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{{Short description|Indian judge and politician (1931–2012)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = Sukhdev Singh Kang
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| office = [[List of Governors of Kerala|Governor of Kerala]]
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| term =25 January 1997 – 18 April 2002
| predecessor = Mohammed Fazal
| successor =[[Sikander Bakht]]
| birth_date  = {{birth-date|15 May 1931}}<ref>{{cite book|title=India Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vLEZAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=31 March 2021|year=2000|publisher=INFA Publications|page=92}}</ref>
| death_date  = {{d-da|12 October 2012|15 May 1931}}
| birth_place = 
| death_place = [[Chandigarh]]
| awards      = [[Padma Shri]] (1974)
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[[File:The_President_of_India,_Shri_K._R._Narayanan_meeting_with_the_Governor_of_Kerala,_Shri_Justice_S._S._Kang_at_the_Rashtrapati_Bhavan.jpg|thumb|The President of India, Shri K. R. Narayanan meeting with the Governor of Kerala, Shri Justice S. S. Kang at the Rashtrapati Bhavan]]
'''Sukhdev Singh Kang''' ( 15 May 1931 – 12 October 2012) was the fourteenth [[Governor of Kerala]] from 25 January 1997 to 18 April 2002. He served as a judge of the [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] from 19 February 1979 till 23 October 1989<ref>{{cite web | url=https://highcourtchd.gov.in/?trs=former_judges | title=Hon'ble Former Judges | publisher=High Court of Punjab and Haryana | accessdate=31 March 2021}}</ref> and was subsequently promoted and transferred as the Chief Justice of the [[Jammu and Kashmir High Court]], a post he held from 24 October 1989 to 14 May 1993.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jammu and Kashmir High Court|url=http://jkhighcourt.nic.in/former.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303002341/http://jkhighcourt.nic.in/former.html|archive-date=3 March 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> During his tenure [[E K Nayanar]] and [[A K Antony]] were the [[Chief Ministers of Kerala]]. 
Following his stint as the Governor of Kerala, he was appointed a member of the [[National Human Rights Commission of India|National Human Rights Commission]] 1993. He then retired.<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20020414102118/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1801/18011130.htm Sukhdev Singh Kang gives Doctorate]}}</ref>

Kang died in [[Chandigarh]] on 12 October 2012 after a long illness. He was 81.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/former-kerala-governor-sukhdev-kang-passes-away-278971 |title=Former Kerala Governor Sukhdev Kang passes away|publisher=NDTV|language=|accessdate=2012-10-12}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://niyamasabha.org/codes/ginfo_4.htm List of Kerala Governors]

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[[Category:20th-century Indian judges]]
[[Category:Chief justices of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court]]
[[Category:Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court]]
[[Category:Governors of Kerala]]
[[Category:1931 births]]
[[Category:2012 deaths]]


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