List of governors of Meghalaya
| Governor of Meghalaya | |
|---|---|
Emblem of Meghalaya | |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Inaugural holder | Braj Kumar Nehru |
| Formation | 21 January 1972 |
| Website | meggovernor |
This is a list of the governors of Meghalaya state in northeastern India. Meghalaya became an autonomous state within Assam on 1 April 1970 and a separate state on 21 January 1972.[1]
List
This is a list of the governors of Meghalaya state in northeastern India. Meghalaya became an autonomous state within Assam on 1 April 1970 and a separate state on 21 January 1972.[2]
- Legend
- Color key
- indicates acting/additional charge
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) |
Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001) |
Uttar Pradesh | 21 January 1972[lower-greek 1] |
18 September 1973 |
1 year, 240 days | V. V. Giri | |
| 2 | Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd) (1912–1998) Governor of Assam |
Bihar | 19 September 1973[lower-greek 2] |
11 August 1981 |
7 years, 325 days | ||
| 3 | Prakash Mehrotra (1925–1988) |
Uttar Pradesh | 12 August 1981[lower-greek 3] |
28 March 1984[‡] |
2 years, 229 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | |
| – | Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra (1922–2005) Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court (Acting) |
Uttar Pradesh | 29 March 1984[lower-greek 3] |
15 April 1984 |
18 days | Zail Singh | |
| 4 | Bhishma Narain Singh (1933–2018) |
Bihar | 16 April 1984[lower-greek 3] |
10 May 1989 |
5 years, 25 days | ||
| 5 | Hari Dev Joshi (1920–1995) |
Rajasthan | 11 May 1989[lower-greek 3] |
26 July 1989[‡] |
72 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | |
| 6 | A. A. Rahim (1920–2015) |
Kerala | 27 July 1989 |
8 May 1990[‡] |
285 days | ||
| 7 | Madhukar Dighe (1920–2014) |
Uttar Pradesh | 9 May 1990 |
8 June 1995 |
5 years, 30 days | ||
| 8 | M. M. Jacob (1926–2018) |
Kerala | 19 June 1995 |
11 April 2007 |
11 years, 296 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
| 9 | Banwari Lal Joshi IPS (Retd) (1936–2017) |
Rajasthan | 12 April 2007 |
28 October 2007[§][lower-greek 4] |
199 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| – | Shivinder Singh Sidhu IAS (Retd) (1929–2018) Governor of Manipur (Additional Charge) |
Punjab | 29 October 2007 |
30 June 2008 |
245 days | Pratibha Patil | |
| 10 | Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary IPS (Retd) (born 1947) |
Assam | 1 July 2008 |
30 June 2013 |
4 years, 364 days | ||
| 11 | Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd) (born 1948) |
Chandigarh | 1 July 2013 |
6 January 2015[§][lower-greek 4] |
1 year, 189 days | Pranab Mukherjee | |
| – | Keshari Nath Tripathi (1934–2023) Governor of West Bengal (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh | 6 January 2015 |
19 May 2015 |
133 days | ||
| 12 | V. Shanmuganathan (born 1949) |
Tamil Nadu | 20 May 2015 |
27 January 2017[‡] |
1 year, 252 days | ||
| – | Banwarilal Purohit (born 1940) Governor of Assam (Additional Charge) |
Maharashtra | 27 January 2017 |
5 October 2017[§][lower-greek 5] |
251 days | ||
| 13 | Ganga Prasad (born 1939) |
Bihar | 5 October 2017 |
25 August 2018[§][lower-greek 6] |
324 days | Ram Nath Kovind | |
| 14 | Tathagata Roy (born 1945) |
West Bengal | 25 August 2018 |
18 December 2019 |
1 year, 115 days | ||
| – | R. N. Ravi IPS (Retd) (born 1952) Governor of Nagaland (Acting) |
Bihar | 18 December 2019 |
26 January 2020 |
39 days | ||
| (14) | Tathagata Roy (born 1945) |
West Bengal | 27 January 2020 |
18 August 2020 |
204 days | ||
| 15 | Satya Pal Malik (1946–2025) |
Uttar Pradesh | 18 August 2020 |
3 October 2022 |
2 years, 46 days | ||
| – | Brigadier B. D. Mishra (Retd) (born 1939) Governor of Arunachal Pradesh (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh | 4 October 2022 |
17 February 2023[§][lower-greek 7] |
136 days | Droupadi Murmu | |
| 16 | Phagu Chauhan (born 1948) |
Uttar Pradesh | 18 February 2023 |
29 July 2024 |
1 year, 162 days | ||
| 17 | C. H. Vijayashankar (born 1956) |
Karnataka | 30 July 2024 |
Incumbent | 1 year, 50 days | ||
- ↑ Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam and Nagaland (1968–1973); and Governor of Manipur and Tripura (1972–1973)
- ↑ Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, and Tripura
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Transferred as the Governor of Uttarakhand
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Tamil Nadu
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Sikkim
- ↑ Transferred as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh
References
- ↑ "Past Governors: Raj Bhavan, Meghalaya". meggovernor.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
- ↑ "Past Governors: Raj Bhavan, Meghalaya". meggovernor.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-12-31.