This is a list of the governors of Tripura, a state in northeast India, since its inception as a state on 21 January 1972.[1]
| Governor of Tripura | |
|---|---|
 Raj Bhavan Agartala | |
 | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan; Agartala |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
| Formation | rajbhavan |
Powers and functions
editThe 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 Tripura
edit| No | Name | Image | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | B. K. Nehru | .jpg) |
21 January 1972 | 22 September 1973 | 1 year, 244 days | Uttar Pradesh | V. V. Giri |
| 2. | L. P. Singh | 
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23 September 1973 | 13 August 1981 | 7 years, 324 days | Bihar | |
| 3. | S. M. H. Burney |
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14 August 1981 | 13 June 1984 | 2 years, 304 days | Uttar Pradesh | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy |
| 4. | K. V. Krishna Rao |  |
14 June 1984 | 11 July 1989 | 5 years, 27 days | Andhra Pradesh | Zail Singh |
| 5. | Sultan Singh |
|
12 July 1989 | 11 February 1990 | 337 days | Punjab | R. Venkataraman |
| 6. | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy | .jpg) |
12 February 1990 | 14 August 1993 | 3 years, 183 days | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 7. | Romesh Bhandari |  |
15 August 1993 | 15 June 1995 | 1 year, 304 days | Delhi | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 8. | Siddheshwar Prasad |
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16 June 1995 | 22 June 2000 | 5 years, 6 days | Bihar | |
| 9. | Krishna Mohan Seth | _K._M._Seth_at_Raj_Bhawan_in_Raipur,_during_his_one_day_visit_to_the_State_on_April_30,_2005_(cropped).jpg) |
23 June 2000 | 31 May 2003 | 2 years, 342 days | Uttar Pradesh | K. R. Narayan |
| 10. | Dinesh Nandan Sahay |  |
2 June 2003 | 14 October 2009 | 6 years, 134 days | Bihar | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 11. | Kamla Beniwal | .jpg) |
15 October 2009 | 26 November 2009 | 42 days | Rajasthan | Pratibha Patil |
| 12. | Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil | .jpg) |
27 November 2009 | 21 March 2013 | 3 years, 114 days | Maharashtra | |
| 13. | Devanand Konwar | ,_at_Patna,_in_Bihar._The_Governor_of_Bihar,_Shri_Devanand_Konwar_and_the_Chief_Minister_of_Bihar,_Shri_Nitish_Kumar_are_also_seen_(cropped).jpg) |
25 March 2013 | 29 June 2014 | 1 year, 96 days | Assam | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 14. | Vakkom Purushothaman | .jpg) |
30 June 2014 | 14 July 2014 | 14 days | Kerala | |
| 15. | Padmanabha Acharya | .jpg) |
21 July 2014 | 19 May 2015 | 302 days | Karnataka | |
| 16. | Tathagata Roy | .jpg) |
20 May 2015[2] | 25 August 2018 | 3 years, 97 days | West Bengal | |
| 17. | Kaptan Singh Solanki |  |
25 August 2018[3] | 28 July 2019 | 337 days | Madhya Pradesh | Ramnath Kovind |
| 18. | Ramesh Bais |  |
29 July 2019 | 13 July 2021 | 1 year, 349 days | Chhattisgarh | |
| 19. | Satyadev Narayan Arya |  |
14 July 2021 | 25 October 2023 | 2 years, 103 days | Bihar | |
| 20. | Nallu Indrasena Reddy | |
26 October 2023[4] | Incumbent | 1 year, 54 days | Telangana | Draupadi Murmu |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Tripura - Governors". tripura.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ Ali, Syed Sajjad (20 May 2015). "Tathagata Roy to take charge as Tripura Governor". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ "Solanki becomes new Tripura Guv". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 25 August 2018.
- ^ "Indra Sena Reddy Nallu takes oath as Tripura Governor". The Hindu. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.