H. R. Bhardwaj | |
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| 11th Governor of Karnataka | |
| In office 25 June 2009 – 28 June 2014 | |
| Chief Minister | B. S. Yediyurappa D. V. Sadananda Gowda Jagadish Shettar Siddaramaiah |
| Preceded by | Rameshwar Thakur |
| Succeeded by | Vajubhai Vala |
| Governor of Kerala | |
Additional Charge | |
| In office 1 March 2012 – 9 March 2013 | |
| Chief Minister | Oommen Chandy |
| Preceded by | M. O. H. Farook |
| Succeeded by | Nikhil Kumar |
| 27th Minister of Law and Justice | |
| In office 22 May 2004 – 28 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Arun Jaitley |
| Succeeded by | Veerappa Moily |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 May 1939 Gahri Sampla Kiloi, Punjab, British India (present-day Haryana, India) |
| Died | 8 March 2020 (aged 80)[1] New Delhi, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
Hansraj Bhardwaj (16 May 1939 – 8 March 2020) was an Indian politician who was Governor of Karnataka from 2009 to 2014; he also served as Governor of Kerala from 2012 until 2013. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. He holds the record of having the second longest tenure in Law Ministry since independence, after Ashoke Kumar Sen. He was the minister of state for nine years and a cabinet minister for law and justice for five years. At the end of his five-year term in 2014, Governor of Tamil Nadu, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Konijeti Rosaiah replaced Bharadwaj as Governor of Karnataka.[2]
On 16 January 2012, he was given the additional charge of Governor of Kerala,[3] which he abandoned on 9 March 2013.
- ^ Former Law minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj dies at 83. Tribune India (8 March 2020)
- ^ "Konijeti Rosaiah takes charge as Karnataka Governor". The Times of India. 28 June 2014.
- ^ "H. R. Bharadwaj takes charge as Kerala Governor". The Times of India. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.