John Hubback

Sir John Austen Hubback, KCSI (27 February 1878 – 8 May 1968) was a British administrator in India who was the first Governor of Odisha.[1][2][3][4]

Sir John Hubback
KCSI
1st Governor of Odisha
In office
1 April 1936  11 August 1938
Preceded byOffice Created
Succeeded byGeorge Townsend Boag
In office
8 December 1938  31 March 1941
Preceded byGeorge Townsend Boag
Succeeded bySir Hawthorne Lewis
Personal details
Born1878
Died1968
NationalityBritish

Educated at Winchester College and King's College, Cambridge, Hubback entered the Indian Civil Service in 1902. A member of the Executive Council, Bihar and Orissa, from 1935 to 1936, he was Governor of Orissa between 1936 and 1941, when he retired, 1941. He was adviser to Secretary of State for India between 1942 and 1947.

References

  1. Waltraud Ernst (1 December 2014). Colonialism and Transnational Psychiatry: The Development of an Indian Mental Hospital in British India, c. 1925–1940. Anthem Press. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-1-78308-352-7. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  2. Digambar Mishra (1 January 2003). Political Behavior of Indian State Governors: A Study of the Role of Governor in Orissa. Saṁskṛiti. p. 8. ISBN 978-81-87374-19-0. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  3. B. B. Jena; Jaya Krishna Baral (1988). Government and politics in Orissa. Print House (India). p. 17. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  4. Sir Stanley Reed (1949). The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Times of India Press. p. 124. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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