# Sunder Singh Bhandari > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sunder_Singh_Bhandari > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sunder_Singh_Bhandari.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunder_Singh_Bhandari > Source revision: 1350909216 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Indian politician Sunder Singh Bhandari 14th Governor of Gujarat In office 18 March 1999 – 7 May 2003 Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel Narendra Modi Preceded by K.G. Balakrishnan Succeeded by Kailashpati Mishra 16th Governor of Bihar In office 27 April 1998 – 15 March 1999 Chief Minister Rabri Devi Preceded by Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Succeeded by V. C. Pande Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha In office 5 July 1992 – 26 April 1998 Constituency Rajasthan In office 3 April 1976 – 2 April 1982 Constituency Uttar Pradesh In office 3 April 1966 – 2 April 1972 Constituency Rajasthan Personal details Born (1921-04-12)12 April 1921 Udaipur, Udaipur State, British India Died 22 June 2005(2005-06-22) (aged 84) New Delhi, India Party Bharatiya Janata Party Parent Sujan Singh Bhandari (father) Education M.A., LL.B. Alma mater DAV College, Kanpur **Sunder Singh Bhandari** (12 April 1921 – 22 June 2005) was an Indian politician, a [Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh](/source/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh) [pracharak](/source/RSS_pracharak) and politician belonging to the [Bharatiya Jana Sangh](/source/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh) and [Bharatiya Janata Party](/source/Bharatiya_Janata_Party) (BJP).[1] ## Early life and education He was born to Dr. Sujan Singhji Bhandari and Fulkanvarbaiji in [Udaipur](/source/Udaipur%2C_Rajasthan) in 1921 he had his school education at [Sirohi](/source/Sirohi) and Udaipur and college education at [Kanpur](/source/Kanpur). He passed his Graduation degree in law from S.D. College, Kanpur in the year 1941 and Post Graduation in Arts with Psychology from [Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Kanpur](/source/DAV_College%2C_Kanpur) in the year 1942.[2] ## Career He practised law at then Mewar High Court for some time before joining Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He held numerous responsibilities in RSS. He was a founding member of [Jan Sangh](/source/Jan_Sangh), a political party founded in 1951. He served in various organisational posts in Jan Sangha and later in the BJP. He was the Vice President of BJP before he became the Governor. He was elected to [Rajya Sabha](/source/Rajya_Sabha) from [Rajasthan](/source/Rajasthan) during 1966-1972 and from [Uttar Pradesh](/source/Uttar_Pradesh) in 1976 and also in 1992. He was arrested at Delhi Railway station in 1976 when [Indira Gandhi](/source/Indira_Gandhi) declared the [Emergency in India](/source/Emergency_in_India). He was appointed [Governor of Bihar](/source/Governor_of_Bihar) on 27 April 1998 and served until 15 March 1999. He served as the [governor of Gujarat](/source/Governor_of_Gujarat) from 18 March 1999 to 6 May 2003.[3] He died on 22 June 2005.[4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Ramaseshan, Radhika (7 October 2009). ["Last leg of pracharak era"](http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091007/jsp/nation/story_11585585.jsp). *The Telegraph*. Retrieved 29 September 2014.{{[cite news](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Nation pays tribute to Bhandariji](http://organiser.org/archives/historic/dynamic/modules4c89.html?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=85&page=19) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Gujarat Governor Sundar Singh Bhandari to monitor Keshubhai Patel leadership"](https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19990405-gujarat-governor-sundar-singh-bhandari-to-monitor-keshubhai-patel-leadership-780590-1999-04-04). *India Today*. Retrieved 6 October 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["BJP leader SS Bhandari dead"](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bjp-leader-ss-bhandari-dead/articleshow/1149077.cms). *The Times of India*. 22 June 2005. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0971-8257](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0971-8257). Retrieved 6 October 2023. ## External links - [Bihar governor](http://governor.bih.nic.in/Governors/SSBhandari.htm) Preceded by Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Governor of the Bihar April 1998 – March 1999 Succeeded by V. C. Pande Preceded by K.G. Balakrishnan Governor of the Gujarat March 1999 – May 2003 Succeeded by Kailashpati Mishra v t e Governors of Bihar Jairamdas Daulatram Madhav Shrihari Aney R. R. Diwakar Zakir Husain M. A. S. Ayyangar Nityanand Kanungo Dev Kant Baruah Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare Jagannath Kaushal Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai P. Venkatasubbaiah Govind Narayan Singh R.D. Pradhan Jagannath Pahadia Mohammad Saleem Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Sunder Singh Bhandari V. C. Pande M R Jois Buta Singh Gopalkrishna Gandhi R. S. Gavai R. L. Bhatia Devanand Konwar D. Y. Patil Keshari Nath Tripathi Ram Nath Kovind Keshari Nath Tripathi* Satya Pal Malik Lalji Tandon Phagu Chauhan Rajendra Arlekar Arif Mohammad Khan Syed Ata Hasnain *Acting v t e Governors of Gujarat Mehdi Nawaz Jung Nityanand Kanungo P. N. Bhagwati Shriman Narayan P. N. Bhagwati Kambanthodath Vishwanatham Sharda Mukherjee Kizhekethil Chandy Braj Kumar Nehru R. K. Trivedi Mahipal Shastri Sarup Singh Naresh Chandra Krishna Pal Singh Anshuman Singh K. G. Balakrishnan* Sunder Singh Bhandari Kailashpati Mishra Balram Jakhar* Nawal Kishore Sharma S. C. Jamir Kamla Beniwal Margaret Alva* Om Prakash Kohli Acharya Devvrat *Acting This article about a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Rajasthan is a stub. 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