Bhagwan Sahay

Bhagwan Sahay
OBE
Governor of Kerala
In office
6 February 1966 – 15 May 1967
Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
In office
15 May 1967 – 3 July 1973
Personal details
Born(1905-02-25)25 February 1905
Died6 December 1986(1986-12-06) (aged 81)
New Delhi, India
AwardsPadma Bhushan (1961)

Bhagwan Sahay OBE (15 February 1905[1] – 6 December 1986[2]) was the Governor of Kerala, India, from 6 February 1966 to 15 May 1967. Bhagwan Sahay took over as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir on 15 May 1967 and continued till 3 July 1973.[3] He was an ICS officer and an alumnus of the S.M College in Chandausi, Moradabad and became the second alumni of that College, after his immediate predecessor Ajit Prasad Jain, to become governor of Kerala.[4] Before his stint in Kerala, he was also the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab. In the 1970s, under President VV Giri, a former governor of Kerala himself, he headed the committee of governors which sought to outline guidelines for constitutional heads.[5] [6]

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, and was appointed an OBE in the 1945 Birthday Honours.[7] He was the younger brother of former Assam Governor Vishnu Sahay.[citation needed]

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  2. ^ Shri Bhagavan Sahay
  3. ^ "His Excellency". jkrajbhawan.nic.in. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. ^ "SM College Alumni". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  5. ^ "The President's Prerogative? | Ajith Pillai". Outlook. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  6. ^ "KERALA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  7. ^ The London Gazette, 14 June 1945