Bhopinder Singh
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Lt. Gen. Bhopinder Singh (born 20 March 1946 in Allahabad
Allahabad
Allahabad , or Settled by God in Persian, is a major city of India and is one of the main holy cities of Hinduism. It was renamed by the Mughals from the ancient name of Prayaga , and is by some accounts the second-oldest city in India. It is located in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,...

, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

), a PVSM awardee Indian Army
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...

 officer. He is presently the Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Following the resignation of Mukut Mithi
Mukut Mithi
Mukut Mithi is the former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. He served as an MLA consecutively from 1983 until his appointment as Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry in 2006...

 as Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry, Singh was appointed to replace him on March 13, 2008 and sworn in on March 15.

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Lt. Gen. Bhopinder Singh (born 20 March 1946 in Allahabad
Allahabad
Allahabad , or Settled by God in Persian, is a major city of India and is one of the main holy cities of Hinduism. It was renamed by the Mughals from the ancient name of Prayaga , and is by some accounts the second-oldest city in India. It is located in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,...

, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

), a PVSM awardee Indian Army
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...

 officer. He is presently the Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Following the resignation of Mukut Mithi
Mukut Mithi
Mukut Mithi is the former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. He served as an MLA consecutively from 1983 until his appointment as Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry in 2006...

 as Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry, Singh was appointed to replace him on March 13, 2008 and sworn in on March 15.

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Lt. Gen. Bhopinder Singh (born 20 March 1946 in Allahabad
Allahabad
Allahabad , or Settled by God in Persian, is a major city of India and is one of the main holy cities of Hinduism. It was renamed by the Mughals from the ancient name of Prayaga , and is by some accounts the second-oldest city in India. It is located in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,...

, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

), a PVSM awardee Indian Army
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...

 officer. He is presently the Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Following the resignation of Mukut Mithi
Mukut Mithi
Mukut Mithi is the former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. He served as an MLA consecutively from 1983 until his appointment as Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry in 2006...

 as Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry, Singh was appointed to replace him on March 13, 2008 and sworn in on March 15.

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