MM Lakhera
|
His Excellency Lieutenant General M M Lakhera PVSM, AVSM, VSM |
|
|---|---|
| Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry | |
|
In office 07 July 2004 – 18 July 2006 |
|
| Preceded by | Nagendra Nath Jha |
| Succeeded by | Mukut Mithi |
| Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |
|
In office 12 February 2006 – 29 December 2006 (additional charge) |
|
| Preceded by | Ramchandra "Ram" Kapse |
| Succeeded by | Bhopinder Singh |
| Governor of Mizoram | |
|
In office 25 July 2006 – 2 September 2011 |
|
| Preceded by | Amolak Rattan Kohli |
| Succeeded by | Vakkom Purushothaman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 21, 1937 Jakhand, Uttarakhand, India |
| Spouse(s) | Pushpa Lakhera |
| Alma mater |
Rashtriya Indian Military College National Defence Academy Indian Military Academy |
Lt Gen (Retd.) Madan Mohan Lakhera, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (born 1937) is the former Governor of the Indian state of Mizoram. He has held that position since July 2006. During 2004–2006, he was the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Puducherry, then known as Pondicherry. He has also served as the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, while holding additional charge.
Madan Mohan Lakhera was born in 1937 to a Brahmin family, in Village Jakhand, Tehri Garhwal, located in what is today the Indian state of Uttarakhand. He was educated at the prestigious Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun, and later, the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla. He was commissioned as an officer into the Indian Army from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, on 8 June 1958. He also attended the elite Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Tamil Nadu.
During his service in the Indian Army, MM Lakhera participated in the 1961 liberation of Goa, and the Indo Pakistan wars of 1965 and 1971 in the Jammu and Kashmir Sector. He later attended the Defence Services Staff College at Wellington (South India) and the Long Gunnery Staff Course at the School of Artillery, Devlali. Also attended Senior Defence Management Course at College of Defence Management of Secundrabad. He served as an Instructor at the School of Artillery from 1967–70, and subsequently at the Army War College from 1978–81. Eventually, Lieutenant Colonel (at the time) Lakhera rose to command the 4th Battation of the Kumaon Regiment in Jammu & Kashmir from December 1975 to July 1978.
...
Wikipedia