Triloki Nath Chaturvedi was the governor

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 of Karnataka

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, a state in India

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, from 2002 to 2007.

Chaturvedi is a retired IAS

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 officer and held the office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India

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 from 1984 to 1990. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan

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 in 1990. http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmavibhushan_awards_list1.php He became Governor of Kerala on 21 August 2002. He was also the governor of Kerala

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 from 25 February 2004, following the death of Sikander Bakht

Sikander Bakht

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, until June 2004, when he was replaced by a newly appointed governor. Chaturvedi gained wide recognition for his role as Karnataka Governor.

He was replaced as governor by Rameshwar Thakur

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on 21 August 2007.