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Evan Meredith Jenkins (1896-1985) was the last governor of the Punjab (April 1946-August 1947). Jenkins though believed in the unity of the province, but he could not obstruct the inexorable process of break-up of the province, when communal riots broke out there. Jenkins was born on 2nd February 1996 at Darjeeling, India. Son of late Lewis Jenkins KSCI, received education from Rugby Balliol College, Oxford. He stood first in the ICS EXAMINATION IN 1920. Evan Jenkins came to India just after 1st World War and was appointed as the district officer of Punjab. A Welshman, Jenkins had dedicated his full attention to Punjab with a passion comparable only to Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe (ICS;Secretary Affairs Department,1939-45; Governor NWFP March 1946-7)passion for the Frontier. He was intensely involved with Punjab and was teased by his friends that he was married to Punjab. Sir Jenkins remained bachelor all his life. He was a man of simple habits, deligent and strict with a cool mind. His favourite means of transport was a bi-cycle. He had worked as Deputy Commissioner of Lyallpur (Faisalabad) (1928-1932), Rawalpindi (1932-37) and a commissioner of Delhi from (1937-40, before taking over as Principle Private Secretary to Governor-General and Viceroy of India Linlithgow and later to Viceroy Wavell (1941-1946). He became Governor of Punjab on April 8, 1946 and remained till partition that was 15th August 1947. After retirement Jenkins serve on the Board of the Eastern Bank. Jenkins was a director of the Bank between 1947-67 and was its Chairman between 1950-67. The Eastern Bank merged with the Chartered Bank (now Standard Chartered) in 1959 while keeping its individual identity for a number of years. No doubt Jenkins played an important part in the merger negotiations. Lionel Carter writes that he missed the opportunity of meeting Jenkins at a reception which was held in the 1970's. A friend of his did met Jenkins and told him that in a discussion Jenkins made the point that he always refused to talk about his time as Governor of the Punjab.

References Lionel Carter, Punjab Politics 1 June-14 August 1947 Tragedy, Governor's Fortnightly Reports and other Key Documents, Vol.V (New Delhi: Manohar: mANOHAR, 2007). 12 (f.n.5). Larry Collins, Freedom at Midnight, p.127. Waheed Ahmad, The Story of Punjab, p.531.Amit Kumar Gupta (ed.) Myth and Reality: The Struggle for Freedom, p.267. Who's Who 1946, An Annual Biographical Dictionary, 98 Edition, (London:Adam and Charles Black, 1946).1438.

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Evan Jenkins

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