List of governors of Meghalaya
Governor of Meghalaya | |
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Incumbent Tathagata Roy since 25 August 2018 | |
Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan; Shillong |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | Five Years |
Inaugural holder | Braj Kumar Nehru |
Formation | 15 August 1947 (1947-08-15) |
Website | http://meggovernor.gov.in |
This is a list of the Governors of Meghalaya state in northeastern India. Meghalaya became an autonomous state within Assam on 1 April 1970 and a separate state on 21 January 1972.[1]
# | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
1 | Braj Kumar Nehru | 1 April 1970 | 18 September 1973 |
2 | Lallan Prasad Singh | 19 September 1973 | 10 August 1981 |
3 | Prakash Chandra Mehrotra | 11 August 1981 | 28 March 1984 |
4 | Tribeni Sahai Misra | 29 March 1984 | 15 April 1984 |
5 | Bhishma Narain Singh | 16 April 1984 | 10 May 1989 |
6 | Harideo Joshi | 11 May 1989 | 26 July 1989 |
7 | Abubakar Abdul Rahim | 27 July 1989 | 8 May 1990 |
8 | Madhukar Dighe | 9 May 1990 | 18 June 1995 |
9 | M. M. Jacob | 19 June 1995 | 11 April 2007 |
10 | Banwari Lal Joshi | 12 April 2007 | 28 October 2007 |
11 | Shivinder Singh Sidhu | 29 October 2007 | 30 June 2008 |
12 | Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary | 1 July 2008 | 30 June 2013 |
13 | Krishan Kant Paul | 1 July 2013 | 6 January 2015 |
14 | Keshari Nath Tripathi | 6 January 2015[2] | 19 May 2015 |
15 | V. Shanmuganathan | 20 May 2015[3] | 27 January 2017 (Resigned) [4] |
16 | Banwarilal Purohit[5] | 27 January 2017 | 5 October 2017 |
17 | Ganga Prasad | 5 October 2017[6] | 25 August 2018 |
18 | Tathagata Roy | 25 August 2018[7] |
See also
- Meghalaya
- Governors of India
References
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^ "Tripathi sworn in Meghalaya Governor". The Hindu. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
^ "Shanmuganthan to be sworn-in as new Governor of Meghalaya". Business Starndard. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ "President Pranab Mukherjee accepts V Shanmuganathan's resignation - Times of India". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
^ "President accepts Shanmuganathan resignation, appoints Banwarilal Purohit as Gov of Meghalaya". indianexpress.com. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
^ "Ganga Prasad sworn in as Meghalaya Governor". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 5 October 2017.
^ Lyngdoh, Rining. "Roy sworn in as Meghalaya governor". The Telegraph.
- States of India since 1947
External links
- Name of the Governors/Chief Ministers and Chain of Events in Meghalaya