Politics
Associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, he entered active politics and served as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1977. He went on to become one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980 and a member of the Rajya Sabha in 1992.
He was appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh on December 2, 1999, serving until November 23, 2000 and, the following day, November 24, was sworn in as Governor of Uttar Pradesh, where he served until 2004, less than a year before his death.
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