About Sukhdev Singh Kang
Lived 1931 – 2012 (aged 81). Sukhdev Singh Kang was an Indian judge and politician.
Indian President K. R. Narayanan meeting with Kerala Governor S. S. Kang at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Sukhdev Singh Kang ( 15 May 1931 – 12 October 2012) was the fourteenth Governor of Kerala from 25 January 1997 to 18 April 2002. He served as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court from 19 February 1979 till 23 October 1989 and was subsequently promoted and transferred as the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, a post he held from 24 October 1989 to 14 May 1993. During his tenure as Kerala governor, E K Nayanar and A K Antony were the Chief Ministers of Kerala. Following his stint as the Governor of Kerala, he was appointed a member of the National Human Rights Commission 1993. He then retired.
Kang died in Chandigarh on 12 October 2012 after a long illness. He was 81.
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Indian judge and politician (1931–2012)
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Sukhdev Singh Kang was born on 15 May 1931.
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Sukhdev Singh Kang died on 12 October 2012 in Chandigarh.
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