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upright|thumb|The state of Tripura is surrounded by eastern Bangladesh.
This is a list of the governors of Tripura, a state in northeast India, since its inception as a state on 21 January 1972.
Powers and functions
The governor enjoys many different types of powers:
- 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.
List
;Legend
- Died in office
- Transferred
- Resigned/removed
;Color key
- indicates acting/additional charge
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! 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"| Term length
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! 1
| 70px
| Braj Kumar Nehru<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1972
| <br/>1973
|
| rowspan="2"| V. V. Giri
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! 2
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| Lallan Prasad Singh<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>1973
| <br/>1981
|
|-
! 3
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| S. M. H. Burney<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1981
| <br/>1984
|
| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
|-
! 4
| 70px
| <br/>K. V. Krishna Rao <br/><br/>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1984
| <br/>1989
|
| Zail Singh
|-
! 5
| 70px
| Sultan Singh<br/>
| Haryana
| <br/>1989
| <br/>1990
|
| rowspan="2"| Ramaswamy Venkataraman
|-
! 6
| 70px
| K. V. Raghunatha Reddy<br/>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1990
| <br/>1993
|
|-
! 7
| 70px
| Romesh Bhandari<br/>
| Punjab
| <br/>1993
| <br/>1995
|
| rowspan="2"| Shankar Dayal Sharma
|-
! 8
| 70px
| Siddheshwar Prasad<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>1995
| <br/>2000
|
|-
! 9
| 70px
| <br>Krishna Mohan Seth <br><br>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>2000
| <br/>2003
|
| K. R. Narayanan
|-
! 10
| 70px
| Dinesh Nandan Sahay<br>
| Bihar
| <br/>2003
| <br/>2009
|
| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
|-
! 11
| 70px
| Kamla Beniwal<br/>
| Rajasthan
| <br/>2009
| <br/>2009
|
| rowspan="2"| Pratibha Patil
|-
! 12
| 70px
| D. Y. Patil<br/>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>2009
| <br/>2013
|
|-
! 13
| 70px
| Devanand Konwar<br/>
| Assam
| <br/>2013
| <br/>2014
|
| rowspan="6"| Pranab Mukherjee
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 13
| 70px
| Vakkom Purushothaman<br/> <br/><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| Kerala
| <br/>2014
| <br/>2014
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 14
| 70px
| Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya<br/><br/><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| Karnataka
| <br/>2014
| <br/>2015
|
|-
! 15
| 88x88px
| Tathagata Roy<br/>
| West Bengal
| <br/>2015
| <small>30 September</small>
2015
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
!16
| 105x105px
| Keshari Nath Tripathi
<small>(1934- 2023) (Acting)</small>
|Uttar Pradesh
|<small>30 September</small>
2015
|<small>20 November</small>
2015
|
|-
!(15)
| 88x88px
|Tathagata Roy
<small>(born 1945)</small>
|West Bengal
|<small>20 November</small>
2015
|<small>15 June</small>
2018
|
|-
!(16)
|bgcolor="wheat"|105x105px
|bgcolor="wheat"|Keshari Nath Tripathi
<small>(1934- 2023)(Acting)</small>
|bgcolor="wheat"|Uttar Pradesh
|bgcolor="wheat"|<small>15 June</small>
2018
|bgcolor="wheat"|<small>25 August</small>
2018
|bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="4"| Ram Nath Kovind
|-
! 17
| 94x94px
| Kaptan Singh Solanki<br />
| Madhya Pradesh
| <br />2018
| <br />2019
|
|-
! 18
| 93x93px
| Ramesh Bais<br />
| Chhattisgarh
| <br />2019
| <br />2021
|
|-
! 19
| 70px
| Satyadev Narayan Arya<br />
| Bihar
| <br />2021
| <br />2023
|
|-
! 20
| 70px
| N. Indrasena Reddy<br />
| Telangana
| <br />2023
| Incumbent
|
| Droupadi Murmu
|-
|}
Oath
“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 Tripura 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 Tripura.”Ami, [Apnar Naam], Ishwarer naame shapath korchhi je, ami faithful bhabe [State-er Naam]-er Governor-er office execute korbo (othoba Governor-er shob functions discharge korbo) ebong ami amar best ability diye Constitution ar law-ke preserve, protect, ar defend korbo. Ami nijeke [State-er Naam]-er manushder service ar well-being-er jonne devote korbo."
See also
- Tripura
- Governors of India