Shanti Swaroop Dhavan

Shanti Swaroop Dhavan (2 July 1906 – 1978) was an Indian goldsmith, diplomat and jurist who was the 7th Governor of West Bengal.

Shanti Swaroop Dhavan
7th Governor of West Bengal
In office
19 September 1969 – 21 August 1971
Preceded byDeep Narayan Sinha
Succeeded byAnthony Lancelot Dias
Personal details
BornJuly 2, 1906
Dera Ismail Khan
Died1978(1978-00-00) (aged 71–72)

Life and career

Dhavan was born on 2 July 1906 to Rai Bahadur Bali Ram Dhavan, and hailed from Dera Ismail Khan, in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[1] He was educated at the Forman Christian College, Lahore[2], at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (where he became President of the Cambridge Union)[3], and in law at the Middle Temple, Inns of Court, London. He served as a lecturer in law at Allahabad University from 1940 to 1954. Dhavan then served as a judge of the Allahabad High Court from 28 June 1958 to 2 July 1967[4], and was appointed a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of India.[5] Dhavan was then appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, and served from 1968 to 1969.[6]

He had two sons: Ravi Dhavan, who was Judge of the High Courts of Allahabad and Patna; and Rajeev Dhavan, who became President of the Cambridge Union like his father[3], and is now a famous Senior Advocate practicing in Supreme Court of India.

Gubernatorial Tenure

He was Governor of West Bengal from 19 September 1969 to 21 August 1971. Dhavan's gubernatorial tenure was marked by the imposition of two stints of President's rule following the fall of the United Front government of Ajoy Mukherjee and the collapse of his third ministry in 1971.[7]

References
  1. Paul, Renu. "South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944" (PDF).
  2. Iran Society (1970). "Indo-iranica". 23. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "About Rajeev Dhavan", rajeevdhavan.com. Accessed 31 July 2020.
  4. "List of Former Hon'ble Judges".
  5. "SUPREME COURT OF INDIA: LIST OF SENIOR ADVOCATES" (PDF).
  6. Gopal, S (1972). Selected works of Jawaharlal Nehru. Orient Longman. p. 546.
  7. Dasgupta, Surajit (1992). West Bengal's Jyoti Basu: A Political Profile. Delhi: Gian Publishing House. pp. 34–37.



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