Jagmohan — political class of Kashmir disliked him but he earned people’s goodwill
The Hindu
His two tenures as Governor — he oversaw toppling of Farooq Abdullah government in 1984 — remain controversial
Jagmohan Malhotra (1927-2021), who served as bureaucrat and Governor, refused to be a rubber stamp and his two tenures as the Governor of J&K remained the most controversial. Widely known by his first name, he is among a very few bureaucrats to witness and work through the different epochs of India: beginning with the Jawaharlal Nehru period, the Indira Gandhi rule, the Sanjay Gandhi ‘misrule’ and finally the Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s new idea of India revolving around ‘Hindutva’, when he served as a Cabinet Minister. Mr. Jagmohan served Delhi (twice), Goa and Daman and Diu as Lieutenant Governor. He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1971, Padma Bhushan in 1977 and Padma Vibhushan in 2016 for his contributions in different spheres as a public servant.
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