Bhairab Dutt Pande | |
|---|---|
| Governor of West Bengal | |
| In office 12 September 1981 – 10 October 1983 | |
| Chief Minister | Jyoti Basu |
| Preceded by | Tribhuvan Narain Singh |
| Succeeded by | Anant Sharma |
| Cabinet Secretary of India | |
| In office 2 November 1972 – 31 March 1977 | |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Preceded by | T. Swaminathan |
| Succeeded by | N. K. Mukarji |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 March 1917 |
| Died | 4 April 2009(2009-04-04) (aged 92)[citation needed] Almora[citation needed] |
| Spouse | Vimla |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Indian Civil Service |
| Known for | Civil Service |
| Awards | Padma Vibhushan,Padma Shri |
Bhairab Dutt Pande (17 March 1917 – 2009)[1] was a member of theIndian Civil Service andUnion Cabinet Secretary of theGovernment of India underIndira Gandhi. He served as theGovernor of West Bengal (1981–1983), andPunjab (1983–1984), and theAdministrator of Chandigarh for a brief period.[2][3][4]
Born inAlmora, in the Indian state ofUttarakhand, Pande served as a Cabinet Secretary to theUnion Government from 2 November 1972 to 31 March 1977.[5] When President's rule was imposed on Punjab, he served as the governor of the state.[6]
Pande was married to Vimla Pande.[7] They had three children: Arvind Pande, IAS,[8] environmentalistLalit Pande, and Ratna Pande. His brother-in-laws wereVinod Chandra Pande, a former governor and Union Cabinet Secretary andGovind Chandra Pande a Padmi Shri and noted scholar and historian.[7]
He was one of the last living members of theImperial Civil Service, having entered in the 1939 batch.[9]
The Government of India awarded Pande the fourth highest civilian honour of thePadma Shri, in 1972, for his contributions to Indian society[10] and thePadma Vibhushan in 2000.
He is author of his famous autobiography book released after 5 years of his demise as per his wish name “In the Service of Free India” Memoir of a civil servant, by B D Pande.[11]
