Sunder Singh Bhandari
Sunder Singh Bhandari (Hindi: सुन्दर सिंह भण्डारी; 12 April 1921 – 22 June 2005) was a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak and politician belonging to Bharatiya Jana Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]
Early life and education
He was born to Dr. Sujan Singhji Bhandari and Smt. Fulkanvarbaiji, a Jain family, in Udaipur in 1921 he had his school education at Sirohi and Udaipur and college education at Kanpur. He passed his Graduation degree in Law from S.D. College, Kanpur in the year 1941 and Post Graduation in Arts with Psychology from Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Kanpur in the year 1942.[2]
Career
He practised law at then Mewar High Court for some time before joining Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He held numerous responsibilities in RSS. He was a founding member of Jan Sangh, a political party founded in 1951.
He served in various organisational posts in Jan Sangha and later in the BJP. He was the Vice President of BJP before he became the Governor. He was elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan during 1966-1972 and from Uttar Pradesh in 1976 and also in 1992.
He was arrested at Delhi Railway station in 1976 when Indira Gandhi declared an internal emergency in India.
He was appointed Governor of Bihar in 1998. He served as the governor of Gujarat from March 18, 1999 to May 6, 2003. He died on June 22, 2005
References
- ↑ Ramaseshan, Radhika (7 October 2009). "Last leg of pracharak era". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
- ↑ Nation pays tribute to Bhandariji
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| Preceded by K.G. Balakrishnan |
Governor of the Gujarat March 1999 – May 2003 |
Succeeded by Kailashpati Mishra |