The governor is the state's highest-ranking elected official, acts as the nominal head of a state whereas the real power lies with the Chief minister of the concerned states and his/her councils of ministers. A governor's responsibilities vary from state to state depending on the constitution within that state.
List of Governors of Assam since Independence
The primary function of the governor is to preserve, protect and defend the constitution and the law as incorporated in his/her oath of office under Article 159 of the Indian constitution in the administration of the State affairs.
List of Governors of Assam since Independence.
Sr.No.
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Name of Governors
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From
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To
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1
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Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari
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Aug 15, 1947
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Dec 28, 1948
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2
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Ronald Francis Lodge
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Dec 30, 1948
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Feb 16, 1949
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3
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Sri Prakasa
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Feb 16, 1949
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May 27, 1950
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4
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Jairam Das Daulatram
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May 27, 1950
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May 15, 1956
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5
|
Saiyid Fazal Ali
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May 15, 1956
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Aug 22, 1959
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6
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Chandreswar Prasad Sinha
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Aug 23, 1959
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Oct 14, 1959
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7
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Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh
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Oct 14, 1959
|
Nov 12, 1960
|
8
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Vishnu Sahay
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Nov 12, 1960
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Jan 13, 1961
|
9
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Mallannah Shrinagesh
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Jan 13, 1961
|
Sep 7, 1962
|
10
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Vishnu Sahay
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Sep 7, 1962
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Apr 17, 1968
|
11
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Braj Kumar Nehru
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Apr 17, 1968
|
Dec 7, 1970
|
12
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Justice P. K. Goswami
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Dec 8, 1970
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Jan 4, 1971
|
13
|
Braj Kumar Nehru
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Jan 5, 1971
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Sep 18, 1973
|
14
|
Lallan Prasad Singh
|
Sep 19, 1973
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Aug 11, 1981
|
15
|
Prakash Chandra Mehrotra
|
Aug 12, 1981
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Mar 28, 1984
|
16
|
Justice T. S. Mishra
|
Mar 29, 1984
|
Apr 15, 1984
|
17
|
Bhishma Narain Singh
|
Apr 16, 1984
|
May 11, 1989
|
18
|
Harideo Joshi
|
May 12, 1989
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Jul 26, 1989
|
19
|
Justice Anisetti Raghuvir
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Jul 27, 1989
|
May 1, 1990
|
20
|
Justice Devi Das Thakur
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May 2, 1990
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Mar 16, 1991
|
21
|
Loknath Mishra
|
Mar 17, 1991
|
Aug 31, 1997
|
22
|
Srinivas Kumar Sinha
|
Sep 1, 1997
|
Jun 4, 2003
|
23
|
Ajai Singh
|
Jun 5, 2003
|
Jul 3, 2008
|
24
|
Shiv Charan Mathur
|
Jul 4, 2008
|
Jun 25, 2009
|
25
|
K Sankaranarayanan
|
Jun 26, 2009
|
Jul 26, 2009
|
26
|
Syed Sibtey Razi
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Jul 27, 2009
|
Dec 10, 2009
|
27
|
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
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Dec 11, 2009
|
Dec 11, 2014
|
28
|
Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
|
Dec 12, 2014
|
Aug 22, 2016
|
29
|
Banwarilal Purohit
|
Aug 22, 2016
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10 October 2017
|
30
|
Jagdish Mukhi
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10 October 2017
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Present
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