List of governors of Assam
Governor of Assam | |
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since 30 July 2024 | |
Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhawan, Guwahati |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | 5 Years |
Inaugural holder | Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari (Independent India) Nicholas Beatson-Bell (Pre-Independent India) |
Formation | 3 January 1921 |
This is a list of governors of Assam, and other offices of similar scope, from the start of British occupation of the area in 1824 during the First Anglo-Burmese War.
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 Lakshman Acharya.
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
- Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor
British military commanders in occupied Assam (1824–26)
[edit]In 1824, British forces occupied Assam, which was politically never part of either India or Burma
- George McMorine, 1824
- Arthur Richards, 1824–26
British political agents in Assam (1826–28)
[edit]On 24 February 1826, the Treaty of Yandaboo ceded portions of Assam from Burma to Britain.
- David Scott, 1826–28
Commissioners of Assam (1828–74)
[edit]In 1828, Western Assam was incorporated into the province of Bengal, followed by the rest of Assam in 1833. A commissioner of Assam was appointed, subordinate to the governor of Bengal.
- David Scott, 1828–20 August 1831, continued
- Thomas Campbell Robertson, 1831–34
- Francis Jenkins, 1834–61
- Henry Hopkinson, 1861–74
Chief commissioners of Assam (1874–1905)
[edit]In 1874, Assam was separated from the Bengal Presidency, and its status was upgraded to a chief commissioner's province.
- Richard Harte Keatinge, 1874–78
- Steuart Colvin Bayley, 1878–81
- Sir Charles Alfred Elliott, 1881–85
- William Erskine Ward, 1885–87, first time
- Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick, 1887–89
- James Westland, 1889
- James Wallace Quinton, 1889–91
- William Erskine Ward, 1891–96, second time
- Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton, 1896–1902
- Sir Joseph Bampfylde Fuller, 1902–05
Lieutenant governors of East Bengal and Assam (1905–12)
[edit]In 1905, Bengal was partitioned and East Bengal and Assam was formed, governed by a lieutenant governor.
- Sir Joseph Bampfylde Fuller, 1905–06
- Lancelot Hare, 1906–11
- Charles Stuart Bayley, 1911–12
Chief commissioners of Assam (1912–21)
[edit]In 1912, East Bengal was re-incorporated into the Bengal presidency, and Assam Province was again governed by a chief commissioner.
- Sir Archdale Earle, 1912–18
- Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson-Bell, 1918–3 January 1921
Governors of Assam (1921–47)
[edit]In 1921, the chief commissionership was upgraded to governor.
- Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson-Bell, 3 January 1921 – 2 April 1921
- Sir William Sinclair Marris, 3 April 1921 – 10 October 1922
- Sir John Henry Kerr, 10 October 1922 – 28 June 1927
- Sir Egbert Laurie Lucas Hammond, 28 June 1927 – 11 May 1932
- Sir Michael Keane, 11 May 1932 – 4 March 1937
- Sir Robert Niel Reid, 4 March 1937 – 4 May 1942
- Henry Joseph Twynam, 24 February 1938 – 4 October 1939, (acting for Reid)
- Sir Andrew Gourlay Clow, 4 May 1942 – 4 May 1947
- Frederick Chalmers Bourne, 4 April 1946–?, (acting for Clow)
- Henry Foley Knight, 4 September 1946 – 23 December 1946, (acting for Clow)
- Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari, 4 May 1947 – 15 August 1947
Governors of Assam since 1947
[edit]No. | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration |
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1 | Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari | ![]() |
15 Aug 1947 | 29 Dec 1948 | |
- | Sir Ronald Francis Lodge (acting) | ![]() |
30 December 1948 | 15 February 1949 | |
2 | Sri Prakasa | ![]() |
16 Feb 1949 | 26 May 1950 | |
3 | Jairamdas Daulatram | ![]() |
27 May 1950 | 14 May 1956 | |
4 | Saiyid Fazal Ali | ![]() |
15 May 1956 | 22 August 1959 | |
5 | Chandreswar Prasad Sinha | ![]() |
23 August 1959 | 13 October 1959 | |
6 | General (Retired) Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh | ![]() |
14 October 1959 | 12 November 1960 | |
7 | Vishnu Sahay | ![]() |
13 November 1960 | 12 February 1961 | |
(6) | General (Retired) Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh | ![]() |
13 February 1961 | 7 September 1962 | |
(7) | Vishnu Sahay | ![]() |
8 September 1962 | 16 April 1968 | |
8 | Braj Kumar Nehru | ![]() |
17 April 1968 | 7 December 1970 | |
- | Justice Parbati Kumar Goswami (acting for Nehru) |
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8 December 1970 | 4 January 1971 | |
(8) | Braj Kumar Nehru | ![]() |
5 January 1971 | 18 September 1973 | |
9 | Lallan Prasad Singh | ![]() |
19 September 1973 | 11 August 1981 | |
10 | Prakash Mehrotra | ![]() |
12 August 1981 | 28 March 1984 | |
11 | Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra | ![]() |
29 March 1984 | 15 April 1984 | |
12 | Bhishma Narain Singh | ![]() |
16 April 1984 | 11 May 1989 | |
13 | Harideo Joshi | ![]() |
12 May 1989 | 26 July 1989 | |
14 | Justice Anisetti Raghuvir | ![]() |
27 July 1989 | 1 May 1990 | |
15 | Justice Devi Das Thakur | ![]() |
2 May 1990 | 16 March 1991 | |
16 | Loknath Mishra | ![]() |
17 March 1991 | 31 August 1997 | |
17 | Lt. General (Retired) Srinivas Kumar Sinha | ![]() |
1 September 1997 | 20 April 2003 | |
18 | Arvind Dave | ![]() |
21 April 2003 | 4 June 2003 | |
19 | Lt. General (Retired) Ajai Singh | ![]() |
5 June 2003 | 3 July 2008 | |
20 | Shiv Charan Mathur | ![]() |
4 July 2008 | 25 June 2009 | |
21 | K Sankaranarayanan | ![]() |
26 June 2009 | 26 July 2009 | |
22 | Syed Sibtey Razi | ![]() |
27 July 2009 | 10 December 2009 | |
23 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | ![]() |
11 November 2009 | 11 December 2014 | |
24 | Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya | ![]() |
12 December 2014 [1] | 21 August 2016 | |
25 | Banwarilal Purohit | ![]() |
22 August 2016 [2] | 9 October 2017 | |
26 | Jagdish Mukhi | ![]() |
10 October 2017[3] | 14 February 2023 | |
27 | Gulab Chand Kataria | ![]() |
22 February 2023 | 29 July 2024 | |
28 | Lakshman Prasad Acharya | ![]() |
30 July 2024 | Incumbent |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.)