John Hubback Explained

Sir John Hubback
Honorific-Suffix:KCSI
Order3:1st Governor of Odisha
Term Start3:1 April 1936
Term End3:11 August 1938
Predecessor3:Office Created
Successor3:George Townsend Boag
Term Start4:8 December 1938
Term End4:31 March 1941
Predecessor4:George Townsend Boag
Successor4:Sir Hawthorne Lewis
Birth Date:1878
Death Date:1968
Nationality:British

Sir John Austen Hubback, KCSI (27 February 1878 – 8 May 1968) was a British administrator in India who was the first Governor of Odisha.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Educated at Winchester College and King's College, Cambridge, Hubback entered the Indian Civil Service in 1902. A member of the Executive Council, Bihar and Orissa, from 1935 to 1936, he was Governor of Orissa between 1936 and 1941, when he retired. He was adviser to Secretary of State for India between 1942 and 1947.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Waltraud Ernst. Colonialism and Transnational Psychiatry: The Development of an Indian Mental Hospital in British India, c. 1925–1940. 26 May 2018. 1 December 2014. Anthem Press. 978-1-78308-352-7. 10–.
  2. Book: Digambar Mishra. Political Behavior of Indian State Governors: A Study of the Role of Governor in Orissa. 26 May 2018. 1 January 2003. Saṁskṛiti. 978-81-87374-19-0. 8.
  3. Book: B. B. Jena. Jaya Krishna Baral. Government and politics in Orissa. 26 May 2018. 1988. Print House (India). 17.
  4. Book: Sir Stanley Reed. The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 26 May 2018. 1949. Times of India Press. 124.