Girish Chandra Saxena
{{Short description|Indian politician (1928–2017)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Girish Chandra Saxena
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|1|5|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2017|4|14|1928|1|5}}
| image = Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Girish Chandra Saxena (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 200
| office = Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
| term_start = 26 May 1990
| term_end = 12 March 1993
| president = Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Shankar Dayal Sharma
| primeminister = V. P. Singh
Chandra Shekhar
P. V. Narasimha Rao
| 1blankname = Chief Ministers
| 1namedata = Vacant
| predecessor = Jagmohan
| successor = K. V. Krishna Rao
| term_start1 = 2 May 1998
| term_end1 = 4 June 2003
| president1 = K. R. Narayanan
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
| primeminister1 = Atal Bihari Vajpayee
| 1blankname1 = Chief Ministers
| 1namedata1 = Farooq Abdullah
| predecessor1 = K. V. Krishna Rao
| successor1 = Srinivas Kumar Sinha
| office2 = Director of the Research and Analysis Wing
| term_start2 = 1983
| term_end2 = 1986
| predecessor2 = N. F. Suntook
| successor2 = S. E. Joshi
| awards = x13px Padma Bhushan (2005)
}}
Girish Chandra Saxena (5 January 1928[https://books.google.com/books?id=XeYdAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Girish+Chandra+Saxena%22+1928 All-India Civil List; a Complete Directory of the Indian Civil and Administrative Services and Other Higher Services Under the Union and the State Governments, 1967, p. 553] – 14 April 2017) was a governor of Jammu and Kashmir state in India. Born in Agra in 1928, he joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) and held many positions in police and retired as Director of the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency. He took over as the head of the State on 2 May 1998 for the second time. Earlier, he held the office of the Governor J&K from 26 May 1990 to 13 March 1993.{{Cite web|date=14 April 2017|agency=PTI|title=Girish Chandra Saxena: Girish Chandra Saxena, former Jammu and Kashmir governor, dies|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/girish-chandra-saxena-former-jammu-and-kashmir-governor-dies/articleshow/58179763.cms|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Times of India}}{{Cite web|date=2017-04-14|agency=PTI|title=Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Girish Saxena dies|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/former-jammu-and-kashmir-governor-girish-saxena-dies-4613463/|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}
Personal life
Saxena was born at Agra in 1928 in a Kayastha family. He had his early education in Government College Allahabad and G.N. K. High School, Kanpur. He did Intermediate course from Queen's Intermediate College, Varanasi; graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Allahabad in 1946 and obtained the Post-Graduate Degree of Master of Arts (History) from the same university in 1948. His brother, Naresh Chandra, was the Indian ambassador to the United States.
Career
Saxena joined the Indian Police Service in 1950 and served in Uttar Pradesh as Chief of Police in various districts including Rampur, Aligarh, Bareilly and Allahabad. Later, he was deputed to the Government of India in April 1969, served in Research and Analysis Wing for 16 years, and headed it from 1983 to 1986. He was chief of the agency during the Kanishka Bombing and Operation Blue Star. Thereafter, he remained as advisor to the then Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi for two years till 31 January 1988.
Saxena's main areas of specialization were international affairs, national security and intelligence matters. He has attended international Conferences in India and abroad on these subjects, given talks and participated in many seminars and panel discussions. He addressed the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in 1998. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in 2005.{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 |df=dmy }}{{Cite web|last=Devadas|first=David|author-link=David Devadas|date=2017-04-14|title=Obituary: Former J&K governor Girish Saxena was a gentleman who brought Valley back from the brink|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/obituary-former-jk-governor-girish-saxena-was-a-gentleman-who-brought-valley-back-from-the-brink-3384894.html|access-date=2022-01-03|website=Firstpost}}
Death
Saxena died on 14 April 2017 after a brief illness, aged 89.{{Cite news|url=http://www.jantakareporter.com/india/girish-saxena-dies/116328/|title=Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Girish 'Gary' Saxena dies|last=PTI|date=14 April 2017|work=Janta Ka Reporter|access-date=2017-04-14|language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190108045704/http://jkrajbhawan.nic.in/His%20Excellency/present10.htm Sh. Girish Chandra Saxena]
- [http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/nov/09gary.htm The Rediff Interview/ Girish Chandra Saxena]
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title=Secretary (R)|
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{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2000–09}}
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Category:Indian Police Service officers
Category:University of Allahabad alumni
Category:Governors of Jammu and Kashmir