List of governors of Bihar
Appearance
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Governor of Bihar | |
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since 12 Feb 2023 | |
Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan, Patna, Bihar |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | Five Years |
Formation | 1 April 1936 |
Website | governor |
The governor of Bihar is a nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Bihar. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of 5 years. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar is the current governor of Bihar.[1][2] Former President Zakir Husain and Ram Nath Kovind were two such governors of Bihar who succeeded on to become the president of India.
Powers and functions
[edit]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, and
- Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.
In his ex-officio capacity, the governor of Bihar is chancellor of the universities of Bihar (at present 12) as per the Acts of the Universities.
Governors of Bihar
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# | Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
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Before Independence | |||||||
1. | Sir James David Sifton | 1 April 1936 | 10 March 1937 | 343 days | United Kingdom | Freeman Thomas | |
2. | Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett | 11 March 1937 | 15 May 1938 | 1 year, 65 days | Victor Hope | ||
– | Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart | 15 May 1938 | 16 September 1938 | 124 days | |||
(2). | Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett | 17 September 1938 | 5 August 1939 | 322 days | |||
3. | Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart | 6 August 1939 | 2 February 1943 | 3 years, 180 days | |||
4. | Sir Thomas George Rutherford | 3 February 1943 | 6 September 1943 | 215 days | |||
– | Sir Francis Mudie | 7 September 1943 | 23 April 1944 | 229 days | |||
(4). | Sir Thomas George Rutherford | 24 April 1944 | 12 May 1946 | 2 years, 18 days | Viscount Wavell | ||
5. | Sir Hugh Dow | 13 May 1946 | 14 August 1947 | 1 year, 93 days | |||
After Independence | |||||||
1. | Jairamdas Daulatram | 15 August 1947 | 11 January 1948 | 149 days | British India | Lord Mountbatten | |
2. | Madhav Shrihari Aney | 12 January 1948 | 14 June 1952 | 4 years, 154 days | Maharashtra | ||
3. | R. R. Diwakar | 15 June 1952 | 5 July 1957 | 5 years, 20 days | Karnataka | Rajendra Prasad | |
4. | Zakir Husain | 6 July 1957 | 11 May 1962 | 4 years, 309 days | Andhra Pradesh | ||
5. | M. A. Ayyangar | 12 May 1962 | 6 December 1967 | 5 years, 208 days | |||
6. | Nityanand Kanungo | 7 December 1967 | 20 January 1971 | 3 years, 44 days | Odisha | Zakir Husain | |
– | Justice U.N. Sinha | 21 January 1971 | 31 January 1971 | 10 days | Not Known | V. V. Giri | |
7. | Dev Kant Baruah | 1 February 1971 | 4 February 1973 | 2 years, 3 days | Assam | ||
8. | Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare | 4 February 1973 | 15 June 1976 | 3 years, 132 days | Maharashtra | ||
9. | Jagannath Kaushal | 16 June 1976 | 31 January 1979 | 2 years, 232 days | Punjab | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | |
– | Justice K.B.N. Singh | 31 January 1979 | 19 September 1979 | 231 days | Not Known | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy | |
10. | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | 20 September 1979 | 15 March 1985 | 5 years, 176 days | Uttar Pradesh | ||
11. | P. Venkatasubbaiah | 15 March 1985 | 25 February 1988 | 2 years, 347 days | Andhra Pradesh | Zail Singh | |
12. | Govind Narain Singh | 26 February 1988 | 24 January 1989 | 334 days | Madhya Pradesh | R. Venkataraman | |
– | Justice Dipak Kumar Sen | 24 January 1989 | 28 January 1989 | 4 days | Not Known | ||
13. | R.D. Pradhan | 29 January 1989 | 2 February 1989 | 4 days | Maharashtra | ||
14. | Jagannath Pahadia | 3 March 1989 | 2 February 1990 | 336 days | Rajasthan | ||
– | Justice G.G. Sohoni | 2 February 1990 | 16 February 1990 | 14 days | Not Known | ||
15. | Mohammad Saleem | 16 February 1990 | 13 February 1991 | 362 days | Uttar Pradesh | ||
– | B. Satya Narayan Reddy | 14 February 1991 | 18 March 1991 | 32 days | Andhra Pradesh | ||
16. | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | 19 March 1991 | 13 August 1993 | 2 years, 147 days | Jammu and Kashmir | ||
(10). | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | 14 August 1993 | 26 April 1998 | 4 years, 255 days | Uttar Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
17. | Sunder Singh Bhandari | 27 April 1998 | 15 March 1999 | 322 days | Rajasthan | K. R. Narayan | |
– | Justice B.M. Lall | 15 March 1999 | 5 October 1999 | 204 days | Not Known | ||
— | Suraj Bhan | 6 October 1999 | 22 November 1999 | 47 days | Haryana | ||
18. | V. C. Pande | 23 November 1999 | 12 June 2003 | 3 years, 201 days | Jammu and Kashmir | ||
19. | M. R. Jois | 12 June 2003 | 31 October 2004 | 1 year, 141 days | Not Known | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
– | Ved Prakash Marwah | 1 November 2004 | 4 November 2004 | 3 days | |||
20. | Buta Singh | 5 November 2004 | 29 January 2006 | 1 year, 85 days | Rajasthan | ||
- | Gopalkrishna Gandhi m | 31 January 2006 | 21 June 2006 | 141 days | Delhi | ||
21. | R. S. Gavai | 22 June 2006 | 9 July 2008 | 2 years, 17 days | Maharashtra | ||
22. | R. L. Bhatia | 10 July 2008 | 28 June 2009 | 353 days | Punjab | Pratibha Patil | |
23. | Devanand Konwar | 29 June 2009 | 21 March 2013 | 3 years, 265 days | Assam | ||
24. | D. Y. Patil | 22 March 2013 | 26 November 2014 | 1 year, 188 days | Maharashtra | Pranab Mukherjee | |
— | Keshari Nath Tripathi | 27 November 2014 | 15 August 2015 | 261 days | Uttar Pradesh | ||
25. | Ram Nath Kovind | 16 August 2015 | 20 June 2017[3] | 1 year, 308 days | |||
— | Keshari Nath Tripathi | 20 June 2017[4] | 29 September 2017 | 101 days | |||
26. | Satya Pal Malik | 30 September 2017[5] | 23 August 2018 | 327 days | Ramnath Kovind | ||
27. | Lalji Tandon | 23 August 2018[6] | 28 July 2019 | 339 days | |||
28. | Phagu Chauhan | 29 July 2019 | 13 February 2023 | 3 years, 199 days | |||
29. | Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar | 14 February 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 293 days | Goa | Draupadi Murmu |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "President Kovind Appoints 5 New Governors, Tamil Nadu Gets Its Own After A Year". NDTV.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ Mohan, Archis (21 August 2018). "Satya Pal Malik new J&K Governor, Lalji Tandon takes his place in Bihar". Business Standard India. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Profile of the President of India". presidentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Ram Nath Kovind resigns as Bihar Governor". The Hindu. PTI. 20 June 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Who is Satya Pal Malik?". The Indian Express. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Lalji Tandon sworn in as Bihar Governor". The Hindu. 23 August 2018.