Office: | 14th Governor of Gujarat |
Term Start: | 18 March 1999 |
Term End: | 7 May 2003 |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata: | Keshubhai Patel Narendra Modi |
Predecessor: | K.G. Balakrishnan |
Successor: | Kailashpati Mishra |
Office1: | 17th Governor of Bihar |
Termstart1: | 27 April 1998 |
Termend1: | 15 March 1999 |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | Rabri Devi |
Predecessor1: | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai |
Successor1: | V. C. Pande |
Office2: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Termstart2: | 5 July 1992 |
Term End2: | 26 April 1998 |
Constituency2: | Rajasthan |
Term Start3: | 3 April 1976 |
Term End3: | 2 April 1982 |
Constituency3: | Uttar Pradesh |
Term Start4: | 3 April 1966 |
Term End4: | 2 April 1972 |
Constituency4: | Rajasthan |
Birth Date: | 1921 4, df=y |
Birth Place: | Udaipur |
Alma Mater: | DAV College, Kanpur |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Father: | Sujan Singh Bhandari |
Education: | M.A., LL.B. |
Sunder Singh Bhandari (12 April 192122 June 2005) was an Indian politician, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak and politician belonging to the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[1]
He was born to Dr. Sujan Singhji Bhandari and Fulkanvarbaiji in Udaipur in 1921 he had his school education at Sirohi and Udaipur and college education at Kanpur. He passed his Graduation degree in law from S.D. College, Kanpur in the year 1941 and Post Graduation in Arts with Psychology from Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Kanpur in the year 1942.[2]
He practised law at then Mewar High Court for some time before joining Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He held numerous responsibilities in RSS. He was a founding member of Jan Sangh, a political party founded in 1951.
He served in various organisational posts in Jan Sangha and later in the BJP. He was the Vice President of BJP before he became the Governor. He was elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan during 1966-1972 and from Uttar Pradesh in 1976 and also in 1992.
He was arrested at Delhi Railway station in 1976 when Indira Gandhi declared the Emergency in India.
He was appointed Governor of Bihar on 27 April 1998 and served until 15 March 1999. He served as the governor of Gujarat from 18 March 1999 to 6 May 2003.[3] He died on 22 June 2005.[4]