List of governors of Assam

This is a list of governors of Assam.

Governor of Assam
Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands Prof. Jagdish Mukhi.jpg
Incumbent
Jagdish Mukhi

since 10 October 2017
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhawan, Guwahati
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthFive Years
Inaugural holder
  • Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari (Independent India)
  • Nicholas Beatson-Bell (Pre-Independent India)
Formation3 January 1921 (1921-01-03) (103 years ago)

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. The current governor is Gulab Chand Kataria.[1]

List

# Name Tenure
1 Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari 15 August 1947 – 28 December 1948
- Ronald Francis Lodge (Acting) 30 December 1948 – 16 February 1949
2 Sri Prakasa 16 February 1949 – 27 May 1950
3 Jairamdas Daulatram 27 May 1950 – 15 May 1956
4 Saiyid Fazal Ali 15 May 1956 – 22 August 1959
5 Chandreswar Prasad Sinha 23 August 1959 – 14 October 1959
6 General (Retired) Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh 14 October 1959 – 12 November 1960
7 Vishnu Sahay 12 November 1960 – 13 January 1961
8 General (Retired) Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh 13 January 1961 – 7 September 1962
9 Vishnu Sahay 7 September 1962 – 17 April 1968
10 Braj Kumar Nehru 17 April 1968 – 19 September 1973
- Justice P. K. Goswami
(acting for Nehru)
8 December 1970 – 4 January 1971
11 Lallan Prasad Singh 19 September 1973 – 10 August 1981
12 Prakash Mehrotra 10 August 1981 – 28 March 1984
13 Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra 28 March 1984 – 15 April 1984
14 Bhishma Narain Singh 15 April 1984 – 10 May 1989
15 Harideo Joshi 10 May 1989 – 21 July 1989
16 Justice Anisetti Raghuvir 21 July 1989 – 2 May 1990
17 Justice Devi Das Thakur 2 May 1990 – 17 March 1991
18 Loknath Mishra 17 March 1991 – 1 September 1997
19 Lt. General (Retired) Srinivas Kumar Sinha 1 September 1997 – 21 April 2003
20 Arvind Dave 21 April 2003 – 5 June 2003
21 Lt. General (Retired) Ajai Singh 5 June 2003 – 4 July 2008
22 Shiv Charan Mathur 4 July 2008 – 25 June 2009
23 K. Sankaranarayanan 26 June 2009 – 27 July 2009
24 Syed Sibtey Razi 27 July 2009 – 10 November 2009
25 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik 11 November 2009 – 11 December 2014
26 Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya December 2014 – 17 August 2016[2]
27 Banwarilal Purohit 22 August 2016 – 10 October 2017[3]
28 Jagdish Mukhi 10 October 2017 – Incumbent

List Of Governors Of Assam Media

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