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| name = Dharma Vira<br />
| image = Dharma Vir, ICS.jpg<br />
| honorific-suffix= [[OBE]]<br />
| order2 = 6th<br />
| office2 = Governor of West Bengal<br />
| term_start2 = 1 June 1967<br />
| term_end2 = 1 April 1969<br />
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister <br />
| 1namedata2 = [[Ajoy Mukherjee]]<br>[[Prafulla Chandra Ghosh]]<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Padmaja Naidu]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Deep Narayan Sinha]]<br />
| birth_date = 20 January 1906<br />
| spouse = Dayavati Ganga<br />
| birth_place = [[Bijnor]], [[United Provinces (India)|United Provinces]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2000|9|16|1906|1|20}}<br />
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| parents = Raja Jwala Prasad,<br>Bhagyati Devi<br />
| office1 = 5th [[Governor of Karnataka|Governor of Mysore]]<br />
| term_start1 = 23 October 1970<br />
| term_end1 = 1 February 1972<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Gopal Swarup Pathak]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Mohanlal Sukhadia]]<br />
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister <br />
| 1namedata1 = [[Veerendra Patil]]<br />
| order3 = 1st <br />
| office3 = Governor of Haryana<br />
| term_start3 = 1 November 1966<br />
| term_end3 = 14 September 1967<br />
| predecessor3 = ''Office Established''<br />
| successor3 = [[Birendra Narayan Chakraborty]]<br />
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister <br />
| 1namedata3 = [[B. D. Sharma]]<br>[[Birender Singh (politician, born 1921)|Birender Singh]]<br />
| office4 = 7th [[Governor of Punjab (India)|Governor of Punjab]]<br />
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister <br />
| 1namedata4 = [[Ram Kishan]]<br>[[Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir]]<br>[[Gurnam Singh]]<br />
| predecessor4 = [[Sardar Ujjal Singh]]<br />
| successor4 = Mehar Singh {{small|(Acting)}}<br />
| term_start4 = 27 June 1966<br />
| term_end4 = 1 June 1967<br />
| order5 = 8th<br />
| office5 = Cabinet Secretary of India<br />
| primeminister5 = [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]<br>[[Gulzarilal Nanda]] {{small|(Acting)}}<br>[[Indira Gandhi]]<br />
| predecessor5 = S. S. Khera<br />
| successor5 = [[D. S. Joshi]]<br />
| term_start5 = 18 November 1964<br />
| term_end5 = 27 June 1966<br />
| awards = [[Padma Vibhushan]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of London]]<br>[[Muir Central College]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Dharma Vira''', [[OBE]], [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] (20 January 1906&nbsp;– 16 September 2000) was an Indian politician who served as the governor of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[Haryana]], [[West Bengal]] and [[Karnataka]]. Vira also served as a [[Cabinet Secretary (India)|Cabinet Secretary]] of the [[Government of India]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Dharma Vira was born in [[Bijnor]] on 20 January 1906, the son of [[Raja Jwala Prasad]] and Bhagyati Devi. He studied at [[Muir Central College]] in [[Allahabad]], before going to London to read for the ICS examinations at the [[School of Oriental Studies]] (now the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]]) between 1929 and 1930. He passed the examinations in October 1930,<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33659/pages/7064 London Gazette, 7 November 1930]</ref> and returned to India in November.<br />
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He married Dayavati Ganga Ram in 1932. He was a [[resident magistrate]] in Uttar Pradesh, but from 1941 became more involved in central Indian government affairs.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
He became Deputy Chief Controller of Imports during the Second World War, and was Textile Commissioner for India in 1945. He was appointed an [[OBE]] in the [[1946 New Year Honours]].<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37407/pages/58 London Gazette, 1 January 1946]</ref><br />
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After [[Indian independence movement|Independence]], he worked closely with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], and was Joint Secretary to the Indian Cabinet in 1947. He then became Principal Private Secretary to Jawaharlal Nehru, 1950–51, and Commercial Adviser to the Indian High Commissioner in London, 1951–3.<br />
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In 1954, he was appointed Ambassador to [[Czechoslovakia]], in which capacity he served until 1956. On his return to India he served as Secretary to the Ministry of Rehabilitation until 1962 and was Secretary to the Ministry of Works, Housing and Supply in 1962.<br />
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From 1963 to 1964 he was Chief Commissioner of Delhi and then from 1964 to 1966 Cabinet Secretary and Secretary to Union Council of Ministers and became Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.<br />
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He served as Governor of:<br />
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* [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[Haryana]], 1966-67<br />
* [[West Bengal]] 1967-69<br />
* [[Karnataka]] (Mysore),1969–72<br />
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and was Chairman of the National Police Commission, 1977–83. Dharam Vira served as the [[Bharat Scouts and Guides|President of the Bharat Scouts and Guides]] from November 1973 to September 1976.<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
He was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]], the second-highest Indian civilian award, by the [[Government of India]] in 1999. He died on 16 September 2000.<br />
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{{Succession box|title= [[Bharat Scouts and Guides|Presidents of the Bharat Scouts and Guides]] |before= Sir [[Chandulal M. Trivedi]]|after=[[Jagjivan Ram]]|years=1973–1976}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000918/main5.htm]<br />
*http://www.bsgindia.org/<br />
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