Rameshwar Thakur
Indian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rameshwar Thakur (28 July 1925 – 15 January 2015) was a politician and former union minister of India, he also served as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh from 2009 to 2011, Governor of Odisha from 2004 to 2006, Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 2006 to 2007 and Governor of Karnataka from 2007 to 2009. He was a Chartered Accountant. He was also President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India from 1966 to 1967.
Rameshwar Thakur | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 15th Governor of Madhya Pradesh | |
| In office 30 June 2009 – 7 September 2011 | |
| Chief Minister | Shivraj Singh Chauhan |
| Preceded by | Balram Jakhar |
| Succeeded by | Ram Naresh Yadav |
| 10th Governor of Karnataka | |
| In office 21 August 2007 – 24 June 2009 | |
| Chief Minister | H. D. Kumaraswamy B. S. Yediyurappa |
| Preceded by | T. N. Chaturvedi |
| Succeeded by | Hansraj Bhardwaj |
| Governor of Andhra Pradesh | |
(Additional Charge) | |
| In office 29 January 2006 – 22 August 2007 | |
| Chief Minister | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy |
| Preceded by | Sushil Kumar Shinde |
| Succeeded by | Narayan Dutt Tiwari |
| 22nd Governor of Odisha | |
| In office 18 November 2004 – 21 August 2007 | |
| Chief Minister | Naveen Patnaik |
| Preceded by | M. M. Rajendran |
| Succeeded by | Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare |
| Union Minister of India | |
| President of the Bharat Scouts and Guides | |
| In office 1998–2001 | |
| President of the ICAI | |
| In office 1966–1967 | |
| Preceded by | CA. M.P. Chitale |
| Succeeded by | CA. V.B. Haribhakti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 July 1925 Thakurgangti, Bihar-Orissa, British India (now in Jharkhand, India) |
| Died | 15 January 2015 (aged 89) Delhi, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Narmada Thakur |
| Children | 4 |
Thakur was born in the village of Thakur Gangti, Godda District, Jharkhand. He had participated in Quit India movement. He served as President of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from November 1998 to November 2001, and again after November 2004. Thakur was sworn in as the 15th Governor of Karnataka on August 21, 2007.[1]
He was married to Narmada Thakur and they had two sons and two daughters: Mridula, Sangeeta, Sushil and Anil Thakur.
He was transferred to Governor Madhya Pradesh for the remainder of his gubernatorial term on June 24, 2009. Thakur took over from Balram Jakhar on the end of the latter's term on June 30. He left office on September 7, 2011.[2]
He was the governor of Odisha during the year 2004 to 2007. He was promoter of Information Technology (IT). He was supportive of one of the earliest conferences on IT called OITS International Conference on Information Technology (OCIT), which was formerly known as ICIT or CIT.[3] OCIT 2023 was held at NIT Raipur during December 2023.
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
