Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra
Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra (born September 11, 1924 ) is a former Indian ambassador .
Life
He studied in 1946 at Government College University in Lahore with a master's degree in English literature and at Wadham College , Oxford .
Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra was at times a follower of Sathya Sai Baba . Until 1949 he was employed in the school service of the Punjab and then entered the Indian Foreign Service (foreign service of India). He was employed in diplomatic missions in Paris , Washington, DC and Kathmandu .
From 1958 to 1962 he represented the Indian government on UN bodies such as the UN Trusteeship Council and the Special Committee on Decolonization (decolonization committee). He was a member of the Indian delegation to several meetings of the United Nations General Assembly . Rasgotra devoted himself to issues of international security, development cooperation , disarmament and nuclear arms control. From August 1962 to September 1967 he was employed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in New Delhi .
From 1967 to 1969 he was ambassador in Rabat and at the same time was accredited to the government in Tunis . From 1969 to 1970 he was deputy of Ali Yavar Jung and from 1970 to 1972 of Lakshmi Kant Jha as ambassador to Washington, DC From 1972 to 1973 he was High Commissioner (Commonwealth) in London . From December 8, 1973 to October 17, 1976 he was ambassador to Kathmandu . From 1977 to 1979 he was ambassador to The Hague . From 1979 to 1982 he was ambassador to Paris and representative of the Indian government to UNESCO . From May 1, 1982 to January 31, 1985 he was State Secretary in the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
During this time, the seventh summit of the movement of the non-aligned states took place in New Delhi in March 1983 and a conference of the heads of state of the Commonwealth of Nations in October 1983 . He was involved in the preparation of the Six Nations Appeal for Nuclear Disarmament in 1984 and in January 1985 with the Six Nations Summit in New Delhi.
After the disaster in Bhopal , Warren Anderson sought the managing director of Union Carbide through the US Chargé d'Affaires in New Delhi, Gordon Lee Streeb (born December 24, 1935 in Windsor (Colorado) ) to Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra for safe conduct for a visit to Bhopal. In Bhopal, Warren Anderson was placed under house arrest. Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra succeeded in ensuring that Warren Anderson was able to leave the country hours after landing in Bhopal on December 7, 1984 in the plane of the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh , Arjun Singh, with a stopover in New Delhi. Warren Anderson was not held responsible and seven people from the Indian management of UCAR were given nano (10 −9 ) fines.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Shanti Swaroop Dhavan | Indian High Commissioner to London 1972–1973 |
Braj Kumar Nehru |
| LP Singh |
Indian ambassador in Kathmandu 1973–1976 |
Nedyam Balachandra Menon |
| John Thivy |
Indian ambassador in The Hague 1977–1979 |
Shrimati Leela K. Ponappa |
| Ram Sathe |
Indian ambassador in Paris 1979–1982 |
Narendra Singh |
| Ram Sathe |
Foreign Secretary (India) 1982–1985 |
Romesh Bhandari |
Individual evidence
- ↑ indous summit ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gordon L. Streeb
- ↑ Interview with Gordon Streeb
- ↑ CNN Interview transcribed from The Hindu , June 18, 2010, 'Granting passage… was the right thing to do' - Interview with MK Rasgotra
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rasgotra, Maharajakrishna; Maharaja of Rasgotra |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1924 |