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.
Bhopinder Singh | |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |
| In office 29 December 2006 – 30 June 2013 | |
| Appointed by | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| Preceded by | Madan Mohan Lakhera |
| Succeeded by | A. K. Singh |
| Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry | |
Additional charge | |
| In office 15 March 2008 – 22 July 2008 | |
| Appointed by | Pratibha Patil |
| Chief Minister | N. Rangaswamy |
| Preceded by | Mukut Mithi |
| Succeeded by | Govind Singh Gurjar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 March 1946 |
| Spouse | Bhawanee Singh |
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
edit- ^ "Bhopinder Singh sworn as Lt Governor of Puducherry", PTI (The Hindu), 15 March 2008.