Dinesh Nandan Sahay

Dinesh Nandan Sanhay
Dinesh Nandan Sahay in 2008
10th Governor of Tripura
In office 2 June 2003 – 14 October 2009
Chief Minister	Manik Sarkar
Preceded by	Krishna Mohan Seth
Succeeded by	Kamla Beniwal
1st Governor of Chhattisgarh
In office 1 November 2000 – 1 June 2003
Chief Minister	Ajit Jogi
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	Krishna Mohan Seth
Personal details
Born	2 February 1936 Madhepur, Bengal Presidency, British India (Now Bihar, India)
Died	28 January 2018(2018-01-28) (aged 81) Patna, Bihar, India
Political party	Samata Party
Spouse	Manju Sanjay
Children	3
Parents	Deva Nandan Sahay (father) Kishori Devi (mother)

Dinesh Nandan Sahay (also known as D.N. Sahay) (2 February 1936 – 28 January 2018)^[1] was a police officer turned politician and served as DGP of Bihar and later as Governor of Tripura and Governor of Chhattisgarh.

He was born in Madhepur, Bihar in a middle-class family to mother late Kishori Devi and father late Deva Nandan Sahay and raised in Patna. He completed his M.A. in English literature and started his career as a lecturer in the H.D. College of Arrah before joining Indian Police Service in 1960. Thereafter, he served as the DGP of Bihar state (India).^{[citation needed]}

After retirement he joined the Samata Party (Uday Mandal is current President).^[2] He was the first governor of Chhattisgarh state from 2000 to 2003. He became Governor of Tripura in June 2003. He continued on this post till 2009. Yet traditionally governors serve for five years' tenure, but Mr. Sahay was an exception.^[3]

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