List of governors of Bihar

Governor of Bihar
राज भवन, बिहार
Raj Bhavan, Bihar
Incumbent
Lalji Tandon
His Excellency the Governor of Bihar
since 23 August 2018
Style His Excellency
Residence Raj Bhavan, Bihar, Patna
Appointer President of India
Term length Five Years
Inaugural holder Sir James David Sifton
Formation 1 April 1936 (1936-04-01)
Website http://governor.bih.nic.in
Location of Bihar in India.

The Governor of Bihar is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Bihar. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. Lalji Tandon is the current governor of Bihar.[1][2] Zakir Hussain and Ram Nath Kovind were two such Governors of Bihar who went on to become the President of India.

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, and
  • Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.

In his ex-officio capacity, the Governor of Bihar is Chancellor of the universities of Bihar (at present 12) as per the Acts of the Universities.

Sir Hugh Dow and Sir Frederick Seaford - Dow was the last governor of Bihar under British Raj
Zakir Hussain (sitting) was 9th governor of Bihar and went on to become 3rd President of India
Ram Nath Kovind was 32nd Governor of Bihar who went on to become 14th President of India.

Governors of Bihar

# Name Entered office Left office
1 Sir James David Sifton 1 April 1936 10 March 1937
2 Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett 11 March 1937 15 May 1938
- Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart (acting) 15 May 1938 16 September 1938
(2) Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett 17 September 1938 5 August 1939
3 Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart 6 August 1939 2 February 1943
4 Sir Thomas George Rutherford 3 February 1943 6 September 1943
- Sir Francis Mudie (acting) 7 September 1943 23 April 1944
(4) Sir Thomas George Rutherford 24 April 1944 12 May 1946
5 Sir Hugh Dow 13 May 1946 14 August 1947
6 Jairamdas Daulatram 15 August 1947 11 January 1948
7 Madhav Shrihari Aney 12 January 1948 14 June 1952
8 R. R. Diwakar 15 June 1952 5 July 1957
9 Zakir Hussain 6 July 1957 11 May 1962
10 M. A. S. Ayyangar 12 May 1962 6 December 1967
11 Nityanand Kanungo 7 December 1967 20 January 1971
- Justice U.N. Sinha (acting) 21 January 1971 31 January 1971
12 Dev Kant Baruah 1 February 1971 4 February 1973
13 Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare 4 February 1973 15 June 1976
14 Jagannath Kaushal 16 June 1976 31 January 1979
- Justice K.B.N. Singh (acting) 31 January 1979 19 September 1979
15 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai 20 September 1979 15 March 1985
16 P. Venkatasubbaiah 15 March 1985 25 February 1988
17 Govind Narain Singh 26 February 1988 24 January 1989
- Justice Dipak Kumar Sen (acting) 24 January 1989 28 January 1989
18 R.D. Pradhan 29 January 1989 2 February 1989
19 Jagannath Pahadia 3 March 1989 2 February 1990
- Justice G.G. Sohoni (acting) 2 February 1990 16 February 1990
20 Mohammad Saleem 16 February 1990 13 February 1991
- B. Satyanarain Reddy (acting) 14 February 1991 18 March 1991
21 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi 19 March 1991 13 August 1993
(15) Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai 14 August 1993 26 April 1998
22 Sunder Singh Bhandari 27 April 1998 15 March 1999
- Justice B.M. Lall (acting) 15 March 1999 5 October 1999
- Surajbhan (acting) 6 October 1999 22 November 1999
23 V. C. Pande 23 November 1999 12 June 2003
24 M R Jois 12 June 2003 31 October 2004
- Ved Prakash Marwah (acting) 1 November 2004 4 November 2004
25 Buta Singh 5 November 2004 29 January 2006
26 Gopalkrishna Gandhi 31 January 2006 21 June 2006
27 R. S. Gavai 22 June 2006 9 July 2008
28 R. L. Bhatia 10 July 2008 28 June 2009
29 Devanand Konwar 29 June 2009 21 March 2013
30 D. Y. Patil 22 March 2013 26 November 2014
31 Keshari Nath Tripathi (Addl. charge) 27 November 2014 15 August 2015
32 Ram Nath Kovind 16 August 2015 20 June 2017[3]
(31) Keshari Nath Tripathi (Addl. charge) 20 June 2017[4] 29 September 2017
33 Satya Pal Malik 30 September 2017[5] 23 August 2018
34 Lalji Tandon 23 August 2018[6] Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ↑ "President Kovind Appoints 5 New Governors, Tamil Nadu Gets Its Own After A Year". NDTV.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Mohan, Archis (2018-08-21). "Satya Pal Malik new J&K Governor, Lalji Tandon takes his place in Bihar". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  3. ↑ "Profile of the President of India". presidentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  4. ↑ "Ram Nath Kovind resigns as Bihar Governor". The Hindu. PTI. 2017-06-20. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  5. ↑ "Who is Satya Pal Malik?". The Indian Express. 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  6. ↑ "Lalji Tandon sworn in as Bihar Governor". The Hindu. 23 August 2018.

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