K. R. Malkani

K. R. Malkani was Ex-Lt. Governor of Pondicherry and Vice-President of BJP and also an author and journalist.

Born at Hyderabad, Sindh in November, 1921, he had his education at Hyderabad, Pune, Karachi and Mumbai.

A professor and journalist, Malkani was associated with the Jana Sangh since it was formed. The core group of this party formed the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980.

He was Vice-President of the Deendayal Research Institute, New Delhi from 1983 to 1990 and Bharatiya Janata Party from 1990 to 1995. He was a member of Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2000.

He also served as editor of many newspapers and was General Secretary of the Editors Guild of India from 1977 to 1978. He has written many books including "The Midnight Knock" (1977), "The R. S. S. Story" (1980), and "The Sindh Story" (1984). "The Sind Story" is a book of history that has become very popular. His book "India First" (2002) is a compilation of some of his articles over the last several years. His last book, Political Mysteries, explores several major Indian political assassinations including that of Mahatma Gandhi, Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, the Kanishka aircraft bombing and the Purulia arms dropping case. The book is a result of nearly ten years of research by him.

He passed away on 27 October, 2003.

He was the youngest brother of N R Malkani.

He is survived by two sons Arvind and Vikram and a daughter, Sindhu.

ee also

Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of states of India

List of Governors of India

Titles held

External links

* [http://www.worldsindhi.org/wsipressreleases/2003/27oct03.html] [ http://yangtze.cs.uiuc.edu/~jamali/sindh/story/]