B C Khanduri passes away as former Uttarakhand Chief Minister

Exam-focused facts from the 20 May 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Major General (Retd) Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri passed away on Tuesday at Max Super Speciality Hospital in Dehradun.
He was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
He served as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand twice, from 2007 to 2009 and from 2011 to 2012.
He represented the Garhwal constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha.
He was a former officer in the Indian Army.