List of governors of Meghalaya
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The position of the governor of Meghalaya came into existence following the creation of the state in January 1972 as a result of the bifurcation of Assam. The first governor was Braj Kumar Nehru, then governor of Assam who held the additional charge of the governor of the newly created state of Meghalaya from 21 January 1972 until his transfer on 19 September 1973. From 1972 until 1989, the Governor of Assam held the additional charge of the Governor of Meghalaya. The first full-time governor of the state was A. A. Rahim who served from 27 July 1989 until 8 May 1990.
The current governor is Phagu Chauhan who has been in office since 18 February 2023 and had previously served as the governor of Bihar. The longest-serving governor of the state is M. M. Jacob who served for Template:Ayd from 19 June 1995 until retiring on 11 April 2007. There are 27 governors.
History
The position of the Governor of Meghalaya came into existence after the creation of Meghalaya as in independent state on 21 January 1972. The inaugural holder of the office was Braj Kumar Nehru, the Governor of Assam who held the charge of the Governor of Meghalaya until his transfer in September 1973. His successors in Assam, namely Lallan Prasad Singh, Prakash Mehrotra, Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra (Acting), Bhishma Narain Singh and Harideo Joshi concurrently held the additional charge of the Governor of Meghalaya. The first full-time governor was appointed in July 1989 with A. A. Rahim who served until May 1990. Since then, Meghalaya has had all full-time governors, except for few occasions.
Following the retirement of M. M. Jacob, the state's longest serving governor in 2007, then Manipur Governor Shivinder Singh Sidhu held the additional charge as the state's governor from 29 October 2007 until the appointment of Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary on 30 June 2008. West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi held the additional charge of the governorship from 6 January 2015 until 19 May 2015 after then governor Krishan Kant Paul was appointed as Governor of Uttarakhand. Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit held the additional charge of the state's governor from 27 January 2017 till 5 October 2017 after the resignation of V. Shanmuganathan, while Arunachal Governor B. D. Mishra held the charge of the state's governorship from 4 October 2022 till 13 February 2023 following the retirement of Satyapal Malik.
Powers and functions
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- 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.
Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Meghalaya also the Chief Rector of the North Eastern Hill University, the sole central university in the state.
Governors
This is a list of the governors of Meghalaya state in northeastern India. Meghalaya became an autonomous state within Assam on 1 April 1970 and a separate state on 21 January 1972.[1]
| No. | Name (bornTemplate:Spaced ndashdied) |
Portrait | Tenure in office | Immediate prior position held | |
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| 43 | Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd.) Governor of Assam (1909Template:Ndash2001)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
File:Braj Kumar Nehru with Kennedy (cropped).jpg | 1968 | 18 September 1973 |
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| 44 | Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd.) Governor of Assam (1912Template:Ndash1998)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 September 1973 |
10 August 1981 |
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| 45 | Prakash Mehrotra Governor of Assam (1925Template:Ndash1988)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
File:Prakash Mehrotra.jpg | 11 August 1981 |
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| 46 | JusticeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Tribeni Sahai Misra Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court & Acting Governor of Assam (1922Template:Ndash2005)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Acting) |
29 March 1984 |
15 April 1984 |
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| 47 | Bhishma Narain Singh Governor of Assam (1933Template:Ndash2018)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
16 April 1984 |
10 May 1989 |
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| 48 | Harideo Joshi Governor of Assam (1920Template:Ndash1995)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
File:Haridev Joshi.jpg | 11 May 1989 |
21 July 1989 |
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| 49 | A. A. Rahim (1920Template:Ndash1995)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
File:A.A.Rahim(inc).jpg | 27 July 1989 |
8 May 1990 |
Union Minister of State for External Affairs (until 1984)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 50 | Madhukar Dighe (1920Template:Ndash2014)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9 May 1990 |
18 June 1995 |
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| 51 | M. M. Jacob (1926Template:Ndash2018)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
File:M.M. Jacob photo.jpg | 19 June 1995 |
11 April 2007 |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
| 52 | Banwari Lal Joshi IPS (Retd.) (1936Template:Ndash2017)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
File:Banwari Lal Joshi.jpg | 12 April 2007 |
28 October 2007 |
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi |
| 53 | Shivinder Singh Sidhu IAS (Retd.) Governor of Manipur (1929Template:Ndash2018)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Additional Charge) |
File:Shivinder Singh Sidhu.jpg | 29 October 2007 |
30 June 2008 |
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| 54 | Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary IPS (Retd.) (born 1947)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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30 June 2013 |
Chief Information Commissioner, Assam |
| 55 | Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd.) (born 1948)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
File:Governor of Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul (cropped).jpg | 1 July 2013 |
6 January 2015 |
Member, Union Public Service Commission |
| 56 | Keshari Nath Tripathi Governor of West Bengal (1934Template:Ndash2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Additional Charge) |
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19 May 2015 |
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| 57 | V. Shanmuganathan (born 1949)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
File:The Governor-designate of Meghalaya, Shri V. Shanmuganathan calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on May 13, 2015.jpg (cropped).jpg | 20 May 2015 |
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| 58 | Banwarilal Purohit Governor of Assam (born 1940)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Additional Charge) |
File:Banwarilal Purohit.jpg | 27 January 2017 |
5 October 2017 |
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| 59 | Ganga Prasad (born 1939)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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25 August 2018 |
Member, Bihar Legislative Council |
| 60 | Tathagata Roy (born 1945)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
File:Tathagata Roy with Rajnath Singh in May 2015 (cropped).jpg | 25 August 2018 |
18 December 2019 |
Governor of Tripura |
| 61 | R. N. Ravi IPS (Retd.) Governor of Nagaland (born 1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Acting) |
File:R.N. Ravi.jpg | 18 December 2019 |
26 January 2020 |
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| 62 | Tathagata Roy (born 1945)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
File:Tathagata Roy with Rajnath Singh in May 2015 (cropped).jpg | 27 January 2020 |
18 August 2020 |
Governor of Meghalaya |
| 63 | Satya Pal Malik (born 1946)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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3 October 2022 |
Governor of Goa |
| 64 | Brigadier (Retd.)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". B. D. Mishra Governor of Arunachal Pradesh (born 1939)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Additional Charge) |
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13 February 2023 |
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| 65 | Phagu Chauhan (born 1948)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
File:Phagu Chauhan.jpg | 18 February 2023 | 29 July 2024 | Governor of Bihar |
| 66 | C H Vijayashankar (born 1956)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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See also
References
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External links
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