https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Anthony_Lancelot_DiasAnthony Lancelot Dias - Revision history2026-07-31T17:50:34ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Anthony_Lancelot_Dias&diff=471280&oldid=prevNekilortashush at 21:37, 4 October 20252025-10-04T21:37:20Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician and ICS officer (1910–2002)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = A. L. Dias<br />
| image = Anthony Lancelot Dias.jpg<br />
| caption = Portrait of Dias<br />
| birth_name = Anthony Lancelot Dias<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|ICS officer}}<br />
| birth_date = 14 March 1910<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|9|22|1910|3|14|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]] <br />
| death_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India <br />
| nationality = [[British Indian]] (1910-1947)<br/>[[Indian people|Indian]] (1947-2002)<br />
| office = 7th [[Governor of West Bengal]]<br />
| term_start = 21 August 1971<br />
| term_end = 6 November 1979<br />
| predecessor = [[Shanti Swaroop Dhavan]] <br />
| successor = [[Tribhuvana Narayana Singh]]<br />
| awards = [[Padma Vibhushan]] (1970)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Anthony Lancelot Dias''' (14 March 1910 — 22 September 2002),<ref>{{Cite news |title=Lives in Brief |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/lives-in-brief-vmgkphcmvnp |access-date=2022-10-02 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref name="Obituary">[http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@goacom.com/msg03213.html Anthony Lancelot Dias' obituary]</ref> also known as '''A. L. Dias''' was an [[Indian Civil Service]] officer and politician of [[Goan]] origin. Dias was born in [[Bombay]] and was in the [[Maharashtra Public Service Commission|Maharashtra cadre]]. He was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 1970 for his management of a drought in [[Bihar]]. He also played a role in the [[liberation of Goa]] from the [[Portuguese India|Portuguese rule]]. Dias was the Lieutenant governor of [[Tripura]] from 1969 to 1971. He was the Governor of [[West Bengal]] from 1971 to 1977.<ref name="The Indian Express 2002 t999">{{cite web | title=Ex-Bengal Governor Dias dies | website=The Indian Express | date=24 Sep 2002 | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/ex-bengal-governor-dias-dies/ | access-date=25 Nov 2023}}</ref><ref name="The Times of India 2002 x008">{{cite web | title=A L Dias passes away | website=The Times of India | date=23 Sep 2002 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/a-l-dias-passes-away/articleshow/23003233.cms | access-date=25 Nov 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rajbhavankolkata.gov.in/html/pastgov1912_new.htm |title=Raj Bhavan Kolkata |access-date=2012-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109072725/http://rajbhavankolkata.gov.in/html/pastgov1912_new.htm |archive-date=2013-11-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://rulers.org/indstat4.html West Bengal Governors]</ref><ref name="Anon. r695">{{cite web | title= Raj Bhavan, Kolkata Governor Anthony Lancelot Dias | url=https://rajbhavankolkata.gov.in/writereaddata/PDF/occasionalpaper3.pdf | access-date=25 Nov 2023}}</ref><ref name="Vaz 1997 p. 158">{{cite book | last=Vaz | first=J.C. | title=Profiles of Eminent Goans, Past and Present | publisher=Concept Publishing Company | year=1997 | isbn=978-81-7022-619-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7DJLxYBYA-YC&pg=PA158 | access-date=25 Nov 2023 | page=158}}</ref><br />
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