Acharya Devvrat

{{short description|Indian politician}}

{{BLP sources|date=September 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2024}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Acharya Devvrat

| image = Acharya Devvrat in Gujarat in 2023.jpg

| caption = Devvrat in 2023

| office = Governor of Gujarat

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Vijay Rupani
Bhupendra Patel

| predecessor = Om Prakash Kohli

| successor =

| term_start = 22 July 2019

| term_end =

| office1 = Governor of Himachal Pradesh

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = Virbhadra Singh
Jai Ram Thakur

| term_start1 = 12 August 2015

| term_end1 = 21 July 2019

| predecessor1 = Kalyan Singh

| successor1 = Kalraj Mishra

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1959|01|18}}

| birth_place = Samalkha, Punjab (now Haryana), India

| spouse = Darsana Devi

| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|educationalist}}

| residence = Raj Bhavan, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

| office2 = 12th Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith

| termstart2 = 20 October 2022

| predecessor2 = Ela Bhatt

}}

Acharya Devvrat (born 18 January 1959) is an Indian politician and former educator who has served as Governor of Gujarat since 2019. He is an Arya Samaj pracharak and served previously as the principal of a Gurukul in Kurukshetra, Haryana.{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/R-N-Kovind-appointed-governor-of-Bihar-Acharya-Dev-Vrat-named-Himachal-governor/articleshow/48400815.cms | title=R N Kovind appointed governor of Bihar, Acharya Dev Vrat named Himachal governor | work=The Times of India | date=8 August 2015 | access-date=8 August 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-himachal-pradesh-guv-designate-acharya-dev-vrat-hails-bjp-for-choosing-non-political-person-2112444 | title=Himachal Pradesh Guv-designate Acharya Dev Vrat hails BJP for choosing 'non-political' person | publisher=DNA | date=8 August 2015 | access-date=8 August 2015}}{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ram-nath-kovind-acharya-dev-vrat-appointed-bihar-hp-governors-115080800426_1.html | title=Ram Nath Kovind, Acharya Dev Vrat appointed Bihar, Himachal Governors | newspaper=Business Standard India | publisher=Business Standard | date=8 August 2015 | access-date=8 August 2015| agency=Press Trust of India }}{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/ramdev-follower-acharya-dev-vrat-is-hp-governor/117448.html | title=Ramdev follower Acharya Dev Vrat is HP Governor | work=The Tribune | date=9 August 2015 | access-date=9 August 2015 | archive-date=9 August 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809234114/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/ramdev-follower-acharya-dev-vrat-is-hp-governor/117448.html | url-status=dead }} Being the Governor of Gujarat, he is also the Chancellor of state universities of Gujarat.

In August 2015, Devvrat was appointed the Governor of Himachal Pradesh.{{cite news |title=Kalraj Mishra appointed Himachal Pradesh Governor, Acharya Devvrat shifted to Gujarat |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kalraj-mishra-appointed-himachal-pradesh-governor-acharya-devvrat-shifted-to-gujarat/article28435953.ece |access-date=1 April 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=15 July 2019 |language=en-IN}} He continued till 21 July 2019, when he was replaced by Kalraj Mishra.

In June 2019, he was named as Governor of Gujarat replacing Om Prakash Kohli.{{cite news |title=Kalraj Mishra Appointed Himachal Pradesh Governor, Acharya Devvrat Shifted to Gujarat |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/kalraj-mishra-appointed-himachal-pradesh-governor-acharya-devvrat-shifted-to-gujarat-2231441.html |access-date=11 January 2020 |work=News18 |date=16 July 2019}}

Devvrat was born in Samalkha, then in East Punjab, now in Haryana. He is married to Darsana Devi.{{cite news |title=Himachal Governor, wife opt for postal ballot |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/himachal-governor-wife-opt-for-postal-ballot-119050700635_1.html |work=Business Standard |agency=IANS India |date=7 May 2019 |access-date=23 July 2022}}