List of governors of Assam

Governor of Assam
Governor of Assam
	Emblem of Assam
	Incumbent; Lakshman Prasad Acharya; since 30 July 2024
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Lok Bhavan, Guwahati
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder	Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari
Formation	15 August 1947; 79 years ago
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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Legend

^† Died in office
^§ Transferred
^‡ Resigned/removed

Color key

indicates acting/additional charge

#	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
#	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Home state	From	To	Time in office	Appointer (President)
1		Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari (1894–1948)	Hyderabad	4 May 1947	28 December 1948^[†]	1 year, 238 days	Lord Mountbatten (Governor-General)
2		Justice Sir Ronald Francis Lodge (1889–1960) (Acting)	–	30 December 1948	15 February 1949	47 days	C. Rajagopalachari (Governor-General)
3		Sri Prakasa (1890–1971)	Uttar Pradesh	16 February 1949	26 May 1950	1 year, 99 days	C. Rajagopalachari (Governor-General)
4		Jairamdas Daulatram (1891–1979	Maharashtra	27 May 1950	14 May 1956	5 years, 353 days	Rajendra Prasad
5		Justice (Retd) Saiyid Fazl Ali (1886–1959)	Bihar	15 May 1956	22 August 1959^[†]	3 years, 99 days
6		Justice Chandreswar Prasad Sinha (Acting)	Bihar	23 August 1959	13 October 1959	51 days
7		General S. M. Shrinagesh (Retd) (1903–1977)	Maharashtra	14 October 1959	12 November 1960	1 year, 29 days
8		Vishnu Sahay ICS (1901–1989) (Acting)	Uttar Pradesh	12 November 1960	12 February 1961	92 days
9		General S. M. Shrinagesh (Retd) (1903–1977)	Maharashtra	13 February 1961	7 September 1962	1 year, 206 days
10		Vishnu Sahay ICS (Retd) (1901–1989)	Uttar Pradesh	8 September 1962< ^{[lower-greek 1]}	16 April 1968	5 years, 221 days	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
11		Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001)	Uttar Pradesh	17 April 1968< ^{[lower-greek 2]}	7 December 1970	2 years, 234 days	Zakir Husain
12		Justice Parbati Kumar Goswami (1913–1992) (Acting)	Assam	8 December 1970	4 January 1971	27 days	V. V. Giri
13		Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001)	Uttar Pradesh	5 January 1971< ^{[lower-greek 3]}	18 September 1973	2 years, 256 days
14		Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd) (1912–1998)	Bihar	19 September 1973< ^{[lower-greek 4]}	11 August 1981	7 years, 326 days
15		Prakash Mehrotra (1925–1988)	Uttar Pradesh	12 August 1981< ^{[lower-greek 5]}	28 March 1984^[‡]	2 years, 229 days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
16		Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra (1922–2005) (Acting)	Uttar Pradesh	28 March 1984< ^{[lower-greek 5]}	15 April 1984	18 days	Zail Singh
17		Bhishma Narain Singh (1933–2018)	Bihar	15 April 1984< ^{[lower-greek 5]}	11 May 1989	5 years, 26 days	Zail Singh
18		Hari Dev Joshi (1920–1995)	Rajasthan	10 May 1989< ^{[lower-greek 5]}	21 July 1989^[‡]	72 days	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
19		Justice Anisetti Raghuvir (1929–2007) (Acting)	Andhra Pradesh	27 July 1989	1 May 1990	278 days
20		Devi Das Thakur (1929–2007)	Jammu and Kashmir	2 May 1990	17 March 1991^[‡]	319 days
21		Lokanath Misra (1921–2009)	Orissa	17 March 1991	1 September 1997	6 years, 168 days
22		Lieutenant General Srinivas Kumar Sinha (Retd) PVSM ADC (1926–2016)	Bihar	1 September 1997	21 April 2003^[§]< ^{[lower-greek 6]}	5 years, 232 days	K. R. Narayanan
23		Arvind Dave IPS (Retd) (born 1940) (Additional Charge)	Uttar Pradesh	21 April 2003	5 June 2003	45 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
24		Lieutenant General Ajai Singh PVSM AVSM (1934–2023)	Rajasthan	5 June 2003	4 July 2008	5 years, 29 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
25		Shiv Charan Mathur (1927–2009)	Rajasthan	4 July 2008	25 June 2009^[†]	356 days	Pratibha Patil
26		Kateekal Sankaranarayan (1932- 2022) (Additional Charge)	Kerala	26 June 2009	26 July 2009^[§]< ^{[lower-greek 7]}	30 days
27		Syed Sibtey Razi (1939–2022)	Uttar Pradesh	27 July 2009	10 December 2009	136 days
28		Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927–2015)	Odisha	11 December 2009	10 December 2014	4 years, 364 days
29		Padmanabha B. Acharya (1931- 2023) (Additional Charge)	Karnataka	11 December 2014	21 August 2016	1 year, 254 days	Pranab Mukherjee
30		Banwarilal Purohit (born 1940)	Maharashtra	22 August 2016	9 October 2017^[§]< ^{[lower-greek 8]}	1 year, 48 days	Pranab Mukherjee
31	File:The Governor of Assam, Shri Jagdish Mukhi meeting the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on October 28, 2018 (cropped).JPG	Jagdish Mukhi (born 1942)	Delhi (NCT)	10 October 2017	21 February 2023	5 years, 134 days	Ram Nath Kovind
32		Gulab Chand Kataria (born 1944)	Rajasthan	22 February 2023	29 July 2024^[§]< ^{[lower-greek 9]}	1 year, 158 days	Droupadi Murmu
33		Lakshman Prasad Acharya (born 1954)	Uttar Pradesh	30 July 2024	Incumbent	2 years, 40 days	Droupadi Murmu

