Sunder Singh Bhandari

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Sunder Singh Bhandari (1921—22 June 2005) was an Indian politician. He was senior leader of Bharatiya Janta Party and a founder member of Jan Sangh party .

Born in a Jain family in Udaipur in 1921 he had his school education at Sirohi and Udaipur and college education at Kanpur.

He practised law at then Mewar High Court for some time before joining Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He held numerous responsibilities in RSS. He was a founding member of Jan Sangha, a political party founded in 1951.

He served in various organisational posts in Jan Sangha and later in BJP. He was elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan during 1966-1972 and from Uttar Pradesh in 1976 and also in 1992.

He was arrested at Delhi railway station in 1976 when Indira Gandhi declared an internal emergency.

He was appointed Governor of Bihar in 1998. In 1999 he was appointed the governor of Gujarat.

Preceded by K.G. Balakrishnan

Governor of the Gujarat March 1999 – May 2003

Succeeded by Kailashpati Mishra