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{{short description|Indian police officer and the 1st Governor of Telangana state}}
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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = E. S. L. Narasimhan
| image = E. S. L. Narasimhan at Telangana Jagruthi Program.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1945}}<ref name="Bio">{{cite web | url=http://governor.ap.nic.in/ | title=SHRI E.S.L. Narasimhan | work=Official Website of Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhavan | access-date=2 June 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625111514/http://governor.ap.nic.in/ | archive-date=25 June 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://governor.tsap.nic.in/present-governor.html|title=Welcome to the official Website of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Raj Bhavan|website=governor.tsap.nic.in|access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now [[Tamil Nadu]], India)
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place = 
| office3= 22nd [[United Andhra Pradesh#List of governors of United Andhra Pradesh|Governor of United Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start3 = 27 December 2009
| term_end3 = 01 June 2014
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = [[Konijeti Rosaiah]] [[Kiran Kumar Reddy]]
| predecessor3 = [[N. D. Tiwari]]
| successor3 = ''Office abolished'' {{small|(''himself'' as [[List of governors of Telangana|Governor of Telangana]])|}}
 {{small|(''himself'' as [[Governor of Andhra Pradesh|Governor of Andhra]])|}}
| office2= 1st [[Governor of Andhra Pradesh|Governor of Andhra]]
| term_start2= 02 June 2014
| term_end2 = 23 July 2019
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] [[Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy]]
| predecessor2 = ''Office Established'' {{small|(''himself'' as [[United Andhra Pradesh#List of governors of United Andhra Pradesh|Governor of United Andhra Pradesh]])|}}
| successor2 = [[Biswabhusan Harichandan]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Anusuiya Uikey appointed Chhaorh Governor, Biswa Bhusan Harichandan is new Governor of Andhra Pradesh |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/anusuiya-uikey-appointed-chhattisgarh-governor-biswa-bhusan-harichandan-is-new-governor-of-andhra-pradesh-2219583.html |access-date=16 July 2019 |work=Zee News |date=16 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran BJP leader Biswa Bhusan Harichandan appointed as Governor of Andhra Pradesh |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/veteran-bjp-leader-biswa-bhusan-harichandan-appointed-governor-andhra-pradesh-105565 |access-date=16 July 2019 |work=[[The News Minute]] |date=16 July 2022}}</ref>
| office= 1st [[List of governors of Telangana|Governor of Telangana]]
| term_start = 24 July 2019
| term_end = 7 September 2019
| 2blankname = Chief Minister
| 2namedata = [[K. Chandrasekhar Rao]]
| predecessor = ''Office Established''
| successor = [[Tamilisai Soundararajan]]

| office1= [[List of governors of Telangana|Governor of Telangana]] 
| status1 = {{small|(Additional Charge)}}
| term_start1 = 02 June 2014
| term_end1 = 23 July 2019
| 2blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 2namedata1 = [[K. Chandrasekhar Rao]]
| predecessor1={{small|(''himself'' as [[United Andhra Pradesh#List of governors of United Andhra Pradesh|Governor of United Andhra Pradesh]])|}}

