{{Short description|Indian politician (1901–1989)}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Vishnu Sahay | birth_date = 22 November 1901 | death_date = {{death date and age|3 April 1989|22 November 1901|df=y}} | relations = Bhagwan Sahay (brother) | office = Governor of Assam | term_start1 = 12 November 1960 | term_end1 = 13 January 1961 | president1 = Rajendra Prasad | 1blankname1 = Chief Minister | 1namedata1 = Bimala Prasad Chaliha | predecessor1 = S. M. Shrinagesh | successor1 = S. M. Shrinagesh | term_start = 7 September 1962 | term_end = 17 April 1968 | president = Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan<br />Zakir Husain | 1blankname = Chief Minister | 1namedata = Bimala Prasad Chaliha | predecessor = S. M. Shrinagesh | successor = Braj Kumar Nehru | office2 = Governor of Nagaland | term_start2 = 1 December 1963 | term_end2 = 16 April 1968 | president2 = Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan<br />Zakir Husain | 1blankname2 = Chief Minister | 1namedata2 = P. Shilu Ao<br />Thepfülo-u Nakhro | predecessor2 = ''Position created'' | successor2 = Braj Kumar Nehru | office3 = Cabinet Secretary of India | term_start4 = 9 March 1961 | term_end4 = 15 April 1962 | prime_minister4 = Jawaharlal Nehru | predecessor4 = B. N. Jha | successor4 = S. S. Khera | term_start3 = 1 July 1958 | term_end3 = 10 November 1960 | prime_minister3 = Jawaharlal Nehru | predecessor3 = M. K. Vellodi | successor3 = B. N. Jha }}
'''Vishnu Sahay''' (22 November 1901 – 3 April 1989)<ref>{{cite book|last=Mukherjee|first=Amiya Ranjan|title=Current Affairs|year=1961|publisher=A. Mukherjee & Company|page=315|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pigYAQAAIAAJ&q=Vishnu+Sahay}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MXchAAAAQBAJ&dq=vishnu+sahay+1901&pg=PA733 Asia & Pacific Oceania], 2003, S. 733</ref> was a former ICS officer and Cabinet Secretary of India who served as Governor of Assam and Nagaland following his retirement.
== Early life and education == Sahay was the elder brother of Bhagawan Sahay, also an ICS officer and a former Governor of Kerala and Himachal Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news|title=A place in the sun|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/2006/07/23/d607231502119.htm|accessdate=7 March 2013|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=23 July 2006}}</ref> Vishnu Sahay studied at the SM College, Chandausi and at the Oxford University.<ref>{{cite web|title=SM College - Alumni|url=http://smcollegechandausi.org/alumni.html|publisher=SM College|accessdate=7 March 2013|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927205959/http://smcollegechandausi.org/alumni.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Lahiri|first=Shompa|title=Indians in Britain: Anglo-Indian Encounters, Race and Identity, 1880-1930|year=2000|publisher=Frank Cass Publishers|location=London|page=72|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GuvRWlN_cQkC&q=vishnu+sahay+&pg=PA72|isbn=9780714649863}}</ref> He was a member of the 1925 batch of the ICS, passing the exams on 16 October of that year.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33100/pages/7264 The London Gazette, 6 November 1925]</ref> Somewhat unusually, he was never awarded any of the honours which a civilian of his long service would have normally received.
== Civil servant == Sahay had a long and distinguished career in the Indian Civil Service. He served as Cane Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh and Sugar Controller for India,<ref>{{cite web|title=Problems Of Sugar Industry In India|url=https://archive.org/stream/problemsofsugari031887mbp/problemsofsugari031887mbp_djvu.txt|accessdate=7 March 2013}}</ref> and as Secretary of Agriculture to the Government of India in which post, impressed by the Kaira Cooperative, he helped Verghese Kurien of Amul get a scholarship to study dairying in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite book|last=Heredia|first=Ruth|title=The Amul India Story|year=1997|publisher=Tata McGraw Hill|location=New Delhi|pages=104–105|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TYEkjpYkHrMC&q=vishnu+sahay+ics&pg=PA104|isbn=9780074631607}}</ref> He also served as Secretary for Kashmir Affairs in the Ministry of External Affairs<ref>{{cite news|title=The Dixon Plan|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1921/stories/20021025002508200.htm|accessdate=7 March 2013|newspaper=Frontline|date=12–25 October 2002}}</ref> and was Cabinet Secretary of India twice during 1958–1960 and during 1961–1962.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cabinet Secretaries Since 1950|url=http://cabsec.nic.in/about_cabinet.php|publisher=Cabinet Secretariat|accessdate=7 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310080436/http://cabsec.nic.in/about_cabinet.php|archive-date=10 March 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Maheshwari|first=S R|title=Indian Administration|year=2001|publisher=Orient Longman|location=New Delhi|page=47|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_Qu6ePC40kC&q=vishnu+sahay+cabinet+secretary&pg=PA47|isbn=9788125019886|edition=Sixth}}</ref>
== Gubernatorial tenure == Sahay was a two time Governor of Assam serving from 12 November 1960 to 13 January 1961 and from 7 September 1962 to 17 April 1968.<ref name="worldstatesmen">{{cite web|title=States of India since 1947|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html|accessdate=7 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Governors of Assam since 1937 onwards|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/governor-list.html|accessdate=7 March 2013}}</ref> As Governor of Assam, Sahay signed the Ceasefire Agreement with the Naga insurgents in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dawn of Peace in Nagaland|url=http://nagaland.nic.in/profile/history/peace.htm|accessdate=7 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314113027/http://nagaland.nic.in/profile/history/peace.htm|archive-date=14 March 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was also the first Governor of Nagaland, holding that office from 1 December 1963 – 17 April 1968.<ref name="worldstatesmen" />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sahay, Vishnu}} Category:Governors of Assam Category:Governors of Nagaland Category:Cabinet secretaries of India Category:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Category:People from Uttar Pradesh Category:1901 births Category:1989 deaths