List of governors of Bihar explained

Post:Governor of Bihar
Insignia:Seal of Bihar.svg
Insigniasize:150px
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Bihar
Incumbent:Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
Incumbentsince:12 Feb 2023
Style:His Excellency
Residence:Raj Bhavan, Patna, Bihar
Termlength:Five Years
Appointer:President of 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. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar is the current governor of Bihar.[1] [2] Former President Zakir Husain and Ram Nath Kovind were two such governors of Bihar who succeeded on to become the president of India.

Powers and functions

The governor has:

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.

Governors of Bihar

! #! Name!Portrait! Entered office! Left office! Duration
Before Independence
1Sir James David Sifton1 April 193610 March 1937
2Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett11 March 193715 May 1938
Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart (acting)15 May 193816 September 1938
(2)Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett17 September 19385 August 1939
3Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart6 August 19392 February 1943
4Sir Thomas George Rutherford3 February 19436 September 1943
Sir Francis Mudie (acting)7 September 194323 April 1944
(4)Sir Thomas George Rutherford24 April 194412 May 1946
5Sir Hugh Dow13 May 194614 August 1947
After Independence
1Jairamdas Daulatram15 August 194711 January 1948
2Madhav Shrihari Aney12 January 194814 June 1952
3R. R. Diwakar15 June 19525 July 1957
4Zakir Husain6 July 195711 May 1962
5M. A. Ayyangar12 May 19626 December 1967
6Nityanand Kanungo7 December 196720 January 1971
Justice U.N. Sinha (acting)21 January 197131 January 1971
7Dev Kant Baruah1 February 19714 February 1973
8Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare4 February 197315 June 1976
9Jagannath Kaushal16 June 197631 January 1979
Justice K.B.N. Singh (acting)31 January 197919 September 1979
10Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai20 September 197915 March 1985
11P. Venkatasubbaiah15 March 198525 February 1988
12Govind Narain Singh26 February 198824 January 1989
Justice Dipak Kumar Sen (acting)24 January 198928 January 1989
13R.D. Pradhan29 January 19892 February 1989
14Jagannath Pahadia3 March 19892 February 1990
Justice G.G. Sohoni (acting)2 February 199016 February 1990
15Mohammad Saleem16 February 199013 February 1991
B. Satya Narayan Reddy (acting)14 February 199118 March 1991
16Mohammad Shafi Qureshi19 March 199113 August 1993
(10)Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai14 August 199326 April 1998
17Sunder Singh Bhandari27 April 199815 March 1999
Justice B.M. Lall (acting)15 March 19995 October 1999
Suraj Bhan (additional charge)6 October 199922 November 1999
18V. C. Pande23 November 199912 June 2003
19M R Jois12 June 200331 October 2004
Ved Prakash Marwah (acting)1 November 20044 November 2004
20Buta Singh5 November 200429 January 2006
-Gopalkrishna Gandhi (additional charge)31 January 200621 June 2006
21R. S. Gavai22 June 20069 July 2008
22R. L. Bhatia10 July 200828 June 2009
23Devanand Konwar29 June 200921 March 2013
24D. Y. Patil22 March 201326 November 2014
Keshari Nath Tripathi (additional charge)27 November 201415 August 2015
25Ram Nath Kovind16 August 201520 June 2017[3]
Keshari Nath Tripathi (additional charge)20 June 2017[4] 29 September 2017
26Satya Pal Malik30 September 2017[5] 23 August 2018
27Lalji Tandon23 August 2018[6] 28 July 2019
28Phagu Chauhan29 July 201913 February 2023
29Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar14 February 2023Incumbent

See also

External links

Notes and References

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