Governors of Assam

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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 5 years. H.E. Ajai Singh is the current governor (assumed charge of office on June 5, 2003).

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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.

See also: Powers and functions of the Governer


# Name Took Office Left Office
1 Henry Joseph Tuynam 24th Feb 1938 4th Oct 1939
2 Robert Niel Reid. 5th Oct 1939 3rd May 1942
3 Andrew Gourlay Clow 4th May 1942
4 Rederik Chalmers Bourne 4th April 1946
5 Henry Foley Knight 4th Sept 1946 23rd Dec 1946
6 Andrew Gourlay Clow 24th Dec 1946 3rd May 1947
7 Akbar Hydari 4th May 1947 28th Dec 1948
8 Ronald Francis Lodge 30th Dec 1948 15th Feb 1949
9 Sri Prakasa 16th Feb 1949 26th May 1950
10 Jairam Das Daulatram 27th May 1950 14th May 1956
11 Saiyid Fazal Ali 15th May 1956 22nd August 1959
12 Chandreswar Prasad Sinha 23rd August 1959 13th Oct 1959
13 Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh 14th Oct 1959 12th Nov 1960
14 Vishnu Sahay 12th Nov 1960 12th Jan 1961
15 Satyavant Mallannath Shrinagesh 13th Jan 1961 7th Sep 1962
16 Vishnu Sahay 7th Sept 1962 16th April 1968
17 B.K. Nehru 17th April 1968 7th Dec 1970
18 P.K. Goswami 8th Dec 1970 4th Jan 1971
19 B.K. Nehru 5th Jan 1971 18th Sept 1973
20 L.P. Singh 19th Sept 1973 10th August 1981
21 P. Mehrotra 10th August 1981 27th March 1984
22 T.S. Misra 28th March 1984 15th April 1984
23 B. N. Singh 15th April 1984 10th May 1989
24 Harideo Joshi 10th May 1989 21st July 1989
25 Anisetti Roghuvir 21st July 1989 2nd May 1990
26 D. D. Thakur 2nd May 1990 17th March 1991
27 Lok Nath Misra 17th March 1991 1st Sept 1997
28 S.K. Sinha 1st Sept 1997 4th June 2003
29 Ajai Singh 5th June 2003 present


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