| office4 = 3rd [[Governor of Chhattisgarh]]
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata4 = [[Raman Singh]]
| term_start4 = 25 January 2007
| term_end4 = 27 December 2009
| predecessor4 = [[Krishna Mohan Seth]]
| successor4 = [[Shekhar Dutt]]
| office5= Director of [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]]
| term_start5 = February 2005
| term_end5 = December 2006
| party =
| spouse = Vimala Narasimhan
| alma_mater = [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College]], [[Madras Law College]]
| children =
| website =
}}
'''Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshmi Narasimhan''' (born 1945) is an Indian former civil servant and politician who served as the first [[Governors of states of India|Governor]] of [[Telangana]].<ref>{{cite news |title=New Governors Appointed In 5 States, Tamil Nadu BJP Chief Gets Telangana |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/new-governors-appointed-in-5-states-tamil-nadu-bjp-chief-gets-telangana-2093798 |access-date=1 September 2019 |work=NDTV.com |date=1 September 2022}}</ref><ref name=Sting>{{Cite news|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sex-sting-fallout-Chhattisgarh-governor-gets-additional-charge-of-Andhra-/articleshow/5384357.cms|title=Sex sting fallout: Chhattisgarh governor gets additional charge of Andhra|date=27 December 2022}}</ref> He assumed office of the [[United Andhra Pradesh#Governors of United Andhra Pradesh|Governor of United Andhra Pradesh]] in December 2009 to 01 June 2014,He was last Governor of [[United Andhra Pradesh]]. Later he took on 2 June 2014 as 1st [[Governor of Andhra Pradesh|Governor of Andhra]], with [[Governor of Telangana]] as additional charge.<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=TRS chief KCR to be sworn-in as first CM of Telangana on Monday |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/trs-chief-kcr-to-be-sworn-in-as-first-cm-of-telangana-on-monday/ |access-date=14 March 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=1 June 2014 |language=en}}</ref> A retired [[Indian Police Service]] officer, he previously served as the Director of the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]] from February 2005 to December 2006.<ref name="Directors of Intelligence Bureau">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bprd.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/File1052.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816020917/http://www.bprd.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/File1052.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 August 2013 |title=Directors of Intelligence Bureau |date=16 August 2013 |access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref> He also served as the [[Governor of Chhattisgarh]] from 2007 to 2009.<ref name=Dutt>{{Cite news|publisher=New Kerala|url=http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-37022.html|title=Shekhar Dutt sworn in as Chhattisgarh governor|date=23 January 2022}}</ref> Narasimhan served as Governor for 12 years making him the longest-serving Governor in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/esl-narasimhans-stint-india-s-longest-serving-governor-comes-end-108227|title=ESL Narasimhan's stint as India's longest-serving governor comes to an end |website=[[The News Minute]] |date=2 September 2019|access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref>

==Early life==

Narasimhan was born in Tamil Nadu in 1945. After an initial two years schooling at [[Little Flower High School, Hyderabad]], he completed his entire education from Chennai. Migrating from Physics to Political science, Narasimhan was awarded the gold medal at the [[Presidency College, Chennai|Madras Presidency College]]. He is also a graduate in Law from the [[Madras Law College]].<ref name=Takeover>{{Cite news|publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/hyderabad/Narasimhan-takes-over-as-Andhra-governor/Article1-491338.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224013354/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/hyderabad/Narasimhan-takes-over-as-Andhra-governor/Article1-491338.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 February 2011|title=Narasimhan takes over as Andhra governor|date=28 December 2022}}</ref>

==Career==
Narasimhan belongs to the 1968 batch of [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] from [[Andhra Pradesh]] cadre. He served as the First Secretary in the [[Embassy of India in Moscow]] from 1981 to 1984. He is highly respected police official.

He worked in the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]] for many years until retiring as the director of the bureau on 31 December 2006.<ref name=Oath>[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200701210350.htm "Narasimhan to take oath as Chhattisgarh Governor on Jan. 25"], ''The Hindu'', 21 January 2007.</ref> He is also an alumnus of the prestigious National Defence College, New Delhi.

On 19 January 2007, Narasimhan was appointed [[Governor of Chhattisgarh]], and took office on 25 January.<ref name=Sworn>{{Cite news|publisher=[[Indo Asian News Service]]|url=http://www.dailyindia.com/show/106993.php/Former-IB-chief-Narasimhan-sworn-in-Chhattisgarh-governor|title=Former IB chief Narasimhan sworn in Chhattisgarh governor|date=25 January 2007|access-date=13 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201913/http://www.dailyindia.com/show/106993.php/Former-IB-chief-Narasimhan-sworn-in-Chhattisgarh-governor|archive-date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 27 December 2009, he took additional charge as [[acting (law)|acting]] [[Governor of Andhra Pradesh]], from [[Narayan Dutt Tiwari]], who resigned after a [[sex scandal]].<ref name=Sting/> On 23 January 2010, he was formally appointed to the governorship of Andhra Pradesh, upon leaving office in Chhattisgarh.<ref name=Dutt/>

With the process for formation of a separate [[Telangana]] state entering crucial phase, [[Andhra Pradesh]] Governor Narasimhan held a series of meeting with central leaders in the national capital on 23 October 2013.

