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Bhopinder Singh

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Bhopinder Singh
Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
In office
29 December 2006 – 30 June 2013
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Preceded byMadan Mohan Lakhera
Succeeded byA. K. Singh
Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
Additional charge
In office
15 March 2008 – 22 July 2008
Appointed byPratibha Patil
Chief MinisterN. Rangaswamy
Preceded byMukut Mithi
Succeeded byGovind Singh Gurjar
Personal details
Born (1946-03-20) 20 March 1946 (age 78)
SpouseBhawanee Singh

Lt. Gen. Bhopinder Singh (born 20 March 1946) is the former Lieutenant Governor of The Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Pondicherry and an Indian Army officer who has been awarded the PVSM. He was the former military secretary to president K. R. Narayanan and to President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. He was the former military, naval and air attaché for East and Southern Africa headquartered at Addis Ababa.

He was the former Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Following the resignation of Mukut Mithi as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Singh was appointed to replace him on 13 March 2008 and sworn in on 15 March.[1]

In the year 2017, he published his book Bayoneting with Opinions and in 2019 published another book Continuing Opinions in Difficult Times.

He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy. He currently resides in Chandigarh in India.

References

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  1. ^ "Bhopinder Singh sworn as Lt Governor of Puducherry", PTI (The Hindu), 15 March 2008.
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Government offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2006—2013
Succeeded by