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'''Vishnu Sahay''' (22 November 1901 – 3 April 1989)<ref>{{cite book|last=Mukherjee|first=Amiya Ranjan|title=Current Affairs|year=1961|publisher=A. Mukherjee & Company|page=315|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pigYAQAAIAAJ&q=Vishnu+Sahay}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.de/books?id=MXchAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA733&dq=vishnu+sahay+1901&hl=de&sa=X&ei=oYs1UqnCIsjE4gTLyYDYAw&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=vishnu%20sahay%201901&f=false Asia & Pacific Oceania], 2003, S. 733</ref> was a former [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] officer and [[Cabinet Secretary (India)|Cabinet Secretary of India]] who served as [[Governor of Assam]] and [[Governor of Nagaland|Nagaland]] following his retirement.

== Early life and education ==
Sahay was the elder brother of [[Bhagwan Sahay|Bhagawan Sahay]], also an ICS officer and a former [[Governor of Kerala]] and [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news|title=A place in the sun|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/2006/07/23/d607231502119.htm|accessdate=7 March 2013|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=23 July 2006}}</ref> Vishnu Sahay studied at the SM College, [[Chandausi]] and at the [[Oxford University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=SM College - Alumni|url=http://smcollegechandausi.org/alumni.html|publisher=SM College|accessdate=7 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Lahiri|first=Shompa|title=Indians in Britain: Anglo-Indian Encounters, Race and Identity, 1880-1930|year=2000|publisher=Frank Cass Publishers|location=London|page=72|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GuvRWlN_cQkC&q=vishnu+sahay+&pg=PA72|isbn=9780714649863}}</ref> He was a member of the 1925 batch of the ICS, passing the exams on 16 October of that year.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33100/pages/7264 The London Gazette, 6 November 1925]</ref> Somewhat unusually, he was never awarded any of the honours which a civilian of his long service would have normally received.

== Civil servant ==
Sahay had a long and distinguished career in the [[Indian Civil Service]]. He served as Cane Commissioner of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and Sugar Controller for India,<ref>{{cite web|title=Problems Of Sugar Industry In India|url=https://archive.org/stream/problemsofsugari031887mbp/problemsofsugari031887mbp_djvu.txt|accessdate=7 March 2013}}</ref> and as Secretary of Agriculture to the [[Government of India]] in which post, impressed by the [[Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union|Kaira Cooperative]], he helped [[Verghese Kurien]] of [[Amul]] get a scholarship to study dairying in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Heredia|first=Ruth|title=The Amul India Story|year=1997|publisher=Tata McGraw Hill|location=New Delhi|pages=104–105|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TYEkjpYkHrMC&q=vishnu+sahay+ics&pg=PA104|isbn=9780074631607}}</ref> He also served as Secretary for Kashmir Affairs in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]]<ref>{{cite news|title=The Dixon Plan|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1921/stories/20021025002508200.htm|accessdate=7 March 2013|newspaper=Frontline|date=12–25 October 2002}}</ref> and was Cabinet Secretary of India twice during 1958- 1960 and during 1961- 1962.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cabinet Secretaries Since 1950|url=http://cabsec.nic.in/about_cabinet.php|publisher=Cabinet Secretariat|accessdate=7 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310080436/http://cabsec.nic.in/about_cabinet.php|archive-date=10 March 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Maheshwari|first=S R|title=Indian Administration|year=2001|publisher=Orient Longman|location=New Delhi|page=47|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_Qu6ePC40kC&q=vishnu+sahay+cabinet+secretary&pg=PA47|isbn=9788125019886|edition=Sixth}}</ref>

== Gubernatorial tenure ==
Sahay was a two time Governor of Assam serving from 12 November 1960 to 13 January 1961 and from 7 September 1962 to 17 April 1968.<ref name="worldstatesmen">{{cite web|title=States of India since 1947|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html|accessdate=7 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Governors of Assam since 1937 onwards|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/governor-list.html|accessdate=7 March 2013}}</ref> As Governor of Assam, Sahay signed the Ceasefire Agreement with the Naga insurgents in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dawn of Peace in Nagaland|url=http://nagaland.nic.in/profile/history/peace.htm|accessdate=7 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314113027/http://nagaland.nic.in/profile/history/peace.htm|archive-date=14 March 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was also the first Governor of Nagaland, holding that office from 1 December 1963 – 17 April 1968.<ref name="worldstatesmen" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Governors of Assam]]
[[Category:Governors of Nagaland]]
[[Category:Cabinet Secretaries of India]]
[[Category:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers]]
[[Category:People from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:1901 births]]
[[Category:1989 deaths]]

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