Vishnu Sahay

Vishnu Sahay
Governor of Assam
In office
7 September 1962 – 17 April 1968
PresidentSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Zakir Husain
Chief MinisterBimala Prasad Chaliha
Preceded byS. M. Shrinagesh
Succeeded byBraj Kumar Nehru
In office
12 November 1960 – 13 January 1961
PresidentRajendra Prasad
Chief MinisterBimala Prasad Chaliha
Preceded byS. M. Shrinagesh
Succeeded byS. M. Shrinagesh
Governor of Nagaland
In office
1 December 1963 – 16 April 1968
PresidentSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Zakir Husain
Chief MinisterP. Shilu Ao
Thepfülo-u Nakhro
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byBraj Kumar Nehru
Cabinet Secretary of India
In office
1 July 1958 – 10 November 1960
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Preceded byM. K. Vellodi
Succeeded byB. N. Jha
In office
9 March 1961 – 15 April 1962
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Preceded byB. N. Jha
Succeeded byS. S. Khera
Personal details
Born22 November 1901
Died3 April 1989(1989-04-03) (aged 87)
RelationsBhagwan Sahay (brother)

Vishnu Sahay (22 November 1901 – 3 April 1989)[1][2] was a former ICS officer and Cabinet Secretary of India who served as Governor of Assam and Nagaland following his retirement.

Early life and education

Sahay was the elder brother of Bhagawan Sahay, also an ICS officer and a former Governor of Kerala and Himachal Pradesh.[3] Vishnu Sahay studied at the SM College, Chandausi and at the Oxford University.[4][5] He was a member of the 1925 batch of the ICS, passing the exams on 16 October of that year.[6] Somewhat unusually, he was never awarded any of the honours which a civilian of his long service would have normally received.

Civil servant

Sahay had a long and distinguished career in the Indian Civil Service. He served as Cane Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh and Sugar Controller for India,[7] and as Secretary of Agriculture to the Government of India in which post, impressed by the Kaira Cooperative, he helped Verghese Kurien of Amul get a scholarship to study dairying in New Zealand.[8] He also served as Secretary for Kashmir Affairs in the Ministry of External Affairs[9] and was Cabinet Secretary of India twice during 1958–1960 and during 1961–1962.[10][11]

Gubernatorial tenure

Sahay was a two time Governor of Assam serving from 12 November 1960 to 13 January 1961 and from 7 September 1962 to 17 April 1968.[12][13] As Governor of Assam, Sahay signed the Ceasefire Agreement with the Naga insurgents in 1964.[14] He was also the first Governor of Nagaland, holding that office from 1 December 1963 – 17 April 1968.[12]

References

  1. ^ Mukherjee, Amiya Ranjan (1961). Current Affairs. A. Mukherjee & Company. p. 315.
  2. ^ Asia & Pacific Oceania, 2003, S. 733
  3. ^ "A place in the sun". The Daily Star. 23 July 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  4. ^ "SM College - Alumni". SM College. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  5. ^ Lahiri, Shompa (2000). Indians in Britain: Anglo-Indian Encounters, Race and Identity, 1880-1930. London: Frank Cass Publishers. p. 72. ISBN 9780714649863.
  6. ^ The London Gazette, 6 November 1925
  7. ^ "Problems Of Sugar Industry In India". Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  8. ^ Heredia, Ruth (1997). The Amul India Story. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill. pp. 104–105. ISBN 9780074631607.
  9. ^ "The Dixon Plan". Frontline. 12–25 October 2002. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Cabinet Secretaries Since 1950". Cabinet Secretariat. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  11. ^ Maheshwari, S R (2001). Indian Administration (Sixth ed.). New Delhi: Orient Longman. p. 47. ISBN 9788125019886.
  12. ^ a b "States of India since 1947". Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  13. ^ "Governors of Assam since 1937 onwards". Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  14. ^ "Dawn of Peace in Nagaland". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2013.