List of governors of Tripura
Appearance
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Governor of Tripura | |
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since 26 October 2023 | |
Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan; Agartala |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | 5 Years |
Formation | rajbhavan |
This is a list of the governors of Tripura, a state in northeast India, since its inception as a state on 21 January 1972.[1]
Powers and functions
[edit]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.
Governors of Tripura
[edit]No | Name | Image | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
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1. | B. K. Nehru | 21 January 1972 | 22 September 1973 | 1 year, 244 days | Uttar Pradesh | V. V. Giri | |
2. | L. P. Singh | 23 September 1973 | 13 August 1981 | 7 years, 324 days | Bihar | ||
3. | S. M. H. Burney | 14 August 1981 | 13 June 1984 | 2 years, 304 days | Uttar Pradesh | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy | |
4. | K. V. Krishna Rao | 14 June 1984 | 11 July 1989 | 5 years, 27 days | Andhra Pradesh | Zail Singh | |
5. | Sultan Singh | 12 July 1989 | 11 February 1990 | 337 days | Punjab | R. Venkataraman | |
6. | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy | 12 February 1990 | 14 August 1993 | 3 years, 183 days | Andhra Pradesh | ||
7. | Romesh Bhandari | 15 August 1993 | 15 June 1995 | 1 year, 304 days | Delhi | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
8. | Siddheshwar Prasad | 16 June 1995 | 22 June 2000 | 5 years, 6 days | Bihar | ||
9. | Krishna Mohan Seth | 23 June 2000 | 31 May 2003 | 2 years, 342 days | Uttar Pradesh | K. R. Narayan | |
10. | Dinesh Nandan Sahay | 2 June 2003 | 14 October 2009 | 6 years, 134 days | Bihar | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
11. | Kamla Beniwal | 15 October 2009 | 26 November 2009 | 42 days | Rajasthan | Pratibha Patil | |
12. | Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil | 27 November 2009 | 21 March 2013 | 3 years, 114 days | Maharashtra | ||
13. | Devanand Konwar | 25 March 2013 | 29 June 2014 | 1 year, 96 days | Assam | Pranab Mukherjee | |
14. | Vakkom Purushothaman | 30 June 2014 | 14 July 2014 | 14 days | Kerala | ||
15. | Padmanabha Acharya | 21 July 2014 | 19 May 2015 | 302 days | Karnataka | ||
16. | Tathagata Roy | 20 May 2015[2] | 25 August 2018 | 3 years, 97 days | West Bengal | ||
17. | Kaptan Singh Solanki | 25 August 2018[3] | 28 July 2019 | 337 days | Madhya Pradesh | Ramnath Kovind | |
18. | Ramesh Bais | 29 July 2019 | 13 July 2021 | 1 year, 349 days | Chhattisgarh | ||
19. | Satyadev Narayan Arya | 14 July 2021 | 25 October 2023 | 2 years, 103 days | Bihar | ||
20. | Nallu Indrasena Reddy | 26 October 2023[4] | Incumbent | 1 year, 1 day | Telangana | Draupadi Murmu |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tripura - Governors". tripura.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ Ali, Syed Sajjad (20 May 2015). "Tathagata Roy to take charge as Tripura Governor". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ "Solanki becomes new Tripura Guv". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 25 August 2018.
- ^ "Indra Sena Reddy Nallu takes oath as Tripura Governor". The Hindu. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.