List of Governors of Assam
The 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. H.E. Ajai Singh is the current governor (assumed charge of office on June 5, 2003).
Powers and functions
The 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.
See also: Powers and functions of the Governer
List of previous governors of Assam (since 1937)
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
| 1 | Henry Joseph Tuynam | 24th Feb 1938 | 4th Oct 1939 |
| 2 | Robert Niel Reid. | 5th Oct 1939 | 3rd May 1942 |
| 3 | Andrew Gourlay Clow | 4th May 1942 | |
| 4 | Rederik Chalmers Bourne | 4th April 1946 | |
| 5 | Henry Foley Knight | 4th Sept 1946 | 23rd Dec 1946 |
| 6 | Andrew Gourlay Clow | 24th Dec 1946 | 3rd May 1947 |
| 7 | Akbar Hydari | 4th May 1947 | 28th Dec 1948 |
| 8 | Ronald Francis Lodge | 30th Dec 1948 | 15th Feb 1949 |
| 9 | Sri Prakasa | 16th Feb 1949 | 26th May 1950 |
| 10 | Jairam Das Daulatram | 27th May 1950 | 14th May 1956 |
| 11 | Saiyid Fazal Ali | 15th May 1956 | 22nd August 1959 |
| 12 | Chandreswar Prasad Sinha | 23rd August 1959 | 13th Oct 1959 |
| 13 | Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh | 14th Oct 1959 | 12th Nov 1960 |
| 14 | Vishnu Sahay | 12th Nov 1960 | 12th Jan 1961 |
| 15 | Satyavant Mallannath Shrinagesh | 13th Jan 1961 | 7th Sep 1962 |
| 16 | Vishnu Sahay | 7th Sept 1962 | 16th April 1968 |
| 17 | B.K. Nehru | 17th April 1968 | 7th Dec 1970 |
| 18 | P.K. Goswami | 8th Dec 1970 | 4th Jan 1971 |
| 19 | B.K. Nehru | 5th Jan 1971 | 18th Sept 1973 |
| 20 | L.P. Singh | 19th Sept 1973 | 10th August 1981 |
| 21 | P. Mehrotra | 10th August 1981 | 27th March 1984 |
| 22 | T.S. Misra | 28th March 1984 | 15th April 1984 |
| 23 | B. N. Singh | 15th April 1984 | 10th May 1989 |
| 24 | Harideo Joshi | 10th May 1989 | 21st July 1989 |
| 25 | Anisetti Roghuvir | 21st July 1989 | 2nd May 1990 |
| 26 | D. D. Thakur | 2nd May 1990 | 17th March 1991 |
| 27 | Lok Nath Misra | 17th March 1991 | 1st Sept 1997 |
| 28 | S.K. Sinha | 1st Sept 1997 | 4th June 2003 |
| 29 | Ajai Singh | 5th June 2003 | present |
See also
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