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New Governors for four States

By Our Special Correspondent

A.R. Kidwai (Haryana)

NEW DELHI, JULY 5. The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, today appointed Governors for Gujarat, Goa, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

Nawal Kishore Sharma (Gujarat)

A senior Congress leader and former Union Minister, Nawal Kishore Sharma, is the Governor of Gujarat; the former Nagaland Chief Minister, S.C. Jamir, will be the Governor of Goa; A.R. Kidwai, a former Bihar Governor and now Rajya Sabha member, will take up the gubernatorial responsibilities in Haryana; and the former Intelligence Bureau chief and former Governor, T.V. Rajeshwar, will be the Uttar Pradesh Governor. "The appointments will take effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices," a Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqué said.

T.V. Rajeshwar (Uttar Pradesh)

Though the names of Mr. Sharma, Mr. Jamir, Dr. Kidwai and Mr. Rajeshwar were doing the rounds in the Congress and official circles, the formal announcement of their appointments came only today.

S.C. Jamir (Goa)

The appointments come three days after the United Progressive Alliance Government dismissed the Governors in the four States. The dismissed Governors, with a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh background, were considered "political appointees" and their dismissal was defended by the Home Minister, Shivraj Patil.

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