{"id":18015,"date":"2016-11-23T09:51:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T09:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=18015"},"modified":"2016-11-23T09:51:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T09:51:56","slug":"lieutenant-general-s-k-sinha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/lieutenant-general-s-k-sinha\/","title":{"rendered":"Lieutenant General S.K. Sinha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Lieutenant General S.K. Sinha passed away on 17 November 2016.He served as Governor to which of the following pair of states?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Assam and J &amp; K<br \/>\n(b) Bihar and Orissa<br \/>\n(c) Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand<br \/>\n(d) Karnataka and West Bengal<br \/>\n<strong>Ans: (a)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 17 November 2016 Former Jammu and Kashmir and Assam Governor Lt Gen SK Sinha passed away at a hospital in New Delhi after brief illness. He was 90.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lt Gen Sinha had joined army in 1943 and has also served as India\u2019s Ambassador to Nepal.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">He authored five books including one on Jammu and Kashmir Operation of 1947-48 and his autobiography, &#8220;A Soldier Recalls&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1972 he led the Indian delegation to Italy for a conference on application of human rights to warfare.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In recognition of his service he was awarded Param Vishist Sewa Medal in 1973.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=153742\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=153742<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/india-news-india\/former-jk-governor-lt-gen-sinha-passes-away-4380471\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/india-news-india\/former-jk-governor-lt-gen-sinha-passes-away-4380471\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/lieutenant-general-sk-sinha-a-soldier-scholar-and-statesman\/article9357968.ece\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/lieutenant-general-sk-sinha-a-soldier-scholar-and-statesman\/article9357968.ece<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Lieutenant General S.K. Sinha passed away on 17 November 2016.He served as Governor to which of the following pair of states? (a) Assam and J &amp; K (b) Bihar and Orissa (c) Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand (d) Karnataka and West Bengal Ans: (a) Related facts: On 17 November 2016 Former Jammu and Kashmir and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}