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
List of governors
;Legend
- Died in office
- Transferred
- Resigned/removed
;Color key
- indicates acting/additional charge
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! rowspan="2"| #
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:14em" | Name<br><small>(borndied)</small>
! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Home state
! colspan="3"| Tenure in office
! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Appointer<br/>(President)
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! style="width:7em"| To
! style="width:5em"| Time in office
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| Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari
| Hyderabad
| <br/>1947
| <br/>1948
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| Lord Mountbatten<br/>
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! 2
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| bgcolor="wheat"|
Sir Ronald Francis Lodge
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1948
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1949
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| C. Rajagopalachari<br/>
|-
! 3
| 70px
| Sri Prakasa<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1949
| <br/>1950
|
|-
! 4
| 70px
| Jairamdas Daulatram<br/>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>1950
| <br/>1956
|
| rowspan="6"| Rajendra Prasad
|-
! 5
| 70px
| <br/>Saiyid Fazl Ali<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>1956
| <br/>1959
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 6
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
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Chandreswar Prasad Sinha
| Bihar
| <br/>1959
| <br/>1959
|
|-
! 7
| 70px
| <br/>S. M. Shrinagesh
| Maharashtra
| <br/>1959
| <br/>1960
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 8
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| Vishnu Sahay
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1960
| <br/>1961
|
|-
! (7)
| 70px
| <br/>S. M. Shrinagesh
| Maharashtra
| <br/>1961
| <br/>1962
|
|-
! (8)
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| Vishnu Sahay<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1962
| <br/>1968
|
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
|-
! 9
| 70px
| Braj Kumar Nehru<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1968
| <br/>1970
|
| Zakir Husain
|-
! 10
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| bgcolor="wheat"|
Parbati Kumar Goswami
| bgcolor="wheat"| Assam
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1970
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1971
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="3"| V. V. Giri
|-
! (9)
| 70px
| Braj Kumar Nehru<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1971
| <br/>1973
|
|-
! 11
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| Lallan Prasad Singh<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>1973
| <br/>1981
|
|-
! 12
| 70px
| Prakash Mehrotra<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1981
| <br/>1984
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| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
|-
! 13
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| bgcolor="wheat"|
Tribeni Sahai Misra
| bgcolor="wheat"| Uttar Pradesh
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1984
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1984
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| Zail Singh
|-
! 14
| 70px
| Bhishma Narain Singh<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>1984
| <br/>1989
|
|-
! 15
| 70px
| Hari Dev Joshi<br/>
| Rajasthan
| <br/>1989
| <br/>1989
|
| rowspan="4"| Ramaswamy Venkataraman
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 16
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
|
Anisetti Raghuvir
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1989
| <br/>1990
|
|-
! 17
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| Devi Das Thakur<br/>
| Jammu and Kashmir
| <br/>1990
| <br/>1991
|
|-
! 18
| 70px
| Lokanath Misra<br/>
| Orissa
| <br/>1991
| <br/>1997
|
|-
! 19
| 70px
| <br/>Srinivas Kumar Sinha <br/><br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>1997
| <br/>2003
|
| K. R. Narayanan
|-
! 20
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px
| bgcolor="wheat"| Arvind Dave
| bgcolor="wheat"| Uttar Pradesh
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2003
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2003
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
|-
! 21
| 70px
| <br/>Ajai Singh<br/><br/>
| Rajasthan
| <br/>2003
| <br/>2008
|
|-
! 22
| 70px
| Shiv Charan Mathur<br/>
| Rajasthan
| <br/>2008
| <br/>2009
|
| rowspan="4"| Pratibha Patil
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 23
| 70px
| Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
| Kerala
| <br/>2009
| <br/>2009
|
|-
! 24
| 70px
| Syed Sibtey Razi<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>2009
| <br/>2009
|
|-
! 25
| 70px
| Janaki Ballabh Patnaik<br/>
| Odisha
| <br/>2009
| <br/>2014
|
|-
! 26
| bgcolor="wheat"| 93x93px
| bgcolor="wheat"| Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
| bgcolor="wheat"| Karnataka
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2014
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2016
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| Pranab Mukherjee
|-
! 27
| 91x91px
| Banwarilal Purohit<br/>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>2016
| <br/>2017
|
|-
! 28
| 90x90px
| Jagdish Mukhi<br/>
| Delhi <small>(NCT)</small>
| <br/>2017
| <br/>2023
|
| Ram Nath Kovind
|-
! 29
| 86x86px
| Gulab Chand Kataria<br/>
| Rajasthan
| <br/>2023
| <br/>2024
|
| rowspan="2"| Droupadi Murmu
|-
! 30
| 88x88px
| Lakshman Prasad Acharya<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>2024
| Incumbent
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Timeline
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oath
Moi, [Name of the Governor], Ishwarar nameye shapath loisho je moi nishtharey [Name of the State] rajyar rajyapalar karyabhar palon korim (boba, rajyapalar karia nibah korim) aru mur xadhonamote sangbidhan aru ainor rakhya, khurakhya aru pratirakhya korim aru moi [Name of the State] rajyar janamonor kalyan aru xewat niorjit thakim."
References
- List of Governors from assamassembly.nic.in
- http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Assam
- http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm#Assam