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{{Infobox officeholder <br />
|name = Dinesh Nandan Sanhay <br />
|image = File:Dinesh Nandan Sahay, Governor of Tripura.jpg<br />
|caption = Dinesh Nandan Sahay in 2008<br />
|image_size = 175<br />
|order = 10th<br />
|office = Governor of Tripura<br />
|term_start = 2 June 2003<br />
|term_end = 14 October 2009<br />
|1blankname = [[Chief Minister of Tripura|Chief Minister]]<br />
|1namedata = [[Manik Sarkar]]<br />
|predecessor = [[Krishna Mohan Seth]]<br />
|successor = [[Kamla Beniwal]]<br />
|order1 = 1st<br />
|office1 = Governor of Chhattisgarh <br />
|term_start1 = 1 November 2000<br />
|term_end1 = 1 June 2003<br />
|1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh|Chief Minister]]<br />
|1namedata1 = [[Ajit Jogi]]<br />
|predecessor1 = ''Office Established''<br />
|successor1 = Krishna Mohan Seth<br />
|birth_date = 2 February 1936<br />
|birth_place = Madhepur, [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] <br> {{small|(Now Bihar, India)}}<br />
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|1|28|1936|2|2|df=y}}<br />
|death_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]<br />
|spouse = Manju Sanjay <br />
|children = 3<br />
|party = [[Samata Party]] <br />
|mother = Kishori Devi<br />
|father = Deva Nandan Sahay<br />
}}<br />
'''Dinesh Nandan Sahay''' (2 February 1936 &ndash; 28 January 2018), also known as '''D.N. Sahay''',<ref>[https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/chhattisgarh-guv-cm-condole-demise-of-dinesh-nandan-sahay-118012900961_1.html Chhattisgarh Guv, CM condole demise of Dinesh Nandan Sahay]</ref> was a police officer turned politician who served as DGP of Bihar and later as the [[Governor of Tripura]] and the first [[Governor of Chhattisgarh]].<br />
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== Early life and career ==<br />
He was born in [[Madhepura]], [[Bihar]] in a middle-class [[Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha]] family to mother late Kishori Devi and father late Deva Nandan Sahay and was raised in [[Patna]]. He completed his M.A. in English literature and started his career as a lecturer in the H.D. College of [[Arrah]] before joining [[Indian Police Service]] in 1960. Thereafter, he served as the DGP of [[Bihar state]] (India).{{cn|date=June 2023}}<br />
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== Later life ==<br />
After retirement, he joined the [[Samata Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-14 |title=Samata Party to move Delhi HC against Thackeray faction's 'flaming torch' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/samata-party-to-move-delhi-hc-against-thackeray-faction-s-flaming-torch-101665771404653.html |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> He was the first governor of [[Chhattisgarh]] state from 2000 to 2003. He became Governor of [[Tripura]] in June 2003. He continued on this post till 2009. Yet traditionally governors serve for five years' tenure, Sahay served one year more than a typical governor's tenure.<ref>"Konwar sworn in as Tripura governor -" ''The Telegraph (india)''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130331034923/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130326/jsp/northeast/story_16713226.jsp] 26 March 2013 </ref> He is the father-in-law of current [[Bihar Police|DGP of Bihar]], Alok Raj.<ref>{{Cite web |title=लालू राज में ससुर तो नीतीश के शासन में दामाद, बिहार के नए DGP ने वर्दी के लिए छोड़ दिया 'असली शौक' |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/bihar/muzaffarpur/ips-success-story-alok-raj-become-new-dgp-bihar-know-everything/articleshow/112938444.cms |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]<br />
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