Moti K. Kripalani (
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, was an Indian civil servant who went to serve as ''Chief Commissioner'' of
Ajmer
Ajmer is one of the major and oldest cities in the Indian state of Rajasthan and the centre of the eponymous Ajmer District. It is located at the centre of Rajasthan. It is also known as heart of Rajasthan. The city was established as "''Aj ...
and
Pondicherry.
Chief Commissioner of Pondicherry
The state of Pondicherry comprised ex-French settlements in India after their de facto transfer in October 1954. Kripalani succeeded
Kewal Singh
Kewal Singh Choudhary (1915–1991) was an Indian diplomat, Foreign Secretary and India's ambassador to the USSR, Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and USA. He was a 1955 recipient of the Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri.
Early life a ...
as the chief commissioner of Pondicherry on 16 November 1956.
The political musings of
1st Pondicherry Representative Assembly during its tenure became quite a sensation, and they caught the attention of then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and others. Some of his decisions were criticized by political leaders of Pondicherry, who rued that delay in ''de jure transfer'' is one of the main reasons as the
Pondicherry assembly had only an advisory role and the Chief Commissioner could take decisions overriding the assembly.
Autobiography
He has recounted some important events in his life and civil service in his book ''Some Memories of Old Bengal''.
[Moti K. Kriplani, Some Memories of Old Bengal, in Punjabi (ed.), p. 130.] In that book, he mentions that as a higher civil servant in those days, he pursued particular hobbies and other recreational activities during his posting in
Rajshahi (now in
Bangladesh
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).
Offices held
See also
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Ajmer State
*
List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry
Puducherry (formerly known as "Pondicherry") is a Union Territory of India. Governance and administration of the territory fall directly under federal authority.
Chief Commissioner (1954 1963)
After the ''de facto'' transfer of French settl ...
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Lieutenant governors of Puducherry
Indian civil servants
State political office-holders in India
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