko | |
| High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 15 September 1969 – October 1972 | |
| Preceded by | S. S. Dhawan |
| Succeeded by | Braj Kumar Nehru |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 September 1912 Aundh State, British India (present-day Maharashtra, India) |
| Died | 5 October 1992 (aged 80) Pune, Maharashtra, India |
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| Alma mater | University of Bombay University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Diplomat, freedom fighter |
| Awards | Padma Shri (1954) |