Position Held

·         Chief Minister of Pondicherry 9 April 1967 – 6 March 1968

·         Chief Minister of Pondicherry 17 March 1969 – 3 January 1974

·         Chief Minister of Pondicherry 16 March 1985 – 19 January 1989

·         Governor of Jharkhand 22 January 2010 – 4 September 2011

·         Governor of Kerala 8 September 2011 – 26 January 2012

·         Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in September 2004

Member of

·          Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Pondicherry 1991–1998

·         Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Pondicherry  1999–2004

·          Member of the Central Haj Committee in Mumbai from 1975 to 2000

Died on

 26 January 2012 (aged 74)