Apa Pant

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His Excellency
Apasaheb Balasaheb Pant
PS
Jomo Kenyatta, Apa Pant and Achieng Oneko
High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom
In office
15 September 1969 – October 1972
Preceded byS. S. Dhawan
Succeeded byBraj Kumar Nehru
Personal details
Born11 September 1912
University of Bombay
University of Oxford
OccupationDiplomat, freedom fighter
AwardsPadma Shri (1954)

Appasaheb Pant (1912–1992), also known as Apa Pant,

Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and the Belgian colony of the Congo and, later, as the Indian ambassador to countries like Indonesia, Norway, Egypt, United Kingdom and Italy.He also served as the Political Officer for India in the Kingdom of Sikkim .[3] The Government of India honoured him in 1954, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the society,[5]
placing him among the first recipients of the award.

Biography

Appa Sahib Bala Saheb Pant was born on 11 September 1912

Indian freedom movement was gathering pace.[3]

Pant married Nalini Devi,

fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1942 and the couple had three children, Aditi, Aniket and Avalokita.[4] He died, aged 80, on 5 October 1992,[6] succumbing to old age illnesses.[3]

Political and diplomatic career

Pant started his political and diplomatic career as the Minister of Education of the

Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and the Belgian colony of the Congo.[4] In 1954, he was appointed as the Officer on Special duty with the Minister of External Affairs when India's relationship with China was strained.[4] He represented India at Bandung Conference in 1956 for the formation of Non-Aligned Movement. He also worked as the Officer in Charge of the missions of Tibet and Bhutan and Sikkim,[10] and as Ambassador to Indonesia (1961–64), Norway (1964–66), Egypt (1966–69),[11] United Kingdom (1969–72) and Italy (1972–75).[3][6]

Literary career

Apasaheb Pant was a former judge for the Templeton Prize,[12] an international recognition honouring the entrepreneurship of spirit,[13] He published[4] eight books towards the latter part of his life.[3]

Awards

In 1954, he was awarded with

Indian civilian award
for his contributions to the society, placing him among the first recipients of the award.

See also

References

  1. ^ see for instance declassified file no. 7(4)-P, 1955 at the National Archives of India, available on line via https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/
  2. S2CID 250598023
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  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Benegal". Benegal. 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Apa Pant in East Africa". Awaaz Magazine. 1 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  6. ^
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  7. ^ "Free Library". Free Library. 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  8. ^ Bowers, John (16 February 2021). "Principal's Blog: 16th February 2021". Brasenose College, Oxford. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  9. ^ Gaurav Desai, Commerce with the Universe: Africa, India, and the Afrasian Imagination, p. 75
  10. ^ "TH Library" (PDF). TH Library. 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Middle East Institute". Middle East Institute. 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  12. Templeton Foundation
    . 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  13. ^ "Templeton About". Templeton Foundation. 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  14. ISBN 9788125013877
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  15. ^ Bhuleshkar, Ashok V.; Pant, Apa B. (1973). Towards Socialist Transformation of Indian Economy. Humanities Press.
  16. ISBN 9780340147900
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  17. ISBN 978-0861310630
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  18. OCLC 13215863
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  19. ISBN 9780861316908
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  20. ISBN 9780861317523
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  21. ISBN 9780863111099
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Further reading
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