List of Bihar Governors
The following table lists the governors of Bihar since India's independence with their respective terms of office. There was already a governorship in Bihar under British colonial administration in the province of Bihar and Orissa . By virtue of his office, the governor of Bihar is also the chancellor of the state's universities.
# | Surname | Taking office | Term expires |
1 | Jairamdas Daulatram (1891–1979) | August 15, 1947 | January 11, 1948 |
2 | Madhav Shrihari Aney (1880-1968) | January 12, 1948 | June 14, 1952 |
3 | Ranganath Ramachandra Diwakar (1894–1990) | June 15, 1952 | 5th July 1957 |
4th | Zakir Hussain (1897-1969) | July 6, 1957 | May 11, 1962 |
5 | M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar (1891–1978) | May 12, 1962 | December 6, 1967 |
6th | Nityanand Kanungo (1900–1988) | 7th December 1967 | 20th January 1971 |
7th | Ujjal Narayan Sinha | January 21, 1971 | January 31, 1971 |
8th | Devakanta Barua (1914-1996) | 1st February 1971 | 3rd February 1973 |
9 | Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare (1916–1988) | 4th February 1973 | June 15, 1976 |
10 | Jagannath Kaushal (1915-2001) | June 16, 1976 | May 26, 1978 |
11 | Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh | May 27, 1978 | June 26, 1978 |
12 | Jagannath Kaushal (1915-2001) | June 27, 1978 | January 30, 1979 |
13 | Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh | January 31, 1979 | 19th September 1979 |
14th | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (1920-2016) | 20th September 1979 | March 14, 1985 |
15th | P. Venkatasubbaiah (1921-1993) | March 15, 1985 | February 25, 1988 |
16 | Govind Narayan Singh (1920-2005) | February 26, 1988 | January 23, 1989 |
17th | Dipak Kumar Sen | January 24, 1989 | January 28, 1989 |
18th | Ramchandra Dattatraya Pradhan (* 1928) | January 29, 1989 | March 2, 1989 |
19th | Jagannath Pahadia (* 1932) | March 3, 1989 | February 1, 1990 |
20th | Gangadhar Ganesh Sohani | February 2, 1990 | February 15, 1990 |
21st | Mohammad Yunus Saleem (1912-2004) | February 16, 1990 | February 13, 1991 |
22nd | B. Satyanarayana Reddy (1927-2012) | February 14, 1991 | March 18, 1991 |
23 | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1929-2016) | March 19, 1991 | August 13, 1993 |
24 | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (1920-2016) | August 14, 1993 | April 26, 1998 |
25th | Sunder Singh Bhandari (1921-2005) | April 27, 1998 | March 14, 1999 |
26th | Brij Mohan Lal (* 1937) | March 15, 1999 | October 5, 1999 |
27 | Suraj Bhan (1928-2006) | October 6, 1999 | November 22, 1999 |
28 | Vinod Chandra Pande (1932-2005) | November 23, 1999 | June 11, 2003 |
29 | M. Rama Jois (* 1931) | June 12, 2003 | October 31, 2004 |
30th | Ved Prakash Marwah (* 1932) | November 1, 2004 | November 4, 2004 |
31 | Buta Singh (* 1934) | November 5, 2004 | January 29, 2006 |
32 | Gopalkrishna Gandhi (* 1945) | January 31, 2006 | June 21, 2006 |
33 | Ramkrishnan Suryabhan Gavai (1929-2015) | June 22, 2006 | July 9, 2008 |
34 | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia (* 1921) | July 10, 2008 | June 28, 2009 |
35 | Devanand Konwar (1934-2020) | June 29, 2009 | 21st March 2013 |
36 | Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil (* 1935) | 22th of March 2013 | November 26, 2014 |
37 | Keshari Nath Tripathi (* 1934) | November 27, 2014 | 15th August 2015 |
38 | Ram Nath Kovind (* 1945) | August 16, 2015 | 20th June 2017 |
39 | Keshari Nath Tripathi (* 1934) | 20th June 2017 | 29th September 2017 |
40 | Satya Pal Malik (* 1946) | 20th June 2017 | 23rd August 2018 |
42 | Lalji Tandon (1935-2020) | 23rd August 2018 | July 27, 2019 |
43 | Phagu Chauhan (* 1936) | 29th July 2019 | in office |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50081100.html
- ↑ http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/former/ayyangar.asp
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- ↑ http://www.google.de/search?tbm=bks&hl=de&q=Venkatasubbaiah+passes+away&btnG=#hl=de&gs_rn=1&gs_ri=serp&ds=bo&pq=p.%20venkatasubbaiah%20bihar%20karnat&aka%20passes%20away%201993 = 28 & gs_id = 2mf & xhr = t & q = P.% 20Venkatasubbaiah% 20governor% 20bihar% 20karnataka% 20passes% 20away% 201993 & es_nrs = true & pf = p & tbo = d & tbm = bks & sclientarn = psy-passesor + oq = P. bi + Venkatakaka + away + governatas + 1993 & gs_l = & pbx = 1 & bav = on.2, or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf. & Bvm = bv.41018144, d.Yms & fp = ed83d993b44cebb1 & biw = 1366 & bih = 609
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-30/patna/28163480_1_bihar-governor-nitish-kumar-rl-bhatia