This is a list of governors of Assam. 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
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 List of governors Legend Died in office Transferred Resigned/removed
Color key indicates acting/additional charge
# Portrait Name(borndied) Home state Tenure in office Appointer(President) From To Time in office 1 Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari Hyderabad 1947 1948 Lord Mountbatten 2 Sir Ronald Francis Lodge 1948 1949 C. Rajagopalachari 3 Sri Prakasa Uttar Pradesh 1949 1950 4 Jairamdas Daulatram Maharashtra 1950 1956 Rajendra Prasad 5 Saiyid Fazl Ali Bihar 1956 1959 6 Chandreswar Prasad Sinha Bihar 1959 1959 7 S. M. Shrinagesh Maharashtra 1959 1960 8 Vishnu Sahay Uttar Pradesh 1960 1961 (7) S. M. Shrinagesh Maharashtra 1961 1962 (8) Vishnu Sahay Uttar Pradesh 1962 1968 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 9 Braj Kumar Nehru Uttar Pradesh 1968 1970 Zakir Husain 10 Parbati Kumar Goswami Assam 1970 1971 V. V. Giri (9) Braj Kumar Nehru Uttar Pradesh 1971 1973 11 Lallan Prasad Singh Bihar 1973 1981 12 Prakash Mehrotra Uttar Pradesh 1981 1984 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 13 Tribeni Sahai Misra Uttar Pradesh 1984 1984 Zail Singh 14 Bhishma Narain Singh Bihar 1984 1989 15 Hari Dev Joshi Rajasthan 1989 1989 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 16 Anisetti Raghuvir Andhra Pradesh 1989 1990 17 Devi Das Thakur Jammu and Kashmir 1990 1991 18 Lokanath Misra Orissa 1991 1997 19 Srinivas Kumar Sinha Bihar 1997 2003 K. R. Narayanan 20 Arvind Dave Uttar Pradesh 2003 2003 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 21 Ajai Singh Rajasthan 2003 2008 22 Shiv Charan Mathur Rajasthan 2008 2009 Pratibha Patil 23 Kateekal Sankaranarayanan Kerala 2009 2009 24 Syed Sibtey Razi Uttar Pradesh 2009 2009 25 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Odisha 2009 2014 26 Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya Karnataka 2014 2016 Pranab Mukherjee 27 Banwarilal Purohit Maharashtra 2016 2017 28 Jagdish Mukhi Delhi (NCT) 2017 2023 Ram Nath Kovind 29 Gulab Chand Kataria Rajasthan 2023 2024 Droupadi Murmu 30 Lakshman Prasad Acharya Uttar Pradesh 2024 Incumbent
Timeline Timeline of Assam governors oath Moi, [Name of the Governor], Ishwarar nameye shapath loisho je moi nishtharey [Name of the State] rajyar rajyapalar karyabhar palon korim (boba, rajyapalar karia nibah korim) aru mur xadhonamote sangbidhan aru ainor rakhya, khurakhya aru pratirakhya korim aru moi [Name of the State] rajyar janamonor kalyan aru xewat niorjit thakim."
References
List of Governors from assamassembly.nic.in http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Assam http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm#Assam