Bishambhar Nath Pande

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Bishambhar Nath Pande
Governor of Odisha
In office
17 August 1983 – 20 November 1988
Preceded byCheppudira Muthana Poonacha
Succeeded bySaiyid Nurul Hasan
Personal details
Born(1906-12-23)23 December 1906
Died1 June 1998(1998-06-01) (aged 91)
CitizenshipIndia
NationalityIndian
OccupationPolitician

Bishambhar Nath Pande (23 December 1906 – 1 June 1998)[1] was a freedom fighter, social worker, and parliamentarian in India. Pande devoted his life to the cause of national integration, and to the spread of the Gandhian way of life.

Life[edit]

B. N. Pande was a member of the Indian National Congress and a close associate of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of the Republic of India, as well as of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. He pursued a Gandhian philosophy and was for 18 years vice-chairman of the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS), which aims to spread Gandhian principles and philosophy globally.[citation needed]

Pande gave lectures in countries such as Japan, Russia, Germany and Canada on the life and ideals of Mohandas K. Gandhi.

Awards[edit]

In 1976, Pande was awarded the Padma Shri for his achievements in the field of social work.[citation needed]

Pande was awarded the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration by P. V. Narasimha Rao (the Prime Minister of India) in 1996 for his lifetime achievements in the field of Hindu-Muslim unity in India.[citation needed] He was also awarded the Khuda Baksh Award for his work on the composite culture of India.[2]

Political career[edit]

Books[edit]

Pande devoted a major part of his life to research on secularism with the objective of promoting unity amongst all religions in India. As part of his research, he wrote several books, including:

  • Centenary history of the Indian National Congress 1885–1985
  • A Concise History of the Indian National Congress, 1947–1985 (1986)
  • Indira Gandhi
  • Islam and Indian culture
  • Aurangzeb

Family[edit]

Pande was married to Shanta Pande, a former freedom fighter.[3] He had one child and two grandchildren.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Faruqi, M H (July 1998). "The Muslim Rule in India". Impact International. 28.
  2. ↑ "Khuda Bakhsh Award". Khuda Bakhsh Library. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Freedom fighter dead". The Tribune. 1 April 2000. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

External links[edit]

Preceded by
Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha 		Governor of Odisha
1983–1988 		Succeeded by
Saiyid Nurul Hasan
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