List of governors of West Bengal
The following table lists the governors of West Bengal with their respective terms of office.
# | Surname | Taking office | Term expires |
1 | C. Rajagopalachari (1878–1972) | August 15, 1947 | June 20, 1948 |
2 | Kailash Nath Katju (1887–1968) | August 21, 1948 | October 31, 1951 |
3 | Harendra Coomar Mookerjee (1887-1956) | November 1, 1951 | 4th August 1956 |
4th | Phani Bhusan Chakraborty | 5th August 1956 | November 2, 1956 |
5 | Padmaja Naidu (1900–1975) | 3rd November 1956 | May 31, 1967 |
6th | Dharma Vira (1906-2000) | June 1, 1967 | March 31, 1969 |
7th | Deep Narayan Sinha (1908–1971) | April 1st 1969 | 18th September 1969 |
8th | Shanti Swaroop Dhavan (1905–1978) | 19th September 1969 | 20th August 1971 |
9 | Anthony Lancelot Dias (1910-2002) | August 21, 1971 | 5th November 1977 |
10 | Tribhuvan Narain Singh (1904-1982) | November 6, 1977 | September 11, 1981 |
11 | Bhairab Dutt Pande (1917-2009) | September 12, 1981 | October 9, 1983 |
12 | Anant Prasad Sharma (1919–1988) | October 10, 1983 | August 15, 1984 |
13 | Satish Chandra | August 16, 1984 | September 30, 1984 |
14th | Uma Shankar Dikshit (1901-1991) | October 1, 1984 | August 11, 1986 |
15th | Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993) | August 12, 1986 | March 1, 1989 |
16 | TV Rajeswar (1926-2018) | March 2, 1989 | July 20, 1989 |
17th | Harideo Joshi (1921–1995) | July 21, 1989 | August 13, 1989 |
18th | TV Rajeswar (1926-2018) | August 14, 1989 | February 6, 1990 |
19th | Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993) | February 7, 1990 | 4th January 1991 |
20th | KV Raghunatha Reddy (1924-2002) | 5th January 1991 | January 24, 1991 |
21st | Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993) | January 25, 1991 | January 3, 1992 |
22nd | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1929-2016) | 4th January 1992 | January 24, 1992 |
23 | Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993) | January 25, 1992 | October 28, 1992 |
24 | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1929-2016) | October 29, 1992 | November 29, 1992 |
25th | Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993) | November 30, 1992 | July 12, 1993 |
26th | B. Satyanarayana Reddy (1927-2012) | July 13, 1993 | August 13, 1993 |
27 | KV Raghunatha Reddy (1924-2002) | August 14, 1993 | April 26, 1998 |
28 | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (1920-2016) | April 27, 1998 | May 17, 1999 |
29 | Shyamal Kumar Sen (* 1940) | May 18, 1999 | December 3, 1999 |
30th | Viruses J. Shah (1926-2013) | 4th December 1999 | December 13, 2004 |
31 | Gopalkrishna Gandhi (* 1945) | December 14, 2004 | December 13, 2009 |
32 | Devanand Konwar (1934-2020) | December 14, 2009 | January 23, 2010 |
33 | MK Narayanan (* 1934) | January 24, 2010 | 2014 |
34 | Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil | 3rd July 2014 | 17th July 2014 |
35 | Keshari Nath Tripathi | July 24, 2014 | 29th July 2019 |
36 | Jagdeep Dhankar | July 30, 2019 | in office |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ died in office; SC Bhatt: Land and people of Indian states and union territories: (in 36 volumes). Gyan Publishing House, ISBN 978-8-178-35356-2 , p. 514 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ Eminent Indians who was who, 1900-1980, also annual diary of events Durga Das Pvt. Ltd., 1985, p. 323 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- ↑ http://www.uniindia.com/governor-and-cm-condoles-death-of-former-governor-tv-rajeshwar/states/news/1106021.html
- ↑ a b c d LEFT FRONT GOVERNMENT IN WEST BENGAL: A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY (1977-2007) -Three Decades: Major Events. In: leftgovtwb.blogspot.de. Retrieved January 14, 2015 .
- ↑ died in office
- ↑ Hon'ble Mr. Justice Shyamal Kumar Sen (CJ). In: allahabadhighcourt.in. Retrieved January 14, 2015 .
- ↑ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/dr-dy-patil-appointed-west-bengals-acting-governor/articleshow/37718348.cms