Administrator of Lakshadweep | |
---|---|
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | Five Years |
Inaugural holder | U. R. Panicker |
Formation | 1 November 1956 |
The administrator of Lakshadweep is the constitutional and executive head of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. He is also the Chairman of Lakshadweep Development Corporation (a U.T. Administration public sector undertaking) and SPORTS (Society for Promotion of Recreational Tourism and Sports). He functions ex-officio as the Inspector General of Lakshadweep Police.
S. No. | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | U. R. Panicker | 1 November 1956 | 7 November 1956 | 7 days | |
2 | S. Mony | 8 November 1956 | 21 September 1958 | 1 year, 318 days | |
3 | C. K. Balakrishna Nair | 22 September 1958 | 5 December 1961 | 2 years, 349 days | |
4 | M. Ramunni | 6 December 1961 | 8 April 1965 | 4 years, 3 days | |
5 | C. H. Naire | 9 April 1965 | 31 October 1969 | 4 years, 206 days | |
6 | K. D. Menon | 1 November 1969 | 30 April 1973 | 3 years, 181 days | |
7 | W. Shaiza | 22 May 1973 | 21 June 1975 | 1 year, 276 days | |
8 | M. C. Verma | 22 June 1975 | 14 February 1977 | 1 year, 237 days | |
9 | S. D. Lakhar | 21 February 1977 | 30 July 1978 | 1 year, 161 days | |
10 | P. M. Nair | 31 July 1978 | 15 June 1981 | 2 years, 320 days | |
11 | Pradip Mehra | 15 June 1981 | 21 July 1982 | 1 year, 37 days | |
12 | Omesh Saigal | 21 July 1982 | 9 July 1985 | 2 years, 354 days | |
13 | J. Sagar | 9 July 1985 | 8 September 1987 | 2 years, 62 days | |
14 | Wajahat Habibullah | 8 September 1987 | 31 January 1990 | 2 years, 146 days | |
15 | Pradip Singh | 1 February 1990 | 1 May 1990 | 90 days | |
16 | S. P. Aggarwal | 2 May 1990 | 3 May 1992 | 2 years, 2 days | |
17 | Satish Chandra | 4 May 1992 | 9 September 1994 | 2 years, 129 days | |
18 | G.S. Chima | 9 September 1994 | 14 June 1996 | 1 year, 280 days | |
19 | Rajeev Talwar | 1 August 1996 | 1 June 1999 | 2 years, 305 days | |
20 | R. K. Verma | 1 June 1999 | 20 August 1999 | 81 days | |
21 | Chaman Lal | 21 August 1999 | 30 April 2001 | 1 year, 285 days | |
(20) | R. K. Verma | 30 April 2001 | 19 June 2001 | 81 days | |
22 | K. S. Mehra | 19 June 2001 | 20 June 2004 | 3 years, 2 days | |
23 | S. P. Singh | 21 June 2004 | 21 November 2004 | 154 days | |
24 | Parimal Rai | 22 November 2004 | 11 August 2006 | 1 year, 263 days | |
25 | Rajendra Kumar | 11 August 2006 | 21 December 2006 | 133 days | |
26 | B. V. Selvaraj | 22 December 2006 | 16 May 2009 | 2 years, 145 days | |
27 | Satya Gopal | 27 May 2009 | 12 July 2009 | 47 days | |
28 | J. K. Dadoo | 13 July 2009 | 15 June 2011 | 1 year, 338 days | |
29 | Amar Nath | 11 July 2011 | 2012 | 1 year, 1 day | |
30 | H. Rajesh Prasad | 7 November 2012 [2] | 22 October 2015 | 2 years, 350 days | |
31 | Vijay Kumar | 25 October 2015 | 6 September 2016 | 318 days | |
32 | Farooq Khan | 6 September 2016 | 18 July 2019 | 2 years, 315 days | |
33 | Mihir Vardhan | 19 July 2019 | 2 November 2019 | 107 days | |
34 | Dineshwar Sharma | 3 November 2019 | 4 December 2020† | 1 year, 32 days | |
- | Praful Khoda Patel (additional charge) | 5 December 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 268 days | |
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that has authority over the security of transportation systems within, and connecting to, the United States. It was created as a response to the September 11 attacks to improve airport security procedures and consolidate air travel security under a combined federal law enforcement and regulatory agency.
