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Indian politician
Dharma Vira
OBE
,
ICS
(20 January 1906 ? 16 September 2000) was an Indian civil servant and politician who served as the governor of
Punjab
,
Haryana
,
West Bengal
and
Karnataka
. Vira also served as a
Cabinet Secretary
of the
Government of India
.
Early life
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Dharma Vira was born in
Bijnor
on 20 January 1906, the son of
Raja Jwala Prasad
and Bhagyati Devi. He studied at
Muir Central College
in
Allahabad
, before going to London to read for the ICS examinations at the
School of Oriental Studies
(now the
School of Oriental and African Studies
) between 1929 and 1930. He passed the examinations in October 1930,
[1]
and returned to India in November.
He married Dayavati Ganga Ram in 1932. He was a
resident magistrate
in Uttar Pradesh, but from 1941 became more involved in central Indian government affairs.
Career
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He became Deputy Chief Controller of Imports during the Second World War, and was Textile Commissioner for India in 1945. He was appointed an
OBE
in the
1946 New Year Honours
.
[2]
After
Independence
, he worked closely with
Jawaharlal Nehru
, and was Joint Secretary to the Indian Cabinet in 1947. He then became Principal Private Secretary to Jawaharlal Nehru, 1950?51, and Commercial Adviser to the Indian High Commissioner in London, 1951?3.
In 1954, he was appointed Ambassador to
Czechoslovakia
, in which capacity he served until 1956. On his return to India he served as Secretary to the Ministry of Rehabilitation until 1962 and was Secretary to the Ministry of Works, Housing and Supply in 1962.
From 1963 to 1964 he was Chief Commissioner of Delhi and then from 1964 to 1966 Cabinet Secretary and Secretary to Union Council of Ministers and became Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.
He served as Governor of:
and was Chairman of the National Police Commission, 1977?83. Dharam Vira served as the
President of the Bharat Scouts and Guides
from November 1973 to September 1976.
Awards
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He was awarded the
Padma Vibhushan
, the second-highest Indian civilian award, by the
Government of India
in 1999. He died on 16 September 2000.
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