Shanti Swaroop Dhavan (2 July 1906 – 1 January 1978) was an Indian statesman, diplomat and jurist who was the 6th Governor of West Bengal from 19 September 1969 to 21 August 1971.
[1] He was educated at the Forman Christian College, Lahore,[2] at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (where he became the first Indian President of the Cambridge Union),[3] and in law at the Middle Temple, Inns of Court, London.
[6] He had two sons: Ravi S. Dhavan, who was Judge of the High Courts of Allahabad and Patna; and Rajeev Dhavan,[7] who became President of the Cambridge Union like his father,[3] and is now a famous Senior Advocate practicing in Supreme Court of India.
His daughter Rani Dhavan Shankardass is an Indian social historian and global expert on prison reform.
Dhavan's gubernatorial tenure was marked by the imposition of two stints of President's rule following the fall of the United Front government of Ajoy Mukherjee and the collapse of his third ministry in 1971.