Sukhdev Singh Kang
Sukhdev Singh Kang was the fourteenth Governor of Kerala from 25 January 1997 to 18 April 2002. He served as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court from February 1979 and was subsequently promoted and transferred as the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, a post he held from 24 October 1989 to 14 May 1993. During his tenure E K Nayanar and A K Antony were the Chief Ministers of Kerala.
Following his stint as the Governor of Kerala, he was appointed a member of the National Human Rights Commission 1993. He then retired.
Kang died in Chandigarh on 12 October 2012 after a long illness. He was 81.
