B. D. Pande: Difference between revisions

| name                   = Bhairab Dutt Pande

| image                   =Bhairab Dutt Pandey Official portrait 1983.jpg

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|office = [[List of Governors of West Bengal|10th Governor of West Bengal]]

|term_start = 12 September 1981

|term_end = 10 October 1983

|1blankname = Chief Minister

|1namedata = [[Jyoti Basu]]

|predecessor = [[Tribhuvan Narain Singh]]

|successor = [[Anant Sharma]]

|order1           = 12th  

|office1 = Cabinet Secretary of India

|term_start1 = 2 November 1972

|term_end1 = 31 March 1977

|primeminister1 = [[Indira Gandhi]]

|predecessor1 = [[T. Swaminathan]]

|successor1 = [[Nirmal Kumar Mukarji|N. K. Mukarji]]

| birth_date             = 17 March 1917

| birth_place             = [[Almora district]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[British Raj|British India]]

| death_date             = {{Death date and age|2009|4|4|1917|3|17|df=y}}{{fact|date=May 2020}}

| death_place             = Almora{{fact|date=May 2020}}

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| othername               =  

| occupation             = [[Indian Civil Service]]

| yearsactive             =  

| known_for               = Civil Service

| spouse                 = Vimla

| domesticpartner         =  

| children               = 3

| parents                 =  

| website                 =  

| awards                 = [[Padma Vibhushan]], [[Padma Shri]]

'''Bhairab Dutt Pande'''  (born 17 March 1917; died 4 April 2009){{fact|date=May 2020}} was a member of the [[Indian Civil Service]] and [[Cabinet Secretary of India|Union Cabinet Secretary]] of the [[Government of India]] under [[Indira Gandhi]]. He served as the [[Governor of West Bengal]] (1981–1983), and [[Governor of Punjab (India)|Punjab]] (1983–1984), and the [[Administrator of Chandigarh]] for a brief period.<ref>[http://chandigarh.gov.in/admn_old_admrs.htm Administrators] ''[[Chandigarh]]'' Official website.</ref><ref>[http://rulers.org/indstat4.html Governors 1947-]</ref><ref name="Pande takes top post for two years">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1020911/asp/nation/story_1187782.asp | title=Pande takes top post for two years | publisher=Telegraph | date=11 September 2002 | access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref>

Born in [[Almora]], in the Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]], Pande served as a Cabinet Secretary to the [[Government of India|Union Government]] from 2 November 1972 to 31 March 1977.<ref name="Cabinet Secretariat - Cabinet Secretaries Since 1950">{{cite web | url=http://cabsec.nic.in/about_cabinet.php | title=Cabinet Secretariat - Cabinet Secretaries Since 1950 | publisher=Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=23 December 2015 | 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> When President's rule was imposed on Punjab, he served as the Governor of the state.<ref name="Daunting task before Punjab Governor B.D. Pande and his advisors">{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/daunting-task-before-punjab-governor-b.d.-pande-and-his-advisors/1/372096.html | title=Daunting task before Punjab Governor B.D. Pande and his advisors | publisher=India Today | date=17 July 2013 | access-date=23 December 2015}}</ref>

Pande was married to Vimla Pande.<ref name="Grace without measure" /> They had three children: Arvind Pande,<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=7407309&privcapId=242581190&previousCapId=4508901&previousTitle=Essar%20Steel%20India%20Limited</ref> environmentalist [[Lalit Pande]], and Ratna Pande. His brother-in-law, [[Vinod Chandra Pande]], was also a former Governor and Union Cabinet Secretary.<ref name="Grace without measure">{{cite web | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/grace-without-measure/15805/ | title=Grace without measure | publisher=Indian Express | date=1 November 2006 | access-date=20 December 2015}}</ref>

The Government of India awarded Pande the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 1972, for his contributions to Indian society<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> and the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2000.