H. R. Bhardwaj

Politician

1937 –

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Who is H. R. Bhardwaj?

Hansraj Bhardwaj is an Indian politician who was Governor of Karnataka since 2009; he has also been Governor of Kerala from 2012 until 2013. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He holds the record of having the second longest tenure in Law Ministry since independence, after Ashoke Kumar Sen. He was the minister of state for nine years and a cabinet minister for law and justice for five years.Former Chief Minister of Erstwhile Andhra Pradesh Konijeti Rosaiah has replaced Bharadwaj as Governor of Karnataka

On 16 January 2012, he was given the additional charge of Governor of Kerala, which he abandoned on 9 March 2013.

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Born
May 17, 1937

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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