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List of governors of Assam

Assam's governors

Assam's governors

FieldValue
postGovernor of Assam
insigniaFile:Seal of Assam.svg
insigniacaptionEmblem of Assam
image[[File:Lakshman Prasad Acharya (cropped).jpg200px]]
incumbentLakshman Prasad Acharya
incumbentsince30 July 2024
styleHis Excellency
residenceRaj Bhawan, Guwahati
termlengthAt the pleasure of the president
appointerPresident of India
formation
inauguralMuhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari
websitehttps://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

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

List of governors

;Legend

  • Died in office
  • Transferred
  • Resigned/removed

;Color key

  • indicates acting/additional charge
#PortraitName
(borndied)Home stateTenure in officeAppointer
(President)FromToTime in office12345(5)67(7)891011121314-1516-1718-19202122
[[File:Blank.svg70px]]Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari
(18941948)Hyderabad4 May
194728 December
1948****Lord Mountbatten
(Governor-General)
[[File:Blank.svg70px]]Justice
Sir Ronald Francis Lodge
(18891960)
Chief Justice, Assam High Court
(Acting)30 December
194815 February
1949****C. Rajagopalachari
(Governor-General)
[[File:Sri Prakasa Portrait.jpg70px]]Sri Prakasa
(18901971)Uttar Pradesh16 February
194926 May
1950****
[[File:Jairamdas Daulatram 1985 stamp of India (cropped).jpg70px]]Jairamdas Daulatram
(18911979Maharashtra27 May
195014 May
1956****Rajendra Prasad
[[File:Saiyid Fazl Ali.jpg70px]]Justice (Retd)
Saiyid Fazl Ali
(18861959)Bihar15 May
195622 August
1959****
[[File:Blank.svg70px]]Justice
Chandreswar Prasad Sinha
Chief Justice, Assam High Court
(Acting)Bihar23 August
195913 October
1959****
[[File:General Satyawant Mallana Srinagesh.jpg70px]]General
S. M. Shrinagesh (Retd)
(19031977)Maharashtra14 October
195912 November
1960****
[[File:Blank.svg70px]]Vishnu Sahay
ICS
(19011989)
(Acting)Uttar Pradesh12 November
196012 February
1961****
[[File:General Satyawant Mallana Srinagesh.jpg70px]]General
S. M. Shrinagesh (Retd)
(19031977)Maharashtra13 February
19617 September
1962****
[[File:Blank.svg70px]]Vishnu Sahay
ICS (Retd)
(19011989)Uttar Pradesh8 September
196216 April
1968****Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
[[File:Braj Kumar Nehru with Kennedy (cropped).jpg70px]]Braj Kumar Nehru
ICS (Retd)
(19092001)Uttar Pradesh17 April
19687 December
1970****Zakir Husain
[[File:Blank.svg70px]]Justice
Parbati Kumar Goswami
(19131992)
Chief Justice, Assam and Nagaland High Court
(Acting)Assam8 December
19704 January
1971****V. V. Giri
[[File:Braj Kumar Nehru with Kennedy (cropped).jpg70px]]Braj Kumar Nehru
ICS (Retd)
(19092001)Uttar Pradesh5 January
197118 September
1973****
[[File:Blank.svg70px]]Lallan Prasad Singh
ICS (Retd)
(19121998)Bihar19 September
197311 August
1981****
[[File:Prakash Mehrotra.jpg70px]]Prakash Mehrotra
(19251988)Uttar Pradesh12 August
198128 March
1984****Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
[[File:Blank.svg70px]]Justice
Tribeni Sahai Misra
(19222005)
Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court
(Acting)Uttar Pradesh28 March
198415 April
1984****Zail Singh
[[File:Bhishma Narain Singh (cropped).jpg70px]]Bhishma Narain Singh
(19332018)Bihar15 April
198411 May
1989****
[[File:Haridev Joshi.jpg70px]]Hari Dev Joshi
(19201995)Rajasthan10 May
198921 July
1989****Ramaswamy Venkataraman
[[File:Blank.svg70px]]Justice
Anisetti Raghuvir
(19292007)
Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court
(Acting)Andhra Pradesh27 July
19891 May
1990****
[[File:Blank.svg70px]]Devi Das Thakur
(19292007)Jammu and Kashmir2 May
199017 March
1991****
[[File:Lokanath Misra.jpg70px]]Lokanath Misra
(19212009)Orissa17 March
19911 September
1997****
[[File:Former Governor S. K. Sinha (cropped).jpg70px]]Lieutenant General
Srinivas Kumar Sinha (Retd)
(19262016)Bihar1 September
199721 April
2003****K. R. Narayanan
[[File:Arvind Dave.jpg70px]]Arvind Dave
IPS (Retd)
(born 1940)
Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
(Additional Charge)Uttar Pradesh21 April
20035 June
2003****A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
[[File:Governor of Assam Lieutenant General (Retd.) Ajai Singh (cropped).jpg70px]]Lieutenant General
Ajai Singh
(19342023)Rajasthan5 June
20034 July
2008****
[[File:Assam Governor Shiv Charan Mathur in 2008 (cropped).jpg70px]]Shiv Charan Mathur
(19272009)Rajasthan4 July
200825 June
2009****Pratibha Patil
[[File:Governor of Maharashtra, Shri K. Sankaranarayanan with Vice President Hamid Ansari at TISS in 2013.png70px]]Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
(19322022)
Governor of Nagaland
(Additional Charge)Kerala26 June
200926 July
2009****
[[File:Syed Sibtey Razi in 2015 (cropped).jpg70px]]Syed Sibtey Razi
(19392022)Uttar Pradesh27 July
200910 December
2009****
[[File:Assam Governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik at Platinum Jubilee of Assam Legislative Assembly (cropped).jpg70px]]Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
(19272015)Odisha11 December
200910 December
2014****
[[File:Smriti Irani meeting the Governor of Tripura Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (cropped).jpg93x93px]]Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
(19312023)
Governor of Nagaland
(Additional Charge)Karnataka11 December
201421 August
2016****Pranab Mukherjee
[[File:Banwarilal Purohit.jpg91x91px]]Banwarilal Purohit
(born 1940)Maharashtra22 August
20169 October
2017****
[[File:The Governor of Assam, Shri Jagdish Mukhi meeting the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on October 28, 2018 (cropped).JPG90x90px]]Jagdish Mukhi
(born 1942)National Capital Territory of Delhi10 October
201721 February
2023****Ram Nath Kovind
[[File:Gulab Chand Kataria (cropped).jpg86x86px]]Gulab Chand Kataria
(born 1944)Rajasthan22 February
202329 July
2024****Droupadi Murmu
[[File:Lakshman Prasad Acharya (cropped).jpg88x88px]]Lakshman Prasad Acharya
(born 1954)Governor of Sikkim till 31 July 2024Uttar Pradesh30 July
2024Incumbent****

Timeline

Oath

“I, A. B., do swear in the name of God/solemly affirm that I will faithfully execute the office of Governor (or discharge the functions of the Governor) of .............(name of the State) and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of ..………(name of the State).”

References

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