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After president, Goa governor too drops 'His
Excellency' tag
Saturday March 30, 2013 09:17:10 PM,
IANS
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Panaji:
After President Pranab Mukherjee, Goa Governor Bharat Vir Wanchoo
has also dropped the "His Excellency" honorific preceding his name
for official purposes.
The state government issued a circular earlier this week asking
all government officials to drop the colonial title preceding the
governor's name in all official communication and engagements.
The decision was taken "as per wishes" of the governor himself,
said Gurudas Pilarnekar, joint secretary in the state general
administration department.
Wanchoo will henceforth be addressed as 'Honourable Governor' in
English and 'Rajyapal Mahoday' in Hindi. An ex Indian Police
Service officer and former head of the Special Protection Group (SPG),
he took over as Goa governor last year after his retirement from
service.
Shortly after being sworn in as president last year, Pranab
Mukherjee had decided to do away with the colonial trappings of
his chair, by doing away with titles like 'His Excellency and
Mahamahim'. He also preferred 'Honourable' and traditional Indian
title Shri as a prefix preceding his name.
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