List of governors of Assam
| Governor of Assam | |
|---|---|
since 30 July 2024 | |
| 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 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
Governors of Assam Province (1912–47)
| No. | 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
| No. | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari | 15 Aug 1947 | 29 Dec 1948 | 1 year, 136 days | Andhra Pradesh | Lord Mountbatten | |
| - | Ronald Francis Lodge (acting) | 30 December 1948 | 15 February 1949 | 47 days | Not Known | C. Rajagopalachari | |
| 2. | Sri Prakasa | 16 Feb 1949 | 26 May 1950 | 1 year, 99 days | Uttar Pradesh | ||
| 3. | Jairamdas Daulatram | 27 May 1950 | 14 May 1956 | 5 years, 353 days | British India | Rajendra Prasad | |
| 4. | Saiyid Fazal Ali | 15 May 1956 | 22 August 1959 | 3 years, 99 days | Bihar | ||
| 5. | Chandreswar Prasad Sinha | 23 August 1959 | 13 October 1959 | 51 days | Not Known | ||
| 6. | Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh | 14 October 1959 | 12 November 1960 | 1 year, 29 days | Maharashtra | ||
| 7. | Vishnu Sahay | 13 November 1960 | 12 February 1961 | 91 days | Uttar Pradesh | ||
| (6). | Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh | 13 February 1961 | 7 September 1962 | 1 year, 206 days | Maharashtra | ||
| (7). | Vishnu Sahay | 8 September 1962 | 16 April 1968 | 5 years, 221 days | Uttar Pradesh | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | |
| 8. | Braj Kumar Nehru | 17 April 1968 | 7 December 1970 | 2 years, 234 days | Zakir Husain | ||
| - | Parbati Kumar Goswami (acting for Nehru) |
8 December 1970 | 4 January 1971 | 27 days | Assam | V. V. Giri | |
| (8). | Braj Kumar Nehru | 5 January 1971 | 18 September 1973 | 2 years, 256 days | Uttar Pradesh | ||
| 9. | Lallan Prasad Singh | 19 September 1973 | 11 August 1981 | 7 years, 326 days | Bihar | ||
| 10. | Prakash Mehrotra | 12 August 1981 | 28 March 1984 | 2 years, 229 days | Uttar Pradesh | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy | |
| 11. | Tribeni Sahai Misra | 29 March 1984 | 15 April 1984 | 17 days | Not Known | Zail Singh | |
| 12. | Bhishma Narain Singh | 16 April 1984 | 11 May 1989 | 5 years, 25 days | Jharkhand | ||
| 13. | Harideo Joshi | 12 May 1989 | 26 July 1989 | 75 days | Rajasthan | R. Venkataraman | |
| 14. | Anisetti Raghuvir | 27 July 1989 | 1 May 1990 | 278 days | Not Known | ||
| 15. | Devi Das Thakur | 2 May 1990 | 16 March 1991 | 318 days | Jammu and Kashmir | ||
| 16. | Loknath Mishra | 17 March 1991 | 31 August 1997 | 6 years, 167 days | Odisha | ||
| 17. | Srinivas Kumar Sinha | 1 September 1997 | 20 April 2003 | 5 years, 231 days | Bihar | K. R. Narayan | |
| 18. | Arvind Dave | 21 April 2003 | 4 June 2003 | 44 days | Rajasthan | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| 19. | Ajai Singh | 5 June 2003 | 3 July 2008 | 5 years, 28 days | |||
| 20. | Shiv Charan Mathur | 4 July 2008 | 25 June 2009 | 356 days | Pratibha Patil | ||
| 21. | K Sankaranarayanan | 26 June 2009 | 26 July 2009 | 30 days | Kerala | ||
| 22. | Syed Sibtey Razi | 27 July 2009 | 10 December 2009 | 136 days | Uttar Pradesh | ||
| 23. | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | 11 November 2009 | 11 December 2014 | 5 years, 30 days | Odisha | ||
| 24. | Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya | 12 December 2014 [1] | 21 August 2016 | 1 year, 253 days | Karnataka | Pranab Mukherjee | |
| 25. | Banwarilal Purohit | 22 August 2016 [2] | 9 October 2017 | 1 year, 48 days | Maharashtra | ||
| 26. | Jagdish Mukhi | 10 October 2017[3] | 14 February 2023 | 5 years, 127 days | Delhi | Ramnath Kovind | |
| 27. | Gulab Chand Kataria | 22 February 2023 | 29 July 2024 | 1 year, 158 days | Rajasthan | Draupadi Murmu | |
| 28. | Lakshman Prasad Acharya | 30 July 2024 | Incumbent | 349 days | Uttar Pradesh |
See also
References
- ^ "P B Acharya to assume additional charge as Assam Governor". The Indian Express. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Najma Heptulla, Mukhi appointed Governors". Business Standard India. 17 August 2016.
- ^ The Times of India (30 September 2017). "New governors appointed: All you need to know". Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- List of Governors from assamassembly.nic.in
- http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Assam
- http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm#Assam
- "Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in India (1616–2000)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)