Editing Arvind Dave (section)

{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Arvind Dave
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|5|1|df=y}}
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| death_date =
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| office =[[List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh|Governor of Arunachal Pradesh]]
| term_start  = 2 August 1999
| term_end    = 12 June 2003
|1blankname      = Chief Minister 
|1namedata       = [[Mukut Mithi]]
| predecessor = [[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]]
| successor= [[V. C. Pande]]
| office2 =[[Governors of Manipur|Governor of Manipur]]
| term_start2  = 12 June 2003
| term_end2    = 5 August 2004
|1blankname2      = Chief Minister 
|1namedata2       = [[Okram Ibobi Singh]]
| predecessor2 = [[Ved Marwah]]
| successor2= [[Shivinder Singh Sidhu]]
| office3 =[[List of governors of Assam|Governor of Assam]]
| term_start3  = 21 April 2003
| term_end3 = 5 June 2003
|1blankname3 = Chief Minister
|1namedata3 = [[Tarun Gogoi]]
| predecessor3 = [[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]]
| successor3= [[Ajai Singh]]
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| occupation   =[[Civil Servant]]<br>[[Public administration|Administrator]]
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| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 10 March |
| year = 2020 |
| source = 
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'''Arvind Dave''' (born 1 May 1940) is the former [[Governor]] of four states in India. He was the [[List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh|Governor of Arunachal Pradesh]] during 1999&ndash;2003;,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arunachalgovernor.gov.in/html/pastgovernors.htm|title=List of Former Governors|work=Government of Arunachal Pradesh|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref> [[List of governors of Manipur|Governor of Manipur]], during 2003–2004<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rajbhavanmanipur.nic.in/pastgovernors.html|title=Past Governors|publisher=Raj Bhavan Manipur official website}}</ref> and acting governor of [[Meghalaya]] and [[Assam]] briefly during 2002 and 2003 respectively.<ref name="express1">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/second-innings-retired-ips-men-outshine-ias/575839/0|title=Second innings: Retired IPS men outshine IAS|last=Rao |first= Raghvendra |date=5 February 2010|work=[[Indian Express]]|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1826/18260430.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030111184435/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1826/18260430.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=11 January 2003|title= Once more in Meghalaya|last=CHAUDHURI |first=KALYAN |date=4 January 2002|work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|publisher=[[The Hindu Group]]|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref> He hails from [[Udaipur]] in [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?209300|title=Udaipur Diary|last= Singh  |first=Rahul |date=1 May 2000|work=Outlook|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref>

He was the Director of the [[Research and Analysis Wing]] (RAW) - India's external intelligence agency - from 1997 to 1999. He was chief of the agency during the [[Kargil War]] and [[Operation Shakti]], India's nuclear program. As the Director of RAW, he also chaired the [[Joint Intelligence Committee (India)|Joint Intelligence Committee]] during that period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/jan/21spec.htm|title=Who will succeed RAW chief Vikram Sood?|date=21 January 2003|work=[[Rediff]]|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?209196|title=Given A Raw Deal?|last=Bhushan  |first=Ranjit |date=10 April 2010|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref>