Aristocrat and industrialist Sir Hormusji Mody once presided
over Government House in Uttar Pradesh
These edited excerpts from A Journalist Reflects by S. K. Rau, former editor of The Searchlight, Patna, provide details of the tenure of Sir Hormusji (better known as Homi) Mody who was appointed governor of Uttar Pradesh (UP) after the sudden death of the incumbent Sarojini Naidu in the early years after India became independent.
Hormusji Peroshaw Mody donned several roles and professions with aplomb and ease. Yet, public affairs and politics appear to have been his first love. A postgraduate in literature from Bombay University, he became a lawyer at the age of 30. Prior to this, his essay "The......