IN THE SERVICE OF FREE INDIA : MEMOIR OF A CIVIL SERVANT

In the decades following 1947, as the tallest national leaders were building a new India, they were supported by a band of idealistic civil servants fiercely committed to the country's Constitution and its people. Among these remarkable
officers was Bhairab Datt Pande, a young man from the Himalayan district of Kumaon, who joined the Indian Civil Service in 1939. Over almost forty years as civil servant, and later as governor, he played an important role in the country's
administration, and interacted with leaders like Indira Gandhi (as cabinet
secretary during the Emergency), Morarji Desai and Jyoti Basu.