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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|honorific-prefix = <br />
|name = Govind Narain<br />
|honorific-suffix = <br />
|image =<br />
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|caption = Govind Narain (left), 1981<br />
|order = 8th<br />
|office = Governor of Karnataka<br />
|term_start = 2 August 1977<br />
|term_end = 15 April 1983<br />
|lieutenant = <br />
|predecessor = [[Uma Shankar Dikshit]]<br />
|successor = [[A. N. Banerji]]<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|5|5|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Mainpuri]], [[British Raj]]<br />
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|4|3|1916|5|5|df=yes}}<br />
|death_place = New Delhi, India<br />
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'''Govind Narain''', [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] (5 May 1916 &ndash; 3 April 2012) was an Indian civil servant who was member of the [[Imperial Civil Service]] and served as the 8th [[Governor of Karnataka]].<br />
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He formerly served as 12th Defence Secretary of India (1973 to 1975), [[Union Home Secretary (India)|Home Secretary of India]] (1971 to 1973) and the Chief Secretary of [[Uttar Pradesh]] (1958 to 1961).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_bangladesh-war-era-home-secretary-govind-narain-dies_1671506|title = Bangladesh war-era Home Secretary Govind Narain dies|date = 4 April 2012}}</ref> He is considered {{By whom|date= January 2013}} to be one of [[India]]'s most senior and respected civil servants. <br />
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He also served as Adviser and Secretary to the [[King of Nepal]] from 1951 to 1954.<br />
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[[File:Govind_Narain_in_his_student_days_at_Allahabad_University,_c._1938.jpg|thumb|right|Govind Narain in his student days at Allahabad University, c. 1938]]<br />
==Early childhood and education==<br />
He was born into a Kayastha family in [[Mainpuri]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] and educated at the [[University of Allahabad]] and [[University of Oxford]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
He was selected as a member of the [[Imperial Civil Service]] in 1939 and was Home Secretary of India and Defence Secretary of India before retirement. As Home Secretary, he played a crucial role during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]. He then became [[Defence Secretary of Pakistan|Defence Secretary]], a post he occupied between 1973 and 1975. He was also chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh, and was deputised to build relations between India and Nepal in 1951 as Adviser to the [[King of Nepal]].<br />
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==Political career==<br />
He was named [[Governor of Karnataka]] and held the post between 1977 and 1983. He was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2009.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080228002459/http://rajbhavan.kar.nic.in/governors/GovindNarain.htm Official Profile and Biography] at '''Governors Office, Karnataka'''<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120405121421/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=758411 Govind Narain, one of the last surviving ICS officers, dead]<br />
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120406/jsp/frontpage/story_15341310.jsp#.T37Kh5n9N0I Govind Narain: The young ICS who protected Aligarh university]<br />
* [http://in.news.yahoo.com/former-governor-govind-narain-passes-away-104218198.html Former Governor Govind Narain passes away]<br />
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