Om Prakash Kohli Explained

Om Prakash Kohli
Term Start:16 July 2014
Term End:15 July 2019
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Anandiben Patel
Vijay Rupani
Office1:Governor of Madhya Pradesh
Status1:Additional Charge
Term Start1:8 September 2016
Predecessor1:Ram Naresh Yadav
Term End1:19 January 2018
Successor1:Anandiben Patel
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:Shivraj Singh Chauhan
Office2:Governor of Maharashtra
Status2:Additional Charge
Term Start2:24 August 2014
Term End2:30 August 2014
1Blankname2:Chief Minister
1Namedata2:Prithviraj Chavan
Predecessor2:K. Sankaranarayanan
Office3:Governor of Goa
Status3:Additional Charge
Term Start3:6 August 2014
Term End3:25 August 2014
1Blankname3:Chief Minister
1Namedata3:Manohar Parrikar
Predecessor3:Margaret Alva
Successor3:Mridula Sinha
Birth Date:9 August 1935
Birth Place:Delhi, British India
Profession:Politician
Successor:Acharya Devvrat

Om Prakash Kohli (9 August 1935 – 20 February 2023) was an Indian politician who was the Governor of Gujarat from 2014 to 2019.[1] He was the president of the Delhi unit of Bharatiya Janata Party from 1999 to 2000 and had served as a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2000. He had been the president of the Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) and of the ABVP. He studied at Ramjas School and Khalsa School, New Delhi. Kohli was a Master of Arts in Hindi from the University of Delhi and a lecturer at Hansraj College and Deshbandhu College for over 37 years. He was arrested under MISA during the Emergency.[2]

From 8 September 2016 to 19 January 2018, he held the additional charge of the office of Governor of Madhya Pradesh[1] along with Gujarat. He was also designated as the Chancellor of Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar.[3] [4]

Kohli had a son (Vishu Kohli) and two daughters (Ritu Kohli and Suparna Khurana). He died on 20 February 2023, at the age of 87.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: OP Kohli takes oath as Gujarat governor . The Times of India . PTI . 31 July 2014 . 16 February 2024.
  2. News: Dave . Kapil . 15 July 2014 . Om Prakash Kohli is new Gujarat governor . The Times of India . 27 December 2019.
  3. Noronha . Rahul . 8 September 2016 . OP Kohli takes charge as Governor of Madhya Pradesh . India Today . 27 December 2019.
  4. Web site: Member's profile . rajyasabha.nic.in . 27 December 2019.
  5. News: Vats . Anushka . 20 February 2023 . Former Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli Dies . Dainik Jagran . 20 February 2023.