Birendra Narayan Chakraborty

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Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
2nd
Governor of Haryana
In office
15 September 1967 – 26 March 1976
Preceded byDharma Vira
Succeeded byRanjit Singh Narula
Personal details
Born(1904-12-20)20 December 1904
Calcutta
Alma materScottish Church College
University of Calcutta
University College London
ProfessionCivil servant, politician

Birendra Narayan Chakraborty

governor of Haryana.[3]

He attended Kolkata's

collector, and was appointed a joint secretary with the Finance Department of the Government of Bengal in April 1944.[5] As an acting secretary, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1945 Birthday Honours list.[6]

After Indian independence, he served in many government posts. He was Indian Ambassador of Netherlands from 1952 - 1954 and high commissioner for India to the United Kingdom and Canada.[7] Later he served as Governor of Haryana from 15 September 1967 until his death in office on 26 March 1976, aged 71.

References

  1. ^ "Catalog Search Results | Hathi Trust Digital Library". catalog.hathitrust.org. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  2. ^ "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who". 1971.
  3. ^ De, Jatindra Ranjan (1991). The Growth of parliamentary government in India. Bijan Publishers. pp. 228, 231.
  4. ^ Some Alumni of Scottish Church College in 175th Year Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 592.
  5. ^ a b c d The India Office and Burma Office List: 1945. Harrison & Sons, Ltd. 1945. p. 156.
  6. ^ "No. 37119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1945. p. 2955.
  7. . Retrieved 8 September 2015.

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