Satya Pal Malik, former Jammu and Kashmir governor, dies at 79 after prolonged illness

Satya Pal Malik joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2004 and was appointed its national vice-president in 2012. He was a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's team in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha election.

Written by: Victor Dasgupta Edited by: Victor Dasgupta

Updated: August 5, 2025, 2:15 PM IST

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New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik died on Tuesday at Delhi’s RML hospital. He was 79. Satya Pal Malik also served as the Governor of Meghalaya, Goa, Odisha and Bihar. Inspired by the socialist ideology of Ram Manohar Lohia, Malik entered politics in the late 1960s. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2004 and was appointed its national vice-president in 2012. He was a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s team in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha election.

Malik was the general secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha before quitting the party in 1987 over the Bofors scam. He was one of the founders of the Jan Morcha, which later became the Janata Dal in 1988.

Satya Pal Malik: All you need to know

• Malik was appointed Bihar Governor in 2017.
• He was sent to Jammu and Kashmir in August 2018.
• He was at the helm when the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 was revoked on this day in 2019.
• He was transferred to Goa in October 2019.
• In just nine months, he was moved to Meghalaya. He retired as Meghalaya Governor on October 4, 2022.

पूर्व गवर्नर चौधरी सत्यपाल सिंह मलिक जी नहीं रहें।#satyapalmalik

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