Summoned by the Centre for consultations before the efforts to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh are intensified, Narasimhan held separate meetings with [[United Progressive Alliance]] (UPA) chairperson [[Sonia Gandhi]], Union Home Minister [[Sushilkumar Shinde]] and Union Finance Minister [[P Chidambaram]].
[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi at the inauguration of Hyderabad Metro, at Hyderabad on November 28, 2017 (2).jpg|left|thumb| E. S. L. Narasimhan with Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] during Hyderabad metro inauguration in 2017]]
Narasimhan first met Chidambaram, who is a member of the Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted to work out modalities for formation of the [[Telangana]] state. During the meeting, which lasted for 30 minutes, the governor is believed to have discussed various issues that may arise post-bifurcation. The governor later called on the UPA chairperson and briefed her on the latest situation in the state in the wake of the decision to carve Telangana state. He is learnt to have presented a report on the bifurcation issue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/hyderabad/andhra-governor-calls-on-sonia-gandhi-shinde-1329126.html|title=Andhra governor calls on Sonia Gandhi, Shinde|date=23 October 2013|website=[[Oneindia]]}}</ref>
The [[Telugu Desam Party]] has taken strong exception to Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan's meetings with Congress top leaders in [[New Delhi]] and questioned if it was part of his official duties.

Leader of Opposition in [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]] and [[Telugu Desam Party]] politburo member [[Yanamala Ramakrishnudu]] criticised the governor for meeting [[All India Congress Committee|AICC]] general secretary [[Digvijaya Singh (politician)|Digvijay Singh]] in [[New Delhi]] on Wednesday. "Why should the governor go to Digvijay's residence and brief him? Is it part of governor's official duties?", Yanamala questioned.

He alleged the governor was "doing the rounds of Congress leaders' houses" carrying official files. "Is the governor going to decide the fate of 8.47 crore Telugu people?", Yanamala said.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.oneindia.com/india/tdp-criticises-ap-governor-for-meeting-cong-leaders-in-delhi-1329718.html | title=TDP criticises AP Governor for meeting Congress leaders in Delhi | date=24 October 2013 | author=PTI | work=Oneindia | access-date=4 December 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/4091198_TDP-flays-AP-Guv-for-meeting-Cong-leaders-in-Delhi-.html |title=TDP flays AP Guv for meeting Cong leaders in Delhi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029183901/http://www.ptinews.com/news/4091198_TDP-flays-AP-Guv-for-meeting-Cong-leaders-in-Delhi-.html |archive-date=29 October 2013 |publisher=Press Trust of India |date=24 October 2013 |access-date=4 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

During the controversial president rule from 1 May 2014 to 1 June 2014, he, as Governor of undivided AP, issued many extra constitutional government orders without having taken approval from the Parliament under [[s:Constitution of India/Part XVIII|article 356(1)]] or sanction of parliament under article 357(1) of the constitution.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Andhra-Pradesh-mired-in-President-rule-imbroglio/articleshow/33933171.cms |title=Andhra Pradesh mired in President rule imbroglio|access-date=21 September 2022}}</ref> He took oath of office as state governor to preserve, protect and defend the constitution and the law.

On 13 June 2017 Narasimhan became longest serving [[Governor of Andhra Pradesh]] by surpassing [[Krishan Kant]].

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120421223102/http://www.thepresident.in/GovDet-10/EKKADU-SRINIVASAN-LAKSHMI-NARASIMHAN.html?gid=34 Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshmi Narasimhan – thepresident.in]

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