List of governors of Bihar explained

Post:Governor of Bihar
Insignia:Seal of Bihar.svg
Insigniasize:120
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Bihar
Incumbent:Arif Mohammad Khan
Incumbentsince:2 January 2025
Style:His Excellency
Residence:Raj Bhavan, Patna, Bihar
Termlength:At the pleasure of the President
Appointer:President of India

The governor of Bihar is the nominal head of the Indian state of Bihar. The governor is appointed by the president of India. Arif Mohammad Khan 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

Key
bgcolor=wheatindicates that this was an additional charge or acting
! #! Name!Portrait! Entered office! Left office! Duration! Home State ! Appointed by
Before Independence
1.Sir James David Sifton1 April 193610 March 1937United KingdomFreeman Thomas
2.Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett 11 March 193715 May 1938Victor Hope
bgcolor=wheat–bgcolor=wheatSir Thomas Alexander Stewartbgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat15 May 1938bgcolor=wheat16 September 1938bgcolor=wheat
(2).Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett17 September 19385 August 1939
3.Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart6 August 19392 February 1943
4.Sir Thomas George Rutherford3 February 19436 September 1943
bgcolor=wheat–bgcolor=wheatSir Francis Mudiebgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat7 September 1943bgcolor=wheat23 April 1944bgcolor=wheat
(4).Sir Thomas George Rutherford24 April 194412 May 1946Viscount Wavell
5.Sir Hugh Dow13 May 194614 August 1947
After Independence
1.Jairamdas Daulatram15 August 194711 January 1948British IndiaLord Mountbatten
2.Madhav Shrihari Aney12 January 194814 June 1952Maharashtra
3.R. R. Diwakar15 June 19525 July 1957KarnatakaRajendra Prasad
4.Zakir Husain6 July 195711 May 1962Andhra Pradesh
5.M. A. Ayyangar12 May 19626 December 1967
6.Nityanand Kanungo7 December 196720 January 1971OdishaZakir Husain
bgcolor=wheat–bgcolor=wheatJustice U.N. Sinhabgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat21 January 1971bgcolor=wheat31 January 1971bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatNot Known V. V. Giri
7.Dev Kant Baruah1 February 19714 February 1973Assam
8.Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare4 February 197315 June 1976Maharashtra
9.Jagannath Kaushal16 June 197631 January 1979PunjabFakhruddin Ali Ahmed
bgcolor=wheat–bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat31 January 1979bgcolor=wheat19 September 1979bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatNot Known Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
10.Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai20 September 197915 March 1985Uttar Pradesh
11.P. Venkatasubbaiah15 March 198525 February 1988Andhra PradeshZail Singh
12.Govind Narain Singh26 February 198824 January 1989Madhya PradeshR. Venkataraman
bgcolor=wheat–bgcolor=wheatJustice Dipak Kumar Senbgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat24 January 1989bgcolor=wheat28 January 1989bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatNot Known
13.R.D. Pradhan29 January 19892 February 1989Maharashtra
14.Jagannath Pahadia3 March 19892 February 1990Rajasthan
bgcolor=wheat–bgcolor=wheatJustice G.G. Sohonibgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat2 February 1990bgcolor=wheat16 February 1990bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatNot Known
15.Mohammad Saleem16 February 199013 February 1991Uttar Pradesh
bgcolor=wheat–bgcolor=wheatB. Satya Narayan Reddybgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat14 February 1991bgcolor=wheat18 March 1991bgcolor=wheatAndhra Pradesh
16.Mohammad Shafi Qureshi19 March 199113 August 1993Jammu and Kashmir
(10).Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai14 August 199326 April 1998Uttar PradeshShankar Dayal Sharma
17.Sunder Singh Bhandari27 April 199815 March 1999RajasthanK. R. Narayan
bgcolor=wheat–bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat15 March 1999bgcolor=wheat5 October 1999bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatNot Known
bgcolor=wheat—bgcolor=wheatSuraj Bhanbgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat6 October 1999bgcolor=wheat22 November 1999bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatHaryana
18.V. C. Pande23 November 199912 June 2003Jammu and Kashmir
19.M. R. Jois12 June 200331 October 2004Not Known A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
bgcolor=wheat–bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat1 November 2004bgcolor=wheat4 November 2004bgcolor=wheat
20.Buta Singh5 November 200429 January 2006Rajasthan
bgcolor=wheat-bgcolor=wheatGopalkrishna Gandhi mbgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat31 January 2006bgcolor=wheat21 June 2006bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatDelhi
21.R. S. Gavai22 June 20069 July 2008Maharashtra
22.R. L. Bhatia10 July 200828 June 2009PunjabPratibha Patil
23.Devanand Konwar29 June 200921 March 2013Assam
24.D. Y. Patil22 March 201326 November 2014MaharashtraPranab Mukherjee
bgcolor=wheat—bgcolor=wheatKeshari Nath Tripathibgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat27 November 2014bgcolor=wheat15 August 2015bgcolor=wheatUttar Pradesh
25.Ram Nath Kovind16 August 201520 June 2017[3]
bgcolor=wheat—bgcolor=wheatKeshari Nath Tripathibgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat20 June 2017[4] bgcolor=wheat29 September 2017bgcolor=wheat
26.Satya Pal Malik30 September 2017[5] 23 August 2018Ramnath Kovind
27.Lalji Tandon23 August 2018[6] 28 July 2019
28.Phagu Chauhan29 July 201913 February 2023
29.Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar14 February 20231 January 2025GoaDraupadi Murmu
30.Arif Mohammad Khan2 January 2025IncumbentUttar Pradesh

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.

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