Dharma Vira
Dharma Vira OBE, ICS (20 January 1906 – 16 September 2000) was an Indian civil servant and politician who served as the governor of Punjab, Haryana, West Bengal and Karnataka. Vira also served as a Cabinet Secretary of the Government of India.
Dharma Vira OBE | |
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Dharma Vira in January 1966 | |
| 5th Governor of Mysore | |
| In office 23 October 1970 – 1 February 1972 | |
| Chief Minister | Veerendra Patil |
| Preceded by | Gopal Swarup Pathak |
| Succeeded by | Mohanlal Sukhadia |
| 5th Governor of West Bengal | |
| In office 1 June 1967 – 1 April 1969 | |
| Chief Minister | Ajoy Mukherjee Prafulla Chandra Ghosh |
| Preceded by | Padmaja Naidu |
| Succeeded by | Deep Narayan Sinha (acting) |
| 1st Governor of Haryana | |
| In office 1 November 1966 – 14 September 1967 | |
| Chief Minister | B. D. Sharma Birender Singh |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Succeeded by | Birendra Narayan Chakraborty |
| 7th Governor of Punjab | |
| In office 27 June 1966 – 1 June 1967 | |
| Chief Minister | Ram Kishan Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir Gurnam Singh |
| Preceded by | Sardar Ujjal Singh |
| Succeeded by | Mehar Singh (Acting) |
| 8th Cabinet Secretary of India | |
| In office 18 November 1964 – 27 June 1966 | |
| Prime Minister | Lal Bahadur Shastri Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) Indira Gandhi |
| Preceded by | S. S. Khera |
| Succeeded by | D. S. Joshi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 January 1906 Bijnor, United Provinces, British India |
| Died | 16 September 2000 (aged 94) New Delhi, India |
| Spouse | Dayavati Ganga |
| Relations | daughter in law Ruchi Veera |
| Parent(s) | Raja Jwala Prasad, Bhagyati Devi |
| Alma mater | University of London Muir Central College |
| Awards | Padma Vibhushan |
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