K. R. Malkani
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Kewalram Ratanmal Malkani | |
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| Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry | |
| Succeeded by | P. S. Ramamohan Rao |
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| Born | November 19, 1921 |
| Died | October 27, 2003 (aged 81) Puducherry, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Kewalram Ratanmal Malkani (19 November 1921 – 27 October 2003) was a journalist, historian and politician associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Vice-President of the
Life
Born in Hyderabad, Sindh, (now in Pakistan), he received his education at D.G. National College, Hyderabad, Fergusson College, Pune, School of Economics and Sociology, Mumbai. He was Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, USA from 1961 to 1962.[2]
Malkani is believed to be the first person to be arrested in the country, in the emergency, just two hours after it was declared at midnight on 25 June 1975. He was among the last to be released, after election results were declared in March 1977.[citation needed]
Malkani was associated with the
He was the youngest brother of freedom fighter N. R. Malkani. He is survived by two sons Arvind and Vikram and a daughter, Sindhu.
References
- ^ Sharma, Unnati (19 November 2020). "KR Malkani — RSS ideologue, journalist and politician who predicted Emergency". ThePrint. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel's government held to ransom by group of 47 BJP MLA
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