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List of governors of Assam

{{Short description|Assam's governors}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = Governor of Assam

| insignia = File:Seal of Assam.svg

| insigniasize =

| insigniacaption = Emblem of Assam

| image = 200px

| incumbent = Lakshman Prasad Acharya

| incumbentsince = 30 July 2024

| style = His Excellency

| residence = Raj Bhawan, Guwahati

| termlength = At the pleasure of the president

| appointer = President of India

| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1947|08|15}}

| inaugural = Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari

| website = https://rajbhavan.assam.gov.in

}}

This is a list of governors of Assam. The governor of Assam is the nominal head of the Indian state of Assam. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The current governor is Lakshman Acharya.

Powers and functions

{{see also|Governors of India#Powers and functions}}

The governor has:

  • Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals
  • Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad
  • Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor

Governors of [[Assam Province]] (1912–47)

class="wikitable"

|+

!{{Abbr|No.|Number}}

!Name

!Took office

!Left office

1

|Archdale Earle

|1912

|3 January 1918

2

|Nicholas Dodd Beatson-Bell

|3 January 1918

|3 April 1921

3

|William Sinclair Marris

|3 April 1921

|10 October 1922

4

|John Henry Kerr

|10 October 1922

|28 June 1927

5

|Egbert Laurie Lucas Hammond

|28 June 1927

|11 May 1932

6

|Michael Keane

|11 May 1932

|4 March 1937

7

|Robert Niel Reid

|4 March 1937

|24 February 1938

8

|Henry Joseph Twynam

|24 February 1938

|4 October 1939

9

|Robert Niel Reid

|4 October 1939

|4 May 1942

10

|Andrew Gourlay Clow

|4 May 1942

|4 April 1946

11

|Frederick Chalmers Bourne

|4 April 1946

|4 September 1946

12

|Henry Foley Knight

|4 September 1946

|23 December 1946

13

|Andrew Gourlay Clow

|23 December 1946

|4 May 1947

14

|Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari

|4 May 1947

|15 Aug 1947

Governors of Assam

class="wikitable sortable"

! {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! Name

!Portrait

! class="unsortable" | Took office

! class="unsortable" | Left office

! | Duration

! Home State

! Appointed by

1.

| Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari

| 60x60px

| 15 Aug 1947

| 29 Dec 1948

!{{Ayd|1947|8|15|1948|12|29}}

|Andhra Pradesh

|Lord Mountbatten

-

|Ronald Francis Lodge (acting)

| 60x60px

| 30 December 1948

| 15 February 1949

!{{Ayd|1948|12|30|1949|2|15}}

|Not Known

| rowspan="2" |C. Rajagopalachari

2.

| Sri Prakasa

| 85x85px

| 16 Feb 1949

| 26 May 1950

!{{Ayd|1949|2|16|1950|5|26}}

|Uttar Pradesh

3.

| Jairamdas Daulatram

| 87x87px

| 27 May 1950

| 14 May 1956

!{{Ayd|1950|5|27|1956|5|14}}

|British India

| rowspan="6" |Rajendra Prasad

4.

| Saiyid Fazal Ali

| 60x60px

| 15 May 1956

| 22 August 1959

!{{Ayd|1956|5|15|1959|8|22}}

|Bihar

5.

| Chandreswar Prasad Sinha

|60x60px

| 23 August 1959

| 13 October 1959

!{{Ayd|1959|8|23|1959|10|13}}

|Not Known

6.

| Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh

| 84x84px|| 14 October 1959

|12 November 1960

!{{Ayd|1959|10|14|1960|11|12}}

|Maharashtra

7.

| Vishnu Sahay

| 60x60px|| 13 November 1960

|12 February 1961

!{{Ayd|1960|11|13|1961|2|12}}

|Uttar Pradesh

(6).

| Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh

| 84x84px|| 13 February 1961

|7 September 1962

!{{Ayd|1961|2|13|1962|9|7}}

|Maharashtra

(7).

| Vishnu Sahay

| 60x60px|| 8 September 1962

|16 April 1968

!{{Ayd|1962|9|8|1968|4|16}}

| rowspan="2" |Uttar Pradesh

|Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

8.

| Braj Kumar Nehru

| 76x76px|| 17 April 1968

|7 December 1970

!{{Ayd|1968|4|17|1970|12|7}}

|Zakir Husain

-

| Parbati Kumar Goswami
(acting for Nehru)

| 60x60px|| 8 December 1970

|4 January 1971

!{{Ayd|1970|12|8|1971|1|4}}

|Assam

| rowspan="3" |V. V. Giri

(8).

| Braj Kumar Nehru

| 76x76px|| 5 January 1971

|18 September 1973

!{{Ayd|1971|1|5|1973|9|18}}

|Uttar Pradesh

9.

