Homi J.H. Taleyarkhan (1912 - 27 June 1998) was a

Gandhian The followers of Mahatma Gandhi, the greatest figure of the Indian independence movement, are called Gandhians. Gandhi's legacy includes a wide range of ideas ranging from his dream of ideal India (or ''Rama Rajya)'', economics, environmentalism, ...

, Congress politician and a former

Governor of Sikkim The governor of Sikkim is the head of state of the Indian state of Sikkim. The governor is the representative of the president of India in the state and is the nominal head of the state's executive power. This is a list of the governors of S ...

. Before his gubernatorial posting, Taleyarkhan had served as a Minister of Housing and Civil Supplies of the Government of Maharashtra and as India's Ambassador to Libya. Taleyarkhan served as the second Governor of Sikkim from 9 January 1981 to 17 June 1984. As governor, he persuaded the then Chief Minister

Nar Bahadur Bhandari Nar Bahadur Bhandari (5 October 1940 – 16 July 2017) was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of the state of Sikkim from 1979 to 1994. He was the founding leader of the Sikkim Sangram Parishad. He was popularly remembered f ...

to merge his Sikkim Janata Parishad with the

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but their relationship later soured. A member of the

Parsi community Parsis () or Parsees are an ethnoreligious group of the Indian subcontinent adhering to Zoroastrianism. They are descended from Persians who migrated to Medieval India during and after the Arab conquest of Iran (part of the early Muslim conq ...

, he served as a member of the National Minorities Commission of India after his gubernatorial assignment from 1985 - 1990. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1991. He was a prolific writer, especially on Gandhi and Gandhism. Some of his books include ''From Warfare to Welfare: The Ideal of National Integration'' and the ''Splendor of Sikkim''. ''Homi J.H. Taleyarkhan: a man of devotion, dedication, and commitment'' is his

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by Sheshrao Chavan. He was married to Thrity Homi Taleyarkhan, a social activist and a former president of the Maharashtra State Women’s Council. The Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan Memorial Hospital and the Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan Memorial Hall in

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have been named in his honour.

Books

# Cricket: United india in Australia , Thacker , 1947 # In the Land of the Blue Hills : A Visitor's Book to Ooty , 1951 # Roads to Beauty around Bombay , Published by Popular Book Depot, Bombay, 1953 # Aspects of Buddhism , Published by Vision Books, India, 1957 # khandala, Lonavla and Environments , Published by Lonavla Borough Municipality, Lonavla , 1958 # Splendour of Sikkim , 1982 # From Warfare to Welfare : The Ideal of National Integration , Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan , 1993 # Escape from the City # Resort of Tomorrow # Japan Today # Cheers and Tears of Village Life # Hill Stations of Western and South India

References

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