Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje | |
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Governor of Himachal Pradesh | |
In office 8 May 2003 –19 July 2008 | |
Preceded by | Suraj Bhan |
Succeeded by | Prabha Rau |
International President of Vishva Hindu Parishad | |
Preceded by | Raghava Reddy |
Succeeded by | Rabindra Narain Singh |
Personal details | |
Born | present-day Madhya Pradesh | 6 September 1939
Nationality | Indian |
Education | B.A. LLB |
Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje (born 6 September 1939) is an Indian jurist,who served as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh [1] from 8 May 2003 to 19 July 2008 [2] and International President of Vishva Hindu Parishad. [3]
Kokje was born in Madhya Pradesh on 6 September 1939. He started practising law in 1964 after completing his LLB from Indore. He was appointed a judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court on 28 July 1990. He served as acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court for 11 months in 2001 and was designated as senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India in September 2002. [4]
He became Governor of Himachal Pradesh on 8 May 2003,serving in that post until 19 July 2008. [5] He also served as the President of Bharat Vikas Parishad. [6] On the 14th of April,2018,he succeeded Shri Raghav Reddy as International President of VHP. Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje was elected new VHP chief. Shri Pravin Togadia was International Working President and he was succeeded by Shri Alok Kumar Advocate as International Working President of VHP. [1] He served as one of the working defendants in the 2002 Zakia Jafri SC case.
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