Banwari Lal Joshi

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Banwari Lal Joshi (born 1 April 1934) has been the Governor of the Indian state of Uttarakhand since October 2007. Previously, he served as Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi and Governor of Meghalaya.

Joshi was born in the remote Choti Khatu village of Nagour, Rajasthan. He was the 18th Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi. He graduated from the Scottish Church College, Calcutta. After that he earned a degree in law from the University Law College of the University of Calcutta.

He started his career in 1957 with IPS. He worked for the Intelligence Bureau on various areas like the Interpol, Counterfeiting, Narcotics, Industrial Security, United Nations Correctional Work and Juvenile Delinquency. He worked in the PMO with Lal Bahadur Shastri and later with Indira Gandhi for over four years. He also served the Ministry of External Affairs as the First Secretary in High Commissions of India at Islamabad and London and as Head of Chancery in the Embassy of India at Washington D.C..

Joshi served as the Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi from June 9, 2004 to April 9, 2007. He took office as Governor of Meghalaya on April 12, 2007.^[1]

Joshi was appointed Governor of Uttarakhand on August 19, 2007.^[2] He took office on October 29.^[3]

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^ "Jacob makes way for Joshi", PTI (The Telegraph, Calcutta), April 12, 2007.
^ "Tiwari appointed new Andhra governor", IST, TNN (The Times of India), August 20, 2007.
^ "BL Joshi appointed Uttarakhand Guv", IST, PTI (The Times of India), October 29, 2007.