M. R. Sachdev

Mulk Raj Sachdev CIE, OBE, ICS (12 October 1903 - 8 December 1964) was an Indian civil servant and administrator who served as the Lieutenant-Governor of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu from 2 September 1963 until his death while in office.

Mulk Raj Sachdev
Lieutenant-Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu
In office
2 September 1963 – 8 December 1964
Chief MinisterDayanand Bandodkar
Preceded byT. Sivasankar
Succeeded byHari Sharma
Personal details
Born(1903-10-12)12 October 1903
Died8 December 1964(1964-12-08) (aged 61)
Panjim, Goa, India
Alma materGovernment College, Lahore
University of the Punjab
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Life and career

Sachdev received his early education in Quetta. After university studies at Government College, Lahore and at the University of the Punjab, he took a B.A. from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and entered the Indian Civil Service (ICS) in October 1928.[1][2][3] He began his service in the Punjab as an assistant commissioner, and was promoted to deputy commissioner (officiating) in April 1933, eventually rising to additional deputy secretary in the Home Department of the Government of the Punjab.[1]

By the time of the Second World War, he was a deputy secretary in the Supply Department of the Government of India, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1942 Birthday Honours list.[4] In October 1943, he was appointed deputy director-general for Disposals, returning to service in the Punjab in 1945 as an additional secretary and director-general of civil supplies and rationing.[1] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1946 Birthday Honours list.[5]

After India's independence, Sachdev served as Chief Secretary in the newly formed state of East Punjab (subsequently Punjab) from 1949 until 1953.[2] In 1953, he was appointed Director-General of Supplies and Disposals for the federal government, and was appointed as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Works, Housing and Supply the following year.[2] He subsequently served as Secretary in the Ministry of Irrigation and Power, also holding the position of Chairman of the Damodar Valley Corporation for a time. Sachdev was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu on 2 September 1963, but was in the post for barely over a year before his death in office on 8 December 1964.[2]

gollark: The factory grows.
gollark: Sure!
gollark: I'm trying and failing to design this new production area here nicely. I was going for splitting it into quarters with different types of wood in each, but as it turns out we don't actually have much different wood, and now I have no idea what to do with this.
gollark: This is boring.
gollark: Yes, it timed out, working now.

References
  1. The India Office and Burma Office List: 1945. Harrison & Sons, Ltd. 1945. p. 323.
  2. "The Gazette of India - Extraordinary" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  3. "No. 33436". The London Gazette. 6 November 1928. p. 7217.
  4. "No. 35586". The London Gazette. 5 June 1942. p. 2498.
  5. "No. 37598". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1946. p. 2763.
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