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Governor of Assam
Emblem of Assam
since 30 July 2024
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhawan, Guwahati
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
Inaugural holderMuhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari (Independent India)
Nicholas Beatson-Bell (Pre-Independent India)
Formation3 January 1824; 201 years ago (1824-01-03)
Websitehttps://rajbhavan.assam.gov.in

This is a list of governors of Assam, and other offices of similar scope, from the start of British occupation of the area in 1824 during the First Anglo-Burmese War.

The governor of Assam is the nominal head of the Indian state of Assam. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The current governor is Lakshman Acharya.

Powers and functions

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See also: Governors 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
  • Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor

British military commanders in occupied Assam (1824–26)

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No. Name Portrait Took office Left office
1 George McMorine 1824 1824
2 Arthur Richards 1824 1826

Commissioners of Assam (1826–1905)

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On 24 February 1826, the Treaty of Yandaboo ceded portions of Assam from Burma to Britain.In 1826, Western Assam was incorporated into the province of Bengal, followed by the rest of Assam in 1833. A commissioner of Assam was appointed, subordinate to the governor of Bengal.Chief commissioners of Assam (1874–1905) In 1874, Assam was separated from the Bengal Presidency, and its status was upgraded to a chief commissioner's province.

No. Name Portrait Took office Left office
3 David Scott 1826 1831
4 Thomas Campbell Robertson 1831 1834
5 Francis Jenkins 1834 1861
6 Henry Hopkinson 1861 1874
7 Richard Harte Keatinge 1874 1878
8 Steuart Colvin Bayley 1878 1881
9 Charles Alfred Elliott 1881 1885
10 William Erskine Ward 1885 1887
11 Dennis Fitzpatrick (colonial administrator) 1887 1889
12 James Westland 1889 1889
13 James Wallace Quinton 1889 1891
14 William Erskine Ward 1891 1896
15 Henry John Stedman Cotton 1896 1902
16 Joseph Bampfylde Fuller 1902 1905

Lieutenant governors of East Bengal and Assam (1905–12)

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In 1905, Bengal was partitioned and East Bengal and Assam was formed, governed by a lieutenant governor.

No. Name Portrait Took office Left office Appointer
17 Sir Bampfylde Fuller 16 October 1905 20 August 1906 The Lord Curzon of Kedleston
18 Lancelot Hare 20 August 1906 1911 The Earl of Minto
19 Sir Charles Stuart Bayley 1911 21 March 1912 The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst

Governors of Assam since 1912

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No. Name Portrait Took office Left office
20 Archdale Earle 1912 3 January 1918
21 Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson-Bell 3 January 1918 3 April 1921
22 Sir William Sinclair Marris 3 April 1921 10 October 1922
23 John Henry Kerr 10 October 1922 28 June 1927
24 Egbert Laurie Lucas Hammond 28 June 1927 11 May 1932
25 Michael Keane 11 May 1932 4 March 1937
26 Robert Niel Reid 4 March 1937 24 February 1938
27 Henry Joseph Twynam 24 February 1938 4 October 1939
28 Robert Niel Reid 4 October 1939 4 May 1942
29 Andrew Gourlay Clow 4 May 1942 4 April 1946
30 Frederick Chalmers Bourne 4 April 1946 4 September 1946
31 Henry Foley Knight 4 September 1946 23 December 1946
32 Andrew Gourlay Clow 23 December 1946 4 May 1947
33 Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari 4 May 1947 15 Aug 1947
(33) Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari 15 Aug 1947 29 Dec 1948
34 Ronald Francis Lodge 30 December 1948 15 February 1949
35 Sri Prakasa 16 Feb 1949 26 May 1950
36 Jairamdas Daulatram 27 May 1950 14 May 1956
37 Saiyid Fazal Ali 15 May 1956 22 August 1959
38 Chandreswar Prasad Sinha 23 August 1959 13 October 1959
39 Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh 14 October 1959 12 November 1960
40 Vishnu Sahay 13 November 1960 12 February 1961
41 Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh 13 February 1961 7 September 1962
42 Vishnu Sahay 8 September 1962 16 April 1968
43 Braj Kumar Nehru 17 April 1968 7 December 1970
44 Parbati Kumar Goswami
8 December 1970 4 January 1971
45 Braj Kumar Nehru 5 January 1971 18 September 1973
46 Lallan Prasad Singh 19 September 1973 11 August 1981
47 Prakash Mehrotra 12 August 1981 28 March 1984
48 Tribeni Sahai Misra 29 March 1984 15 April 1984
49 Bhishma Narain Singh 16 April 1984 11 May 1989
50 Harideo Joshi 12 May 1989 26 July 1989
51 Anisetti Raghuvir 27 July 1989 1 May 1990
52 Devi Das Thakur 2 May 1990 16 March 1991
53 Loknath Mishra 17 March 1991 31 August 1997
54 Srinivas Kumar Sinha 1 September 1997 20 April 2003
55 Arvind Dave 21 April 2003 4 June 2003
56 Ajai Singh 5 June 2003 3 July 2008
57 Shiv Charan Mathur 4 July 2008 25 June 2009
58 K Sankaranarayanan 26 June 2009 26 July 2009
59 Syed Sibtey Razi 27 July 2009 10 December 2009
60 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik 11 November 2009 11 December 2014
61 Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya 12 December 2014 [1] 21 August 2016
62 Banwarilal Purohit 22 August 2016 [2] 9 October 2017
63 Jagdish Mukhi 10 October 2017[3] 14 February 2023
64 Gulab Chand Kataria 22 February 2023 29 July 2024
65 Lakshman Prasad Acharya 30 July 2024 Incumbent

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "P B Acharya to assume additional charge as Assam Governor". The Indian Express. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Najma Heptulla, Mukhi appointed Governors". Business Standard India. 17 August 2016.
  3. ^ The Times of India (30 September 2017). "New governors appointed: All you need to know". Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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