Sikander Bakht
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Sikander Bakht (August 24, 1918 - February 23, 2004) was a politician from India. He was a member of the BJP.
Bakht, born in Delhi, was a longtime member of the Lok Sabha. He was minister of works and housing in the government of Morarji Desai, which lasted from 1977 until 1979. In May of 1996, Atal Bihari Vajpayee offered Bakht the post of minister of urban affairs when he was forming his government. Bakht, however, demanded a higher post, and on May 24 he was given the post of minister of foreign affairs, which Vajpayee himself was scheduled to hold. He was foreign minister for little more than a week, however, as he was forced to resign when Vajpayee's government collapsed on June 1, 1996. On April 18, 2002, Bakht became governor of Kerala. He was highly popular and served in this post until his death.
Bakht died in the medical college hospital in Kerala's capital city Thiruvananthapuram on February 23, 2004, from complications of intestinal surgery which was performed on February 19. He was replaced two days later by Karnataka governor T. N. Chaturvedi. There is growing concern, particularly among BJP members, that Bakht may have died because of medical negligence, but nothing has yet been proven.sv:Sikander Bakht