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{{short description|Governor of Kerala, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
| name = Bhagwan Sahay
| image =
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| other_names =
| occupation = [[Governor of Kerala|Governor]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| birth_date = {{start-date|df=yes|15 February 1905}}
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|6 December 1986|February 15, 1905|mf=yes}}
| birth_place =
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], India
|awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] {{small|(1961)}}
}}

'''Bhagwan Sahay''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (15 February 1905<ref name="google2">{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&safe=off&tbs=bks:1&q=SAHAY%2C+Bhagwan+%3A+B.+Sc+%2C+ICS+%3B+Governor+of+Kerala+since+Feb.+6%2C+1966+%3B+b.+Feb.+15%2C+1905+%3B+educated+at+Allahabad+and+London+%3B+joined+ICS%2C+1929+%3B+served+in+various+capacities+under+the+UP+Govt.+...&aq=&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=182daa3082043a88 |title= Who's Who in India |publisher=google.com|access-date=2015-04-06}}</ref> – 6 December 1986<ref>[https://www.rajbhavan.kerala.gov.in/index.php/the-governor/previous-governors/121-shri-bhagavan-sahay Shri Bhagavan Sahay]</ref>) was the [[Governor of Kerala|Governor]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]], from 6 February 1966 to 15 May 1967. Bhagwan Sahay took over as the [[Governor of Jammu and Kashmir]] on 15 May 1967 and continued till 3 July 1973.<ref name="jkrajbhawan">{{cite web|url=http://jkrajbhawan.nic.in/His%20Excellency/present7.htm
|title=His Excellency|publisher=jkrajbhawan.nic.in|access-date=2014-10-01}}</ref> He was an [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] officer and an alumnus of the S.M College in [[Chandausi]], [[Moradabad]] and became the second alumni of that College, after his immediate predecessor [[Ajit Prasad Jain]], to become [[governor of Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web|title=SM College Alumni|url=http://smcollegechandausi.org/alumni.html|access-date=27 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927205959/http://smcollegechandausi.org/alumni.html|archive-date=27 September 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Before his stint in Kerala, he was also the [[Governor of Punjab (India)|Lieutenant Governor of Punjab]]. In the 1970s, under President [[VV Giri]], a former governor of Kerala himself, he headed the committee of governors which sought to outline guidelines for constitutional heads.<ref name="outlookindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?203627
|title=The President's Prerogative? | Ajith Pillai|publisher=Outlook|access-date=2014-10-01}}</ref>
<ref name="legislativebodiesinindia">{{cite web|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/kerala.htm|title=KERALA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY|publisher=legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in|access-date=2015-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409223009/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/kerala.htm|archive-date=9 April 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], and was appointed an OBE in the 1945 Birthday Honours.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37119/supplements/2956 The London Gazette, 14 June 1945]</ref> He was the younger brother of former Assam Governor [[Vishnu Sahay]].{{cn|date=October 2021}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://niyamasabha.org/codes/ginfo_4.htm List of Kerala governors]

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{{succession box|title=[[Governor of Jammu and Kashmir]]|before=[[Karan Singh]]|after=[[Lakshmi Kant Jha]]|years=1967–1973}}

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{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1960–69}}
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[[Category:1905 births]]
[[Category:1986 deaths]]
[[Category:Governors of Kerala]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in civil service]]
[[Category:People from Chandausi]]

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