B.G. Kher

Politician

1888 – 1957

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Who was B.G. Kher?

Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher was the first chief minister of Bombay State which consisted of present day Maharastra and Gujarat States of India. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 1954. A lawyer, solicitor and social worker by choice and politician by necessity, Kher was often described as “Sajjan”, good and gentle. Kher was a scholar, an accomplished orator, and a man with no pretensions. Declassified MI5 documents show him however as a crony anglophile.

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Born
Aug 24, 1888
India
Also known as
  • B. G. Kher
  • Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher
Died
Mar 8, 1957

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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