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Governors of Assam
Banwarilal Purohit, senior leader of BJP and an eminent educationist has been appointed as the Governor of Assam on 22nd August, 2016.

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Governors of AssamThe Governor of Assam is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Assam. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. Banwarilal Purohit is the present Governor of Assam from 22nd August, 2016.

List of Governors of Assam

Sr.No./td> Name of Governors From To
1 Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari Aug 15, 1947 Dec 28, 1948
2 Ronald Francis Lodge Dec 30, 1948 Feb 16, 1949
3 Sri Prakasa Feb 16, 1949 May 27, 1950
4 Jairam Das Daulatram May 27, 1950 May 15, 1956
5 Saiyid Fazal Ali May 15, 1956 Aug 22, 1959
6 Chandreswar Prasad Sinha Aug 23, 1959 Oct 14, 1959
7 Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh Oct 14, 1959 Nov 12, 1960
8 Vishnu Sahay Nov 12, 1960 Jan 13, 1961
9 Mallannah Shrinagesh Jan 13, 1961 Sep 7, 1962
10 Vishnu Sahay Sep 7, 1962 Apr 17, 1968
11 Braj Kumar Nehru Apr 17, 1968 Dec 7, 1970
12 Justice P. K. Goswami Dec 8, 1970 Jan 4, 1971
13 Braj Kumar Nehru Jan 5, 1971 Sep 18, 1973
14 Lallan Prasad Singh Sep 19, 1973 Aug 11, 1981
15 Prakash Chandra Mehrotra Aug 12, 1981 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 Jul 26, 1989
19 Justice Anisetti Raghuvir Jul 27, 1989 May 1, 1990
20 Justice Devi Das Thakur May 2, 1990 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 Jul 27, 2009 Dec 10, 2009
27 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Dec 11, 2009 Dec 11, 2014
28 Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya Dec 12, 2014 Aug 22, 2016
29 Banwarilal Purohit Aug 22, 2016 Present


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