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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1909|12|09}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kerala]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1974|12|14|1909|12|09}}<br />
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| occupation = [[Indian Civil Service|Indian Civil Servant]]<br />
| spouse = Patricia Fletcher<br />
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'''Anthony Leocadia Fletcher''' (9 December 1909 – 14 December 1974) was an [[Indian Civil Service|Indian civil servant]]. He was the first [[Vice-Chancellor]] of [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University]]<ref name="ernet1">{{cite web|url=http://www.hau.ernet.in/clink/aravali.pdf |title=Glimpses of Aravali Hostel |publisher=Hau.ernet.in |accessdate=2013-12-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103115306/http://www.hau.ernet.in/clink/aravali.pdf |archivedate=2013-11-03 }}</ref> and the founder of [[Campus School CCS HAU, Hisar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hau.ernet.in/clink/aboutus.html |title=Campus School |publisher=Hau.ernet.in |date=1971-11-14 |accessdate=2013-12-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503031505/http://hau.ernet.in/clink/aboutus.html |archivedate=2012-05-03 }}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Anthony Leocadia Fletcher, son of Peter Fletcher and Helen Fletcher, was born on 9 December 1909 in a Christian family of [[Kerala]].{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} He completed his school education from St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Trivandrum. He did his [[B.Sc.]] from [[University of Madras]] and [[M.Sc.]] from [[University of Nagpur]]. Then he went to [[School of Oriental and African Studies|School of Oriental Studies]] for further education and joined as [[Indian Civil Service|Indian Civil Servant]] in [[London]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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* Between 1933-1947, he served in [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]] as [[Deputy Commissioner]] and as District and Sessions Judge.<ref name="ernet1"/><br />
* He was also appointed as [[Secretary]] in the Department of Industries, Medicine, Labour and Transport of local Government, Legal Remembrance.<ref name="ernet1"/><br />
* Between 1954-58, he served as [[Commissioner]] of [[Jullundur]] Division.<ref name="ernet1"/><br />
* Between 1954-58, he was also appointed as Financial [[Commissioner]] (Revenue, Rehabilitation, Excise and Taxation).<ref name="ernet1"/><br />
* Between 1958-60, he started [[Dandakaranya Project]] as its Chief Administrator.<ref name="iauaindia1">{{cite web|url=http://www.iauaindia.org/pastpresidents_fr.htm#shrialfletcher |title=List of Past -resident of IAUA |publisher=Iauaindia.org |date= |accessdate=2013-12-06}}</ref><br />
* Between 1960-63, he was the Financial Commissioner, Development in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref name="iauaindia1"/><br />
* Between 1963-68, he was the Financial Commissioner, Revenue in Punjab.<ref name="iauaindia1"/><br />
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Fletcher was appointed the first [[Chancellor (education)|Vice-chancellor]] of [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University]] on 29 March 1970 and served until his death on 14 December 1974.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} He was also the founder of [[Campus School CCS HAU, Hisar]] present inside the university premises, a school that caters to the children of university employees. The administrative block of the University is named after him as Fletcher Bhawan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hau.ernet.in/clink/coe.htm |title=CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar - 125 004, INDIA |publisher=Hau.ernet.in |accessdate=2013-12-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212051800/http://hau.ernet.in/clink/coe.htm |archivedate=2013-12-12 }}</ref> Nomenee Robinson, [[Michelle Obama]]'s uncle has worked under him in 1961.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.in.msn.com/international/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4524714 |title=Michelle Obama’s uncle worked in Punjab in ’60s |publisher=News.in.msn.com |date=2010-11-01 |accessdate=2013-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104050720/http://news.in.msn.com/international/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4524714 |archive-date=4 November 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also served as President of Indian Agricultural Universities Association between 1972 and 1973.<ref name="iauaindia1"/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Fletcher was married to Patricia Fletcher and had one son and two daughters.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University]]<br />
* [[Campus School CCS HAU, Hisar]]<br />
* [[List of Indian members of the Indian Civil Service]]<br />
* [[Indian Civil Service]]<br />
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