Obituary : P C Alexander

P C Alexander, former Maharashtra governor recently died at 90. An IAS officer of the 1948 batch, Alexander was in the running for president in 2002 after K R Narayan’s term got over. He was initially approached by the NDA, but he eventually lost the race to A P J Abdul Kalam.

• He was a prominent Indira aide and has written three books viz. ‘My Years With Indira Gandhi‘, ‘The Perils of Democracy‘ and ‘India in the New Millennium‘. He had remained principal secretary to Indira Gandhi between 1980-84.

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011