Ishwari Prasad Gupta (5 February 1931,

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- 12 December 2018,

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) was a 1958 batch

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. He had been the Joint Secretary to the Government of India,

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, Chief Secretary to the

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and Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Administrative assignments

From 1975 to 1976 he remained Hill Commissioner of Manipur. Then he was posted as Chief Secretary to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh in 1976 where he served up to 1981. From 1981 to 1984 he was assigned the post of Joint Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. Looking into his previous performances he was again sent to Tripura to serve as Chief Secretary. He was Additional Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Home affairs from December 1985 to March 1988. Again he was assigned the post of Chief Secretary to Tripura Government. Later he was Advisor to the

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from November 1990 to June 1991. He was made the Member, Central Administrative

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, Principal Bench,

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from June 1991 to February 1993.

State election commissioner

From October 1994 to February 1996 he remained the state election commissioner for Union territories of

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, Lakshdweep,

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and

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Lieutenant governor

His last assignment as a diplomat was the

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of Andaman and Nicobar Islands from 23 December 1996 to 25 May 2001.

Honored by Bangladesh

Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister ...

honored him recently on 27 March 2012 at

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. She expressed her sincere gratitude and respect to all the foreign friends of Bangladesh who were honored this day along with Gupta, for their invaluable contributions in the

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as well as for their unflinching support.

Works

Some of his published articles in

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are: * Article 371A: Implications * Humane Touch * TNV Accord - an assessment * Evolution of N-E States * Repatriating the Chakmas''NORTH EAST SUN'' (Newspaper)

14 November 1996 page 31

References

External links

Bangladesh honours foreign friends tomorrow

PM offers gratitude to friends of Bangladesh

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