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Managing Director of Govan Bros. Ltd., a leading business house of the time. The company was managing agents for a number of industrial enterprises. Grant Govan was a keen pilot and the founder of
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December 1922. Govan had the distinction of being both the founding President of the
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National
Probate Calendar, accessed through ancestry.com
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Control for Cricket in India
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Lost histories of Indian cricket: battles off the pitch
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to tour India for the first time, with the support of
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Govan was an avid sports enthusiast. He founded the
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149:and the first President of the
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223:International Cricket Council
598:"Grant Govan Memorial Homes"
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479:Albuquerque, Teresa (1986).
752:Maharajkumar of Vizianagram
709:Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji
219:Imperial Cricket Conference
164:Indian National Airways Ltd
115:Raymond Eustace Grant Govan
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246:Grant Govan Memorial Homes
193:in Delhi, named after the
186:which he founded in 1928.
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1084:Aviation history of India
339:From Porbandar to Wadekar
336:Ramaswami, N. S. (1975).
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172:Sugar Mills-Raza Buland
145:industrialist based in
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515:Dass, Jarmani (1969).
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883:Inderjit Singh Bindra
784:Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad
760:Surjit Singh Majithia
533:Advani, A.H. (2000).
211:Cricket Club of India
176:Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
121:(known more often as
129:; December 1891, in
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693:Sikandar Hayat Khan
619:"Midnight's Orphan"
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69:Sikandar Hayat Khan
808:Purushottam Rungta
725:Anthony S. D'Mello
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57:Office established
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260:in October 1940.
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846:(1980–1982)
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771:(1958–1960)
768:R. K. Patel
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712:(1937–1938)
704:(1935–1937)
696:(1933–1935)
688:(1928–1933)
236:, the then
225:) in 1928.
195:nearby tomb
52:Preceded by
1048:Categories
867:B. N. Dutt
264:References
234:Lord Irwin
820:1976–2000
792:Zal Irani
737:1951–1975
678:1928–1950
289:cite book
170:, set up
127:REG Govan
46:1928–1933
42:In office
625:30 March
603:30 March
587:Page 196
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505:Page 821
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441:Page 458
424:Page 105
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92:district
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314:FreeBMD
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143:British
135:Hardwar
131:Croydon
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157:Career
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147:Delhi
671:BCCI
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605:2011
559:ISBN
459:ISBN
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344:ISBN
295:link
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