Lakshmi Kant Jha
Lakshmi Kant Jha | |
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| Governor of Jammu and Kashmir | |
| In office 3 July 1973 – 22 February 1981 | |
| President | V. V. Giri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed B. D. Jatti Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi Morarji Desai Charan Singh Indira Gandhi |
| Chief Ministers | Syed Mir Qasim Sheikh Abdullah |
| Preceded by | Bhagwan Sahay |
| Succeeded by | Braj Kumar Nehru |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 7 July 1986 – 16 January 1988 | |
| Constituency | Bihar |
| Ambassador of India to the United States | |
| In office 1970–1973 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Yavar Jung |
| Succeeded by | T. N. Kaul |
| Governor of the Reserve Bank of India | |
| In office 1 July 1967 – 3 May 1970 | |
| Preceded by | P. C. Bhattacharya |
| Succeeded by | B. N. Adarkar |
| Secretary to the Prime Minister of India | |
| In office 1964–1966 | |
| Prime Minister | Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi |
| Succeeded by | P. N. Haksar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 November 1913 Darbhanga district, Bihar, India |
| Died | 16 January 1988 (aged 74) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Education | Benaras Hindu University, Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
Lakshmi Kant Singh, MBE (22 November 1913 – 16 January 1988), born in Darbhanga district, Bihar was the eighth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 July 1967 to 3 May 1970.