An administrator in the constitutional practice of some countries in the Commonwealth is a person who fulfils a role similar to that of a governor or a governor-general.
In India, President's rule is the suspension of state government and imposition of direct Union government rule in a state. Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, if a state government is unable to function according to Constitutional provisions, the Union government can take direct control of the state machinery. Subsequently, executive authority is exercised through the centrally appointed governor, who has the authority to appoint other administrators to assist them. The administrators are usually nonpartisan retired civil servants not native to the state.
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transportation systems. The FTA is one of ten modal administrations within the DOT. Headed by an Administrator who is appointed by the President of the United States, the FTA functions through Washington, D.C headquarters office and ten regional offices which assist transit agencies in all states, the District of Columbia, and the territories. Until 1991, it was known as the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA).
Agatti Island is a 7.6 km long island, situated on a coral atoll called Agatti atoll in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is 459 km (285 mi) west of the city of Kochi.
Lakshadweep is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands divided into three island subgroups: the Laccadive Islands in the middle with the Amindivi Islands in the north separated roughly by the 11th parallel north and the atoll of Minicoy to the south separated by the Nine Degree Channel along the 9th parallel north. The islands are sandwiched between the Arabian Sea to the west and the Laccadive Sea to the east with the islands located about 220–440 km (140–270 mi) off the Malabar Coast of mainland India.
Kiltan or Kilthān Island is a coral island belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep in India. It is at a distance of 291 km away from Kannur, 303 km away from Kozhikode, and 394 km (245 mi) west of the city of Kochi. The nearest mainland body is Cannanore and the nearest port is Mangalore.
The Darwin rebellion of 17 December 1918 was the culmination of unrest in the Australian Workers' Union which had existed between 1911 and early 1919. Led by Harold Nelson, over 1,000 demonstrators marched on Government House at Liberty Square in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia where they burnt an effigy of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John Gilruth, and demanded his resignation.
Sardar Farooq Khan is an Indian politician and former police officer who served with the Indian Police Service (IPS). He retired in 2013 as Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu and head of the Sher-I-Kashmir Police Academy at Udhampur. Khan is known for the creation of the Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) Special Task Force (STF) as well as being its first head in 1995; STF would later go on to be renamed as the Special Operations Group (SOG).
A union territory is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India. Unlike the states of India, which have their own governments, union territories are federal territories governed, in part or in whole, by the Union Government of India. There are currently eight union territories in India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi (NCT), Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep and Puducherry.
The Lakshadweep Police is the law enforcement agency for the union territory of Lakshadweep, India.
Cherbaniani Reef, also known as Beleapani Reef, is a coral atoll belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It has a distance of 1,880 km (1,170 mi) south of the city of Delhi.
Byramgore Reef, also known as Chereapani Reef, is a coral atoll belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It has a distance of 1,940 km (1,210 mi) south of the city of Delhi.
Bangaram is an atoll in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India.
Perumal Par, also known as Peremul Par, is an uninhabited coral atoll belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It has a distance of 2,001 km (1,243 mi) south of the city of Delhi.
Praful Khoda Patel is an Indian politician who is currently the unelected administrator of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and the union territory of Lakshadweep.
A Divisional Commissioner, also known as Commissioner of division, is an Indian Administrative Service officer who serves as the administrator of a division of a state in India. The post is referred to as regional commissioner in Karnataka and as revenue divisional commissioner in Odisha.
The save Lakshadweep campaign is a protest against the administrative reforms announced by the Union Territory of Lakshadweep administrator Praful Khoda Patel, which protesters describe as anti-people. The protests, under the 'Save Lakshadweep campaign', have intensified with more prominent personalities supporting the campaign.