O. P. Verma Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Justice (Retired)
Om Prakash Verma
Office:Governor of Punjab
Administrator of Chandigarh
Term Start:8 May 2003
Term End:3 November 2004
Appointer:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Amarinder Singh
Predecessor:J. F. R. Jacob
Successor:Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
Office1:Governor of Haryana
Status1:Additional charge
Term Start1:2 July 2004
Term End1:7 July 2004
Predecessor1:Babu Parmanand
Successor1:Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:Om Prakash Chautala
Office2:Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court
Term Start2:20 November 1997
Term End2:19 March 1999
Appointer2:K. R. Narayanan
Predecessor2:U. P. Singh
Successor2:Arijit Pasayat
Birth Date:1937 3, df=y

Om Prakash Verma (20 March 1937 – 8 December 2015) was an Indian administrator. He was the Governor of Punjab (2003–04), Governor of Haryana (briefly during July 2004), Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court and the chairman of the Himachal Pradesh Human Rights Commission. He was born in Garhmukteshwar District, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.He was also the Lokayukta of Himachal Pradesh before taking over the Governorship of Punjab.[1] [2] [3]

He read law at the Campus Law Centre of the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Governor-designate sees himself as people's man. Singh. Rahul. 3 May 2003. Times of India. 22 March 2010.
  2. Web site: States of India since 1947. worldstatesmen.org. 22 March 2010.
  3. Web site: Punjab Governor Om Prakash Verma died in Ghaziabad. 8 December 2015. jagran.