Govind Narain, one of the last surviving ICS officers, dead

April 04, 2012 11:38

Govind Narain, one of the last surviving ICS officers and who was the Home Secretary during Bangladesh war, passed away in the capital, his family saidtoday. Narain, 95, a Padma Vibhushan awardee, breath his last at his residence in Chattarpur in South Delhi last night due to old age. He had refused to be admitted in a hospital and died peacefully at home, his family said.

Born on May 5, 1916, Oxford-educated Narain joined the ICS in 1939 and went on to become country's Home and Defence Secretaries later. Narain, who worked under Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi, was the Home Secretary from 1971 to 1973 and was one of the top officers instrumental in planning the Bangladesh war and setting up of Mukti Bahini.

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