Govind Narain | |
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| 8th Governor of Karnataka | |
| In office 2 August 1977 – 15 April 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Uma Shankar Dikshit |
| Succeeded by | A. N. Banerji |
| 11thDefence Secretary of India | |
| In office 19 May 1973 – 31 May 1975 | |
| Preceded by | K. B. Lall |
| Succeeded by | D. R. Kohli |
| 7thHome Secretary of India | |
| In office 1 January 1971 – 18 May 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Lallan Prasad Singh |
| Succeeded by | Nirmal Kumar Mukarji |
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| Born | (1916-05-05)5 May 1916 |
| Died | 3 April 2012(2012-04-03) (aged 95) New Delhi, India |
Govind Narain,ICS (5 May 1916 – 3 April 2012) was an Indian civil servant who was member of theIndian Civil Service and served as the 8thGovernor of Karnataka.
He formerly served as Defence Secretary of India (1973 to 1975),Home Secretary of India (1971 to 1973) and theChief Secretary ofUttar Pradesh (1958 to 1961).[1] He is considered[by whom?] to be one ofIndia's most senior and respected civil servants.
He also served as Adviser and Secretary to theKing of Nepal from 1951 to 1954.
He was born into a Kayastha family inMainpuri,Uttar Pradesh and educated at theUniversity of Allahabad andUniversity of Oxford.
He was selected as a member of theIndian Civil Service in 1939 and served asDistrict Collector ofFarrukhabad andAligarh.
He served as 11thDefence Secretary of India (1973 to 1975) and also asSecretary to the Government of India in Department of Defence Production (DDP) from 1968 to 1970.
As Home Secretary, he played a crucial role during theIndo-Pakistani War of 1971. He then becameDefence Secretary, a post he occupied between 1973 and 1975. He was also chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh, and was deputised to build relations between India and Nepal in 1951 as Adviser to theKing of Nepal.
He served asSecretary to the Government of India inMinistry of Health and Family Welfare from 1966 to 1968.
After retirement, he was affiliated with thePublic Interest Legal Support and Research Trust, Shankara Vidya Kendra, Federation of Indo-German Society in India, and an NGO,Common Cause.[2]
He was namedGovernor of Karnataka and held the post between 1977 and 1983. He was awarded thePadma Vibhushan in 2009.
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