Romesh Bhandari
13th Foreign Secretary of India
In office
1 February 1985 – 31 March 1986
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Bali Ram Bhagat
Preceded byM. K. Rasgotra
Succeeded byA. P. Venkateswaran
Twelfth Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
In office
4 August 1988 – December 1989
Preceded byHarkishan Lal Kapoor
Succeeded byArjan Singh
Third Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
In office
December 1989 – 24 February 1990
Preceded byTirath Singh Oberoi
Succeeded byRanjit Singh Dayal
Seventh Governor of Tripura
In office
15 August 1993 – 15 June 1995
Preceded byK. V. Raghunatha Reddy
Succeeded byProf. Siddheswar Prasad
Sixth Governor of Goa
In office
16 June 1995 – 18 July 1996
Preceded byGopala Ramanujam
Succeeded byP.C. Alexander
Sixth Governor of Uttar Pradesh
In office
19 July 1996 – 17 March 1998
Preceded byMohammad Shafi Qureshi
Succeeded byMohammad Shafi Qureshi
Personal details
Born(1928-03-29)29 March 1928
Lahore, Punjab, British India
(now in Punjab, Pakistan)
Died7 September 2013(2013-09-07) (aged 85)
New Delhi, India
ProfessionDiplomat
Administrator

Romesh Bhandari (29 March 1928 – 7 September 2013) was an Indian Foreign Secretary, former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and former governor of Tripura, Goa and Uttar Pradesh.[1]

Career

Bhandari was born in Lahore, present day Pakistan, to Amar Nath Bhandari, a Punjab High Court Judge who was part of bench which decided Gandhi Assassination case.[1]

He joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1950 as the Vice-Consul at the consulate in New York. He was minister in the Indian Embassy at Moscow from 1970 to 1971. He was the ambassador to Thailand and Permanent Representative to UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East from 1971 to 1974 and ambassador to Iraq from 1974 to 1976. He then returned to the Ministry of External Affairs as Additional Secretary from February 1977 to July 1979. He was promoted as Secretary on 1 August 1979 and was appointed Foreign Secretary on 1 February 1985. He retired from service on 31 March 1986.[1]

He has the unique distinction of bringing back to India, hijackers of an Indian Airlines Aircraft from Dubai in 1984.[1]

He was the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi from 4 August 1988 to December 1989 and of Andaman and Nicobar islands from December 1989 to 24 February 1990.[2] He was the governor of Tripura from 15 August 1993 to 15 June 1995, governor of Goa from 16 June 1995 to 18 July 1996 and governor of Uttar Pradesh from 19 July 1996 to 17 March 1998.[1][2][3][4][5]

Bhandari died on the night of 7 September 2013 after a prolonged illness.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "About Shri Romesh Bhandari". upgovernor.gov.in. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Indian states since 1947". worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Governors of Goa since Liberation". rajbhavangoa.org. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Tripura - Governors". tripura.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Governors of Uttar Pradesh". upgov.nic.in. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  6. ^ PTI (29 March 1928). "Former UP governor Romesh Bhandari passes away - Times Of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
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