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gandhi speaking at chatham house in 2010 viren j. shah devanand konwar 22nd governor of west bengal 22 april 1945 2004 gopalkrishna gandhi - chatham house 2010.jpg gopalkrishna gandhi
 july 2009 gopal krishna gandhi
gopalkrishna gandhi

gopalkrishna gandhi -lrb- bengali : গোপালকৃষ্ণ গান্ধী `` gopalkrishno gandhi '' ; born april 22 , 1945 -rrb- is an indian civil servant and diplomat , who was the governor of west bengal serving from 2004 to 2009 .
as a former member of the indian administrative service , he served as secretary to the president of india and as high commissioner to south africa and sri lanka , among other administrative and diplomatic posts .
