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Gopalkrishna Devadas Gandhi (born 22 April 1945) is a former administrator and diplomat who served as the 22nd Governor of West Bengal serving from 2004 to 2009. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji). [2]
Gandhi, who started his career with the IAS cadre in 1968, was the governor of West Bengal during the most tumultuous years of the state in recent history.
A teacher at Ashoka University, Sonipat, India, Gopalkrisha Gandhi served in various capacities, including Governor of West Bengal (2004-2009), High Commissioner to South Africa, during...
Former IAS Officer and Diplomat. Professor of History and Politics at Ashoka University, India, Gopalkrishna Gandhi is, by training, an administrator. His working career has included public administration, diplomacy and the exercise of constitutional responsibility.
Jul 11, 2017 · Former West Bengal governor and retired IAS officer and diplomat, Gopalkrishna Gandhi is the opposition’s choice for the position of the vice-president candidate. The grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Gopalkrishna was born on April 22, 1945 to Devdas Gandhi and C Rajagopalachari’s daughter Lakshmi.
Oct 2, 2023 · Gopalkrishna Gandhi, a former administrator and diplomat (who has translated The Tirukkural from Tamil, authored a novel, ‘Refuge’, and a play in English verse, ‘Dara Shukoh’), recounted that conversation in ‘Restless as Mercury: My Life as a Young Man’, a sort of ‘autobiography’ (published in 2021).
In an essay for the new book 'The Fourth Lion: Essays for Gopalkrishna Gandhi', historian Ramachandra Guha goes down memory lane.
Jan 24, 2024 · CHENNAI: Former Governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi took centre stage at the two-day 13th ThinkEdu Conclave, presented by SASTRA University, delivering a compelling address titled “In...
Oct 2, 2019 · Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Mahatma Gandhi: The pulse of a legacy in an age of heroics. Doctors of politics and history will tell us that the heart that defines his legacy does not beat but it seems...
Jan 26, 2021 · Restless as Mercury is an outcome of Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s extensive research into the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi and books and accounts of him written and recollected by those close to him under his guidance besides An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth.
