BIG BREAKING : Former Union Home Secretary Ram Pradhan Passes Away

On Jul 31, 2020

Pune: Ram Pradhan former union home secretary and Governor of Arunachal Pradesh during the Rajiv Gandhi government died on Friday. Ram D. Pradhan born on 1928 was a retired Indian Administrative Service officer. who also served as Union Home Secretary and Governor of Arunachal Pradesh during the Rajiv Gandhi government.

माजी केंद्रीय गृह सचिव व महाराष्ट्र राज्याचे माजी मुख्य सचिव राम प्रधान यांच्या निधनाचे वृत्त ऐकून मनस्वी दुःख झाले. आपल्या ३६ वर्षांच्या प्रदीर्घ प्रशासकीय सेवेत राम प्रधान यांनी गृह, संरक्षण, वाणिज्य विभागाचे सचिव म्हणून भरीव कामगिरी केली.
— Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) July 31, 2020

Administrative career:

Pradhan played a major role in the signing of the Assam Accord and the Mizo Accord. He has held Secretary-level positions at the international and national levels in the areas of commerce, defence and home. He was in service of the government of India for 36 years.

स्व. यशवंतराव चव्हाण साहेबांचे खासगी सचिव म्हणूनही त्यांनी काम पाहिले होते. विलक्षण बुद्धिमत्ता, कार्यतत्परता आणि सचोटी या गुणांमुळे राम प्रधान प्रशासकीय क्षेत्रात अग्रभागी होते. विवादास्पद परिस्थितीत तोडगा काढण्यात, सामंजस्य घडवून आणण्यात प्रधान यांचा हातखंडा होता.
— Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) July 31, 2020

Pradhan was an IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre. He joined as a Bombay State officer. For the next five years he worked in Gujarat. Later, he was an Indian representative diplomat in international trade and commerce in Geneva for ten years. In December 2008 he was appointed to lead a two-man panel to investigate the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

ऑपरेशन ब्ल्यु स्टार पश्चात पंजाब समस्या अतिशय संयमाने, संवेदनशीलतेने व अभ्यासपूर्वक हाताळण्याचे मोठे कार्य राम प्रधान यांनी केले. अकाली दलाच्या नेत्यांशी चर्चा करण्यासाठी माझे योगदान घ्यावे म्हणून राम प्रधान यांनीच स्व. राजीव गांधींना गळ घातली होती.
— Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) July 31, 2020

Governor Position:

R.D. Pradhan was appointed the second Governor of Arunachal Pradesh in March 1987, after Arunachal was granted statehood in November 1986. The state was having border problems with China at the time, and Pradhan’s achievements in reaching the accords of northeast states of Assam and Mizoram and his previous experience in the Defence Ministry were the factors Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi considered before offering him the position.

त्यावेळी मी राज्यात विरोधी बाकावर होतो. परंतु राजीव गांधींनी प्रधानांचा हा सल्ला मानला. प्रधानांची मुत्सद्देगिरी आणि राजीवजींची परिपक्वता याचा परिपाक असा की, पंजाब शांतता कराराची बोलणी करण्यासाठी माझ्यावर जबाबदारी सोपवण्यात आली.
— Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) July 31, 2020

When V.P. Singh came to power in January 1990, he demanded the resignation of Governors of all states. Pradhan was the first governor to hand over the resignation.

त्यांच्या जाण्याने महाराष्ट्रातील प्रशासकीय सेवेतील एक बुद्धिमान व व्यासंगी व्यक्तिमत्व हरपले. त्यांच्या आत्म्यास चिरशांती लाभो! भावपूर्ण श्रद्धांजली!
— Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) July 31, 2020