List of governors of Bihar
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. Keshari Nath Tripathi is the governor of Bihar.
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, and
- Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.
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. sandhir
Governors of Bihar
# | Name | Entered office | Left office |
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1 | Sir James Sifton | 1 April 1936 | 11 March 1937 |
2 | Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett | 11 March 1937 | 5 August 1939 |
3 | Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart | 5 August 1939 | 9 January 1943 |
4 | Sir Thomas George Rutherford | 9 January 1943 | March 1943 |
5 | Sir Francis Mudie (acting) | March 1943 | 1944 |
6 | Sir Thomas George Rutherford | 1944 | 13 May 1946 |
7 | Sir Hugh Dow | 13 May 1946 | 15 August 1947 |
8 | Jairamdas Daulatram | 15 August 1947 | 11 January 1948 |
9 | Madhav Shrihari Aney | 12 January 1948 | 14 June 1952 |
10 | R. R. Diwakar | 15 June 1952 | 5 July 1957 |
11 | Zakir Hussain | 6 July 1957 | 11 May 1962 |
12 | M. A. S. Ayyangar | 12 May 1962 | 6 December 1967 |
13 | Nityanand Kanungo | 7 December 1967 | 20 January 1971 |
14 | Dev Kant Baruah | 1 February 1971 | 4 February 1973 |
15 | Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare | 4 February 1973 | 15 June 1976 |
16 | Jagannath Kaushal | 16 June 1976 | 31 January 1979 |
17 | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | 20 September 1979 | 15 March 1985 |
18 | P. Venkatasubbaiah | 15 March 1985 | 25 February 1988 |
19 | Govind Narain Singh | 26 February 1988 | 24 January 1989 |
20 | R.D. Pradhan | 29 January 1989 | 2 February 1989 |
21 | Jagannath Pahadia | 3 March 1989 | 2 February 1990 |
22 | Mohammad Saleem | 16 February 1990 | 13 February 1991 |
23 | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | 19 March 1991 | 13 August 1993 |
24 | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | 14 August 1993 | 26 April 1998 |
25 | Sunder Singh Bhandari | 27 April 1998 | 15 March 1999 |
26 | V. C. Pande | 23 November 1999 | 12 June 2003 |
27 | M R Jois | 12 June 2003 | 31 October 2004 |
28 | Buta Singh | 5 November 2004 | 29 January 2006 |
29 | Gopalkrishna Gandhi | 31 January 2006 | 21 June 2006 |
30 | R. S. Gavai | 22 June 2006 | 10 July 2008 |
31 | R. L. Bhatia | 10 July 2008 | 28 June 2009 |
32 | Devanand Konwar | 29 June 2009 | 21 March 2012 |
33 | D. Y. Patil | 22 March 2012 | 26 November 2014 |
34 | Keshari Nath Tripathi | 27 November 2014 | 15 August 2015 |
35 | Ram Nath Kovind | 16 August 2015 | 20 June 2017 [1] |
(34) | Keshari Nath Tripathi | 20 June 2017 | Incumbent |
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