Bhagwan Sahay (15 February 1905 – 6 December 1986) was the

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

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, from 6 February 1966 to 15 May 1967. Bhagwan Sahay took over as the

Governor of Jammu and Kashmir The governor of Jammu and Kashmir was the head of the Indian state Jammu and Kashmir. When India became independent, Hari Singh was the Maharaja of the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir. Technically he remained so until 17 November 1952, al ...

on 15 May 1967 and continued till 3 July 1973. He was an ICS officer and an alumnus of the S.M College in Chandausi,

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and became the second alumni of that College, after his immediate predecessor Ajit Prasad Jain, to become

governor of Kerala The governor of Kerala is the constitutional head of state of the southern Indian state of Kerala. The governor is appointed by the president of India for a term of five years and holds office at the president's pleasure. The governor is ''de j ...

. Before his stint in Kerala, he was also the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab. In the 1970s, under President VV Giri, a former governor of Kerala himself, he headed the committee of governors which sought to outline guidelines for constitutional heads. He was awarded the

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

, and was appointed an OBE in the 1945 Birthday Honours.The London Gazette, 14 June 1945
/ref> He was the younger brother of former Assam Governor Vishnu Sahay.

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List of Kerala governors
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sahay, Bhagwan 1905 births 1986 deaths Governors of Kerala Officers of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in civil service People from Chandausi