Lt. Gen. Madan Mohan Lakhera Passes Away as Former Governor of Mizoram

Exam-focused facts from the 4 July 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Lt. Gen. Madan Mohan Lakhera died at the age of 88 at a private hospital in Dehradun.
He served as the Governor of Mizoram from 25 July 2006 to 1 September 2011.
He served as the Lieutenant Governor and Administrator of Puducherry from 7 July 2004.
He held additional charge as the Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands from 29 November 2005.
He served in the Indian Army and participated in the 1961 Goa operation and the Indo-Pakistan wars of 1965 and 1971 in the Jammu & Kashmir sector.