List of Governors of Nagaland
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The state of Nagaland is on the border with Burma.
This is a list of the Governors of Nagaland, a state in northeast India. Padmanabha Balkrishna Acharya has been appointed as the next Governor of the state.[1]
Powers and functions
The Governor enjoys many different types of powers:
- 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.
Governors of Nagaland
# |
Name |
Took Office |
Left Office |
1 |
Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd.) |
1 December 1963 |
16 April 1968 |
2 |
B.K. Nehru, ICS (Retd.) |
17 April 1968 |
18 September 1973 |
3 |
L.P. Singh, ICS (Retd.) |
19 September 1973 |
9 August 1981 |
4 |
S. M. H. Burney, IAS (Retd.) |
10 August 1981 |
12 June 1984 |
5 |
Gen.(Retd.) K. V. Krishna Rao, PVSM. |
13 June 1984 |
19 July 1989 |
6 |
Dr. Gopal Singh |
20 July 1989 |
3 May 1990 |
7 |
Dr. M.M. Thomas |
9 May 1990 |
12 April 1992 |
8 |
Loknath Mishra |
13 April 1992 |
1 October 1993 |
9 |
Lt. Gen.(Retd.)V.K. Nayyar PVSM, SM |
2 October 1993 |
4 August 1994 |
10 |
O.N. Shrivastava, IPS (Retd) |
5 August 1994 |
11 November 1996 |
11 |
Om Prakash Sharma, IPS (Retd.) |
12 November 1996 |
27 January 2002 |
12 |
Shyamal Datta, IPS (Retd.) |
28 January 2002 |
2 February 2007 |
13 |
K. Wilson |
3 February 2007 |
4 February 2007 |
14 |
K. Sankaranarayanan |
4 February 2007 |
28 July 2009 |
15 |
Gurbachan Jagat, IPS (Retd.) |
28 July 2009 |
14 Oct 2009 |
16 |
Nikhil Kumar, IPS (Retd.) |
15 Oct 2009 |
20 March 2013 |
17 |
Ashwani Kumar |
21 March 2013 |
27 June 2014 |
18 |
Padmanabha Acharya |
14 July 2014 |
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See also
Notes and references
External links
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