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Kodardas Kalidas Shah (October 15, 1908[1] – March 14, 1986) was an Indian politician who served as the Governor of Tamil Nadu from 1971 to 1976.[2][3]

Kodardas Kalidas Shah

Born in a Khadayat Vanik family in Gabat village in Bayad Taluka of Sabarkantha District in present-day Gujarat and was a solicitor by profession. He died on March 14, 1986, due to cardiac arrest in Calcutta. His son Prakash Shah is a practicing CPA in Salinas, California and runs a CPA firm by the name of Stevens, Sloan, & Shah.

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  1. Pre member, 1952-2003
  2. Indian states since 1947, (Worldstatesmen, September 16, 2008)
  3. Governors of Tamil Nadu since 1946, (Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, September 15, 2008)
Government offices
Preceded by
Sardar Ujjal Singh
Governor of Tamil Nadu
27 May 1971 – 16 June 1976
Succeeded by
Mohan Lal Sukhadia