Madan Mohan Lakhera

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Lieutenant General Madan Mohan Lakhera, born in 1937 and educated at the Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun, is the present Governor of the Indian state of Mizoram. He has held that position since July 2006. Previously, he was the Governor of the Union Territory of Pondicherry, India from 2004 to 2006. The first file he signed after assuming charge in Pondicherry was on implementing the Rs. 5.5 Crore free rice scheme to cover families under the poverty line and to acquire land for distribution of sites to landless people. He had told the press that he would endeavour to make Pondicherry a model state of India. Lakhera also served as the Acting Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands from February 2006 to December 2006.

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Government offices
Preceded by
Nagendra Nath Jha
Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
2004–2006
Succeeded by
Mukut Mithi
Preceded by
Ramchandra "Ram" Kapse
Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, acting
2006
Succeeded by
Bhopinder Singh
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