List of governors of Assam
| Governor of Assam | |
|---|---|
Emblem of Assam | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhawan, Guwahati |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Inaugural holder | Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari |
| Formation | 15 August 1947 |
| Website | https://rajbhavan.assam.gov.in |
This is a list of governors of Assam.
The Governor of Assam is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Assam. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years.[1]
Governors of Assam (1947–present)
- Legend
- Color key
- indicates acting/additional charge
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) |
Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari KCIE CSI ICS (1894–1948) |
Hyderabad | 4 May 1947 |
28 December 1948[†] |
1 year, 238 days | Lord Mountbatten (Governor-General) | |
| – | Justice Sir Ronald Francis Lodge (1889–1960) Chief Justice, Assam High Court (Acting) |
– | 30 December 1948 |
15 February 1949 |
47 days | C. Rajagopalachari (Governor-General) | |
| 2 | Sri Prakasa (1890–1971) |
Uttar Pradesh | 16 February 1949 |
26 May 1950 |
1 year, 99 days | ||
| 3 | Jairamdas Daulatram (1891–1979 |
Maharashtra | 27 May 1950 |
14 May 1956 |
5 years, 353 days | Rajendra Prasad | |
| 4 | Justice (Retd) Saiyid Fazl Ali (1886–1959) |
Bihar | 15 May 1956 |
22 August 1959[†] |
3 years, 99 days | ||
| – | Justice Chandreswar Prasad Sinha Chief Justice, Assam High Court (Acting) |
Bihar | 23 August 1959 |
13 October 1959 |
51 days | ||
| 5 | General S. M. Shrinagesh (Retd) (1903–1977) |
Maharashtra | 14 October 1959 |
12 November 1960 |
1 year, 29 days | ||
| – | Vishnu Sahay ICS (1901–1989) (Acting) |
Uttar Pradesh | 12 November 1960 |
12 February 1961 |
92 days | ||
| (5) | General S. M. Shrinagesh (Retd) (1903–1977) |
Maharashtra | 13 February 1961 |
7 September 1962 |
1 year, 206 days | ||
| 6 | Vishnu Sahay ICS (Retd) (1901–1989) |
Uttar Pradesh | 8 September 1962[lower-greek 1] |
16 April 1968 |
5 years, 221 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | |
| 7 | Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001) |
Uttar Pradesh | 17 April 1968[lower-greek 2] |
7 December 1970 |
2 years, 234 days | Zakir Husain | |
| – | Justice Parbati Kumar Goswami (1913–1992) Chief Justice, Assam and Nagaland High Court (Acting) |
Assam | 8 December 1970 |
4 January 1971 |
27 days | V. V. Giri | |
| (7) | Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001) |
Uttar Pradesh | 5 January 1971[lower-greek 3] |
18 September 1973 |
2 years, 256 days | ||
| 8 | Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd) (1912–1998) |
Bihar | 19 September 1973[lower-greek 4] |
11 August 1981 |
7 years, 326 days | ||
| 9 | Prakash Mehrotra (1925–1988) |
Uttar Pradesh | 12 August 1981[lower-greek 5] |
28 March 1984[‡] |
2 years, 229 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | |
| – | Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra (1922–2005) Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court (Acting) |
Uttar Pradesh | 28 March 1984[lower-greek 5] |
15 April 1984 |
18 days | Zail Singh | |
| 10 | Bhishma Narain Singh (1933–2018) |
Bihar | 15 April 1984[lower-greek 5] |
11 May 1989 |
5 years, 26 days | ||
| 11 | Hari Dev Joshi (1920–1995) |
Rajasthan | 10 May 1989[lower-greek 5] |
21 July 1989[‡] |
72 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | |
| – | Justice Anisetti Raghuvir (1929–2007) Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court (Acting) |
Andhra Pradesh | 27 July 1989 |
1 May 1990 |
278 days | ||
| 12 | Devi Das Thakur (1929–2007) |
Jammu and Kashmir | 2 May 1990 |
17 March 1991[‡] |
319 days | ||
| 13 | Lokanath Misra (1921–2009) |
Orissa | 17 March 1991 |
1 September 1997 |
6 years, 168 days | ||
| 14 | Lieutenant General Srinivas Kumar Sinha (Retd) (1926–2016) |
Bihar | 1 September 1997 |
21 April 2003[§][lower-greek 6] |
5 years, 232 days | K. R. Narayanan | |
| – | Arvind Dave IPS (Retd) (born 1940) Governor of Arunachal Pradesh (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh | 21 April 2003 |
5 June 2003 |
45 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| 15 | Lieutenant General Ajai Singh (1934–2023) |
Rajasthan | 5 June 2003 |
4 July 2008 |
5 years, 29 days | ||
| 16 | Shiv Charan Mathur (1927–2009) |
Rajasthan | 4 July 2008 |
25 June 2009[†] |
356 days | Pratibha Patil | |
| – | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022) Governor of Nagaland (Additional Charge) |
Kerala | 26 June 2009 |
26 July 2009[§][lower-greek 7] |
30 days | ||
| 17 | Syed Sibtey Razi (1939–2022) |
Uttar Pradesh | 27 July 2009 |
10 December 2009 |
136 days | ||
| 18 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927–2015) |
Odisha | 11 December 2009 |
10 December 2014 |
4 years, 364 days | ||
| – | Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (1931–2023) Governor of Nagaland (Additional Charge) |
Karnataka | 11 December 2014 |
21 August 2016 |
1 year, 254 days | Pranab Mukherjee | |
| 19 | Banwarilal Purohit (born 1940) |
Maharashtra | 22 August 2016 |
9 October 2017[§][lower-greek 8] |
1 year, 48 days | ||
| 20 | Jagdish Mukhi (born 1942) |
Delhi | 10 October 2017 |
21 February 2023 |
5 years, 134 days | Ram Nath Kovind | |
| 21 | Gulab Chand Kataria (born 1944) |
Rajasthan | 22 February 2023 |
29 July 2024[§][lower-greek 9] |
1 year, 158 days | Droupadi Murmu | |
| 22 | Lakshman Prasad Acharya (born 1954) |
Uttar Pradesh | 30 July 2024 |
Incumbent | 1 year, 46 days | ||
- ↑ Concurrently also served as the Governor of Nagaland (1963–1968)
- ↑ Concurrently also served as the Governor of Nagaland (1968–1973)
- ↑ Concurrently also served as the Governor of Meghalaya, Manipur, and Tripura (1972–1973)
- ↑ Concurrently also served as the Governor of Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Concurrently also served as the Governor of Meghalaya
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Jharkhand
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Tamil Nadu
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh
References
- ↑ "President Kovind Appoints 5 New Governors, Tamil Nadu Gets Its Own After A Year". NDTV.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.