H. R. Bhardwaj

Hansraj Bhardwaj (17 May 1937 – 8 March 2020) was an Indian politician. He was Governor of Karnataka from 2009 to 2014. He also was Governor of Kerala from 2012 until 2013. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.

H. R. Bhardwaj
16th Governor of Karnataka
In office 25 June 2009 – 28 June 2014
Preceded by	Rameshwar Thakur
Succeeded by	Konijeti Rosaiah
20th Governor of Kerala
In office 1 March 2012 – 9 March 2013
Preceded by	M. O. H. Farook
Succeeded by	Nikhil Kumar
Minister of Law and Justice
In office 22 May 2004 – 28 May 2009
Preceded by	Arun Jaitley
Succeeded by	Veerappa Moily
Personal details
Born	17 May 1937 Gahri Sampla Kiloi, Rohtak, Punjab, British Raj (now India)
Died	8 March 2020 (aged 82) New Delhi, India
Political party	Indian National Congress

He was the minister of state for nine years and a cabinet minister for law and justice for five years.

At the end of his five-year term in 2014, Governor of Tamil Nadu, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Konijeti Rosaiah replaced Bharadwaj as Governor of Karnataka.

On 16 January 2012, he was given the job of Governor of Kerala, which he left on 9 March 2013.

Bhardwaj died of cardiac arrest on 8 March 2020 in New Delhi, aged 82.

H. R. Bhardwaj Media

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  Shri H. R. Bhardwaj assumes the charge of Union Minister of Law and Justice in New Delhi on May 24, 2004