Sunder Singh Bhandari Explained

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]

Early life and education

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]

Career

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Radhika . Ramaseshan . Last leg of pracharak era . The Telegraph . 7 October 2009 . 2014-09-29 . https://archive.today/20140929103453/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091007/jsp/nation/story_11585585.jsp. dead. 29 September 2014.
  2. http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modules4c89.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=85&page=19 Nation pays tribute to Bhandariji
  3. Web site: Gujarat Governor Sundar Singh Bhandari to monitor Keshubhai Patel leadership . 2023-10-06 . India Today . en.
  4. News: 2005-06-22 . BJP leader SS Bhandari dead . The Times of India . 2023-10-06 . 0971-8257.