Ques: On 30 January 2016 the former Chief of Army Staff General KV Krishna Rao passed away, Out of the following given state he does not hold the position of governor for which state?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Nagaland
(c) Manipur
(d) Tripura
Ans (a)
Related facts:
- On 30 January 2016 the former Chief of Army Staff General KV Krishna Rao passed away in New Delhi. He was 90 years old.
- Rao was commissioned into the Indian Army on 9 August 1942 during Second World War.
- General Krishna Rao was appointed as Chief of Army Staff on 01 June 1981 and served in that capacity till July 1983.
- From June 1984 to July 1989, General Krishna Rao was the Governor of the North Eastern States of Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura. He was also the Governor of Mizoram in June 1988 and March to July 1989.
- Later, General Krishna Rao was appointed as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir during 1989-90, he was reappointed as Governor of J&K and served there from March 1993 to May 1998.
- He is remembered for his contribution in the 1971 war and maintaining the unity and integrity of the country.
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