↑ 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

Timeline[edit | edit source]

Timeline of Assam governors

Oath[edit | edit source]

“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[edit | edit source]

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. Template:ODNBsub

[1] Concurrently also served as the Governor of Nagaland (1963–1968)

[2] Concurrently also served as the Governor of Nagaland (1968–1973)

[3] Concurrently also served as the Governor of Meghalaya, Manipur, and Tripura (1972–1973)

[4] Concurrently also served as the Governor of Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura

[AS-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Concurrently also served as the Governor of Meghalaya

[6] Transferred as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

[7] Transferred as the Governor of Jharkhand

[8] Transferred as the Governor of Tamil Nadu

[9] Transferred as the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh

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v t e Administrators of provinces in British India
Governors	Agra Presidency (1834–1836) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1945–1947)¹ Assam (1921–1947)¹ Bengal Presidency (1700–1774, 1912–1947) Bihar (1936–1947)¹ Bihar and Orissa Province (1920–1936) Bombay Presidency (1694–1947) Burma (1923–1937) Central Provinces and Berar (1920–1947) Madras Presidency (1698–1947) North-West Frontier Province (1932–1948) Orissa (1936–1947)¹ Punjab (1921–1947)¹ Sind (1936–1947) United Provinces of British India (1921–1937) United Provinces (1937–1947)
Lt. Governors	Bengal, Bihar and Orissa Provinces (1854–1912) Assam (1905–1912) Bihar and Orissa Province (1912–1920) Burma (1897–1923) North-Western Provinces (1836–1877) North-Western Provinces (1877–1902) Punjab (1859–1921) United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (1902–1921)
Chief Commissioners	Ajmer-Merwara (1871–1947) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1872–1945) Assam (1874–1905, 1912–1921) Balochistan (1877–1947) Burma (1886–1897) Central Provinces (1861–1920) Coorg Province (1869–1947) Delhi (1912–1947) Lower Burma (1867–1886) North-West Frontier Province (1901–1932) Oudh (1856–1877) Oudh (1877–1902) Panth-Piploda (1942–1947) Punjab (1853–1859)
Commissioners	Assam (1828–1874) Sind (1843–1936)
Superintendents	Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1858–1872)
¹ Office retained following Indian independence