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Bishambhar Nath Pande | |
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| Governor of Odisha | |
| In office 17 August 1983 – 20 November 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha |
| Succeeded by | Saiyid Nurul Hasan |
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| Born | (1906-12-23)23 December 1906 |
| Died | 1 June 1998(1998-06-01) (aged 91) |
| Citizenship | India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Politician |
Bishambhar Nath Pande (23 December 1906 – 1 June 1998)[1] was afreedom fighter,social worker, and parliamentarian in India. Pande devoted his life to the cause of national integration, and to the spread of theGandhian way of life.
B. N. Pande was a member of theIndian National Congress and a close associate ofJawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of theRepublic of India, as well as ofIndira Gandhi,Rajiv Gandhi andSonia Gandhi. He pursued a Gandhian philosophy and was for 18 years vice-chairman of the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS), which aims to spread Gandhian principles and philosophy globally.[citation needed]
Pande gave lectures in countries such as Japan, Russia, Germany and Canada on the life and ideals ofMohandas K. Gandhi.
In 1976, Pande was awarded thePadma Shri for his achievements in the field of social work.[citation needed]
Pande was awarded theIndira Gandhi Award for National Integration by then Indian prime ministerP. V. Narasimha Rao in 1996 for his lifetime achievements in the field ofHindu-Muslim unity in India.[citation needed] He was also awarded the Khuda Baksh Award for his contribution to the composite culture of India.[2]
Pande devoted a major part of his life to research onsecularism with the objective of promoting unity amongst all religions in India. As part of his research, he wrote several books, including:
Pande was married to Shanta Pande (d. 2000), a former freedom fighter.[3] He had one child, Nandita Rao, and two grandchildren, Probir and Rahul Rao. He also has four great granddaughters: Niharika, Sudiksha, Sanaaya and Advika Rao.
| Preceded by | Governor of Odisha 1983–1988 | Succeeded by |
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