Moti K. Kripalani (IAST: Motī K Kripalāni), ICS, was an Indian civil servant who went to serve as Chief Commissioner of Ajmer and Pondicherry.
[1][2] The state of Pondicherry comprised ex-French settlements in India after their de facto transfer in October 1954.
[2] The political musings of 1st Pondicherry Representative Assembly during its tenure became quite a sensation, and they caught the attention of then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and others.
Some of his decisions were criticized by political leaders of Pondicherry, who rued that delay in de jure transfer[note 1] is one of the main reasons as the Pondicherry assembly had only an advisory role and the Chief Commissioner could take decisions overriding the assembly.
[6] In that book, he mentions that as a higher civil servant in those days, he pursued particular hobbies and other recreational activities during his posting in Rajshahi (now in Bangladesh).