| Lallan Prasad Singh

| 60x60px|| 19 September 1973

|11 August 1981

!{{Ayd|1973|9|19|1981|8|11}}

|Bihar

10.

| Prakash Mehrotra

| 86x86px|| 12 August 1981

|28 March 1984

!{{Ayd|1981|8|12|1984|3|28}}

|Uttar Pradesh

|Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

11.

| Tribeni Sahai Misra

| 60x60px|| 29 March 1984

|15 April 1984

!{{Ayd|1984|3|29|1984|4|15}}

|Not Known

| rowspan="2" |Zail Singh

12.

| Bhishma Narain Singh

| 60x60px|| 16 April 1984

|11 May 1989

!{{Ayd|1984|4|16|1989|5|11}}

|Jharkhand

13.

| Harideo Joshi

| 79x79px|| 12 May 1989

|26 July 1989

!{{Ayd|1989|5|12|1989|7|26}}

|Rajasthan

| rowspan="4" |R. Venkataraman

14.

| Anisetti Raghuvir

| 60x60px|| 27 July 1989

|1 May 1990

!{{Ayd|1989|7|27|1990|5|1}}

|Not Known

15.

| Devi Das Thakur

| 60x60px|| 2 May 1990

|16 March 1991

!{{Ayd|1990|5|2|1991|3|16}}

|Jammu and Kashmir

16.

| Loknath Mishra

| 60x60px|| 17 March 1991

|31 August 1997

!{{Ayd|1991|3|17|1997|8|31}}

|Odisha

17.

| Srinivas Kumar Sinha

| 74x74px|| 1 September 1997

|20 April 2003

!{{Ayd|1997|9|1|2003|4|20}}

|Bihar

|K. R. Narayan

18.

| Arvind Dave

| 60x60px|| 21 April 2003

|4 June 2003

!{{Ayd|2003|4|21|2003|6|4}}

| rowspan="3" |Rajasthan

| rowspan="2" |A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

19.

| Ajai Singh

| 80x80px|| 5 June 2003

|3 July 2008

!{{Ayd|2003|6|5|2008|7|3}}

20.

| Shiv Charan Mathur

| 81x81px|| 4 July 2008

|25 June 2009

!{{Ayd|2008|7|4|2009|6|25}}

| rowspan="4" |Pratibha Patil

21.

| K Sankaranarayanan

| 73x73px|| 26 June 2009

|26 July 2009

!{{Ayd|2009|6|26|2009|7|26}}

|Kerala

22.

| Syed Sibtey Razi

| 72x72px|| 27 July 2009

|10 December 2009

!{{Ayd|2009|7|27|2009|12|10}}

|Uttar Pradesh

23.

| Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

| 75x75px|| 11 November 2009

|11 December 2014

!{{Ayd|2009|11|11|2014|12|11}}

|Odisha

24.

| Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya

| 60x60px|| 12 December 2014 {{cite news |title=P B Acharya to assume additional charge as Assam Governor |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/p-b-acharya-to-assume-additional-charge-as-assam-governor/ |access-date=9 January 2015 |work=The Indian Express |date=11 December 2014}}

|21 August 2016

!{{Ayd|2014|12|12|2016|8|21}}

|Karnataka

| rowspan="2" |Pranab Mukherjee

25.

| Banwarilal Purohit

| 60x60px|| 22 August 2016 {{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/najma-heptulla-mukhi-appointed-governors-116081700886_1.html|title = Najma Heptulla, Mukhi appointed Governors|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 17 August 2016}}

|9 October 2017

!{{Ayd|2016|8|22|2017|10|9}}

|Maharashtra

26.

| Jagdish Mukhi

| 60x60px|| 10 October 2017{{cite news |last1=The Times of India |title=New governors appointed: All you need to know |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/new-governors-appointed-all-you-need-to-know/articleshow/60893472.cms |access-date=13 December 2023 |date=30 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213135151/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/new-governors-appointed-all-you-need-to-know/articleshow/60893472.cms |archive-date=13 December 2023}}

|14 February 2023

!{{Ayd|2017|10|10|2023|2|14}}

|Delhi

|Ramnath Kovind

27.

| Gulab Chand Kataria

|75px

| 22 February 2023

|29 July 2024

!{{Ayd|2023|2|22|2024|7|29}}

|Rajasthan

| rowspan="2" |Draupadi Murmu

28.

| Lakshman Prasad Acharya

| 75x75px|| 30 July 2024

|Incumbent

!{{Ayd|2024|7|30}}

|Uttar Pradesh

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [http://assamassembly.nic.in/governor-list.html List of Governors] from [http://assamassembly.nic.in assamassembly.nic.in]
  • http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Assam
  • http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm#Assam
  • {{Cite ODNB |title=Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in India (1616–2000) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/93241}}

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