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{{Infobox officeholder
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|office = 13th [[Foreign Secretary of India]]
|term_start = 1 February 1985
|term_end = 31 March 1986
|primeminister = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|minister = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]<br>[[Bali Ram Bhagat]]
|predecessor = [[Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra|M. K. Rasgotra]]
|successor = [[A. P. Venkateswaran]]

|order2 = Twelfth
|office2 = List of lieutenant governors of Delhi{{!}}Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
|term_start2 = 4 August 1988
|term_end2 = December 1989
|predecessor2 = [[H. L. Kapur|Harkishan Lal Kapoor]]
|successor2 = [[Arjan Singh]]

|order3 = Third
|office3 = List of lieutenant governors of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands{{!}}Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
|term_start3 = December 1989
|term_end3 = 24 February 1990
|predecessor3 = [[Tirath Singh Oberoi]]
|successor3 = [[Ranjit Singh Dayal]]

|order4 = Seventh
|office4 = List of Governors of Tripura{{!}}Governor of Tripura
|term_start4 = 15 August 1993
|term_end4 = 15 June 1995
|predecessor4 = [[K. V. Raghunatha Reddy]]
|successor4 = [[Siddheshwar Prasad|Prof. Siddheswar Prasad]]

|order5 = Sixth
|office5 = List of Governors of Goa{{!}}Governor of Goa
|term_start5 = 16 June 1995
|term_end5 = 18 July 1996
|predecessor5 = [[Gopala Ramanujam]]
|successor5 = [[P.C. Alexander]]

|order6 = Sixth
|office6 = List of Governors of Uttar Pradesh{{!}}Governor of Uttar Pradesh
|term_start6 = 19 July 1996
|term_end6 = 17 March 1998
|predecessor6 = [[Mohammad Shafi Qureshi]]
|successor6 = [[Mohammad Shafi Qureshi]]

|birth_date = {{birth date|1928|3|29|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br/> (now in [[Punjab, Pakistan]])
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'''Romesh Bhandari''' (29 March 1928 – 7 September 2013) was an [[Indian Foreign Secretary]], former Lieutenant Governor of [[Delhi]], [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], and former governor of [[Tripura]], [[Goa]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name=about>{{cite web|title=About Shri Romesh Bhandari|url=http://upgovernor.gov.in/bhandaribio.htm|website=upgovernor.gov.in|accessdate=9 July 2011|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/602jUpLaC?url=http://upgovernor.gov.in/bhandaribio.htm|archivedate=9 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
Bhandari was born in [[Lahore]], present day [[Pakistan]], to Amar Nath Bhandari, a Punjab High Court Judge who was part of bench which decided Gandhi Assassination case.<ref name=about/>

He joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] (IFS) in 1950 as the Vice-Consul at the consulate in New York. He was minister in the Indian Embassy at Moscow from 1970 to 1971. He was the ambassador to [[Thailand]] and Permanent Representative to [[United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific|UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East]] from 1971 to 1974 and ambassador to [[Iraq]] from 1974 to 1976. He then returned to the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] as Additional Secretary from February 1977 to July 1979. He was promoted as Secretary on 1 August 1979 and was appointed Foreign Secretary on 1 February 1985. He retired from service on 31 March 1986.<ref name=about/>

He has the unique distinction of bringing back to India, hijackers of an Indian Airlines Aircraft from Dubai in 1984.<ref name=about/>

He was the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi from 4 August 1988 to December 1989 and of Andaman and Nicobar islands from December 1989 to 24 February 1990.<ref name=state>{{cite web|title=Indian states since 1947|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html|website=worldstatesmen.org|accessdate=9 July 2011}}</ref>
He was the governor of Tripura from 15 August 1993 to 15 June 1995, governor of Goa from 16 June 1995 to 18 July 1996 and governor of Uttar Pradesh from 19 July 1996 to 17 March 1998.<ref name=about/><ref name=state/><ref name=goa>{{cite web|title=Governors of Goa since Liberation|url=http://www.rajbhavangoa.org/pastgovernors_postliberation.htm|website=rajbhavangoa.org|accessdate=9 July 2011|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/602qX4TLB?url=http://www.rajbhavangoa.org/pastgovernors_postliberation.htm|archivedate=9 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=trip>{{cite web|title=Tripura - Governors|url=http://tripura.nic.in/icm.htm|website=tripura.nic.in|accessdate=9 July 2011|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/602rLvY4V?url=http://tripura.nic.in/icm.htm|archivedate=9 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=up>{{cite web|title=Governors of Uttar Pradesh|url=http://www.upgov.nic.in/upinfo/governers.html|website=upgov.nic.in|accessdate=9 July 2011|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/602s2oaZ3?url=http://www.upgov.nic.in/upinfo/governers.html|archivedate=9 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bhandari died on the night of 7 September 2013 after a prolonged illness.<ref>{{cite web|author=PTI |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Former-UP-governor-Romesh-Bhandari-passes-away/articleshow/22411828.cms |title=Former UP governor Romesh Bhandari passes away - Times Of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=1928-03-29 |accessdate=2013-09-11}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian Foreign Secretaries]]
[[Category:People from Lahore]]
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[[Category:Governors of Tripura]]
[[Category:Governors of Goa]]
[[Category:Governors of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Lieutenant Governors of Delhi]]
[[Category:Lieutenant governors of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Iraq]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Thailand]]
[[Category:Indian Foreign Service officers]]

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