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Governor of Meghalaya
Emblem of Meghalaya
since 30 July 2024
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holderBraj Kumar Nehru
Formation21 January 1972; 53 years ago (1972-01-21)
Websitemeggovernor.gov.in

The governor of Meghalaya serves as the ceremonial head of the Indian state of Meghalaya. Appointed by the president of India, the governor holds office as long as the president desires. The governor's official residence is the Raj Bhavan.

The position of the governor of Meghalaya came into existence following the creation of the state in January 1972 as a result of the bifurcation of Assam. The first governor was Braj Kumar Nehru, then governor of Assam who held the additional charge of the governor of the newly created state of Meghalaya from 21 January 1972 until his transfer on 19 September 1973. From 1972 until 1989, the Governor of Assam held the additional charge of the Governor of Meghalaya. The first full-time governor of the state was A. A. Rahim who served from 27 July 1989 until 8 May 1990.

The current governor is C. H. Vijayashankar who has been in office since 30 July 2024. The longest-serving governor of the state is M. M. Jacob who served for 11 years, 296 days from 19 June 1995 until retiring on 11 April 2007.

History

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The position of the Governor of Meghalaya came into existence after the creation of Meghalaya as in independent state on 21 January 1972. The inaugural holder of the office was Braj Kumar Nehru, the Governor of Assam who held the charge of the Governor of Meghalaya until his transfer in September 1973. His successors in Assam, namely Lallan Prasad Singh, Prakash Mehrotra, Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra (Acting), Bhishma Narain Singh and Harideo Joshi concurrently held the additional charge of the Governor of Meghalaya. The first full-time governor was appointed in July 1989 with A. A. Rahim who served until May 1990. Since then, Meghalaya has had all full-time governors, except for few occasions.

Following the retirement of M. M. Jacob, the state's longest serving governor in 2007, then Manipur Governor Shivinder Singh Sidhu held the additional charge as the state's governor from 29 October 2007 until the appointment of Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary on 30 June 2008. West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi held the additional charge of the governorship from 6 January 2015 until 19 May 2015 after then governor Krishan Kant Paul was appointed as Governor of Uttarakhand. Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit held the additional charge of the state's governor from 27 January 2017 till 5 October 2017 after the resignation of V. Shanmuganathan, while Arunachal Governor B. D. Mishra held the charge of the state's governorship from 4 October 2022 till 13 February 2023 following the retirement of Satyapal Malik.

Powers and functions

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See also: Governors of India § 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.

Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Meghalaya also the Chief Rector of the North Eastern Hill University, the sole central university in the state.


List

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This is a list of the governors of Meghalaya state in northeastern India. Meghalaya became an autonomous state within Assam on 1 April 1970 and a separate state on 21 January 1972.[1]

Legend
  • † Died in office
  • § Transferred
  • ‡ Resigned/removed
Color key
  •    indicates acting/additional charge
# Portrait Name
(born – died) 		Home state Tenure in office Appointer
(President)
From To Time in office
1 Braj Kumar Nehru
ICS (Retd)
(1909–2001) 		Uttar Pradesh 21 January
1972[α] 		18 September
1973 		1 year, 240 days V. V. Giri
2 Lallan Prasad Singh
ICS (Retd)
(1912–1998)
Governor of Assam 		Bihar 19 September
1973[β] 		11 August
1981 		7 years, 325 days
3 Prakash Mehrotra
(1925–1988) 		Uttar Pradesh 12 August
1981[γ] 		28 March
1984[‡] 		2 years, 229 days Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
– Justice
Tribeni Sahai Misra
(1922–2005)
Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court
(Acting) 		Uttar Pradesh 29 March
1984[γ] 		15 April
1984 		18 days Zail Singh
4 Bhishma Narain Singh
(1933–2018) 		Bihar 16 April
1984[γ] 		10 May
1989 		5 years, 25 days
5 Hari Dev Joshi
(1920–1995) 		Rajasthan 11 May
1989[γ] 		26 July
1989[‡] 		72 days Ramaswamy Venkataraman
6 A. A. Rahim
(1920–2015) 		Kerala 27 July
1989 		8 May
1990[‡] 		285 days
7 Madhukar Dighe
(1920–2014) 		Uttar Pradesh 9 May
1990 		8 June
1995 		5 years, 30 days
8 M. M. Jacob
(1926–2018) 		Kerala 19 June
1995 		11 April
2007 		11 years, 296 days Shankar Dayal Sharma
9 Banwari Lal Joshi
IPS (Retd)
(1936–2017) 		Rajasthan 12 April
2007 		28 October
2007[§][δ] 		199 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
– Shivinder Singh Sidhu
IAS (Retd)
(1929–2018)
Governor of Manipur
(Additional Charge) 		Punjab 29 October
2007 		30 June
2008 		245 days Pratibha Patil
10 Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary
IPS (Retd)
(born 1947) 		Assam 1 July
2008 		30 June
2013 		4 years, 364 days
11 Krishan Kant Paul
IPS (Retd)
(born 1948) 		Chandigarh 1 July
2013 		6 January
2015[§][δ] 		1 year, 189 days Pranab Mukherjee
– Keshari Nath Tripathi
(1934–2023)
Governor of West Bengal
(Additional Charge) 		Uttar Pradesh 6 January
2015 		19 May
2015 		133 days
12 V. Shanmuganathan
(born 1949) 		Tamil Nadu 20 May
2015 		27 January
2017[‡] 		1 year, 252 days
– Banwarilal Purohit
(born 1940)
Governor of Assam
(Additional Charge) 		Maharashtra 27 January
2017 		5 October
2017[§][ε] 		251 days
13 Ganga Prasad
(born 1939) 		Bihar 5 October
2017 		25 August
2018[§][ζ] 		324 days Ram Nath Kovind
14 Tathagata Roy
(born 1945) 		West Bengal 25 August
2018 		18 December
2019 		1 year, 115 days
– R. N. Ravi
IPS (Retd)
(born 1952)
Governor of Nagaland
(Acting) 		Bihar 18 December
2019 		26 January
2020 		39 days
(14) Tathagata Roy
(born 1945) 		West Bengal 27 January
2020 		18 August
2020 		204 days
15 Satya Pal Malik
(born 1946) 		Uttar Pradesh 18 August
2020 		3 October
2022 		2 years, 46 days
– Brigadier
B. D. Mishra (Retd)
(born 1939)
Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
(Additional Charge) 		Uttar Pradesh 4 October
2022 		17 February
2023[§][η] 		136 days Droupadi Murmu
16 Phagu Chauhan
(born 1948) 		Uttar Pradesh 18 February
2023 		29 July
2024 		1 year, 162 days
17 C. H. Vijayashankar
(born 1956) 		Karnataka 30 July
2024 		Incumbent 363 days
  1. ^ Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam and Nagaland (1968–1973); and Governor of Manipur and Tripura (1972–1973)
  2. ^ Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, and Tripura
  3. ^ a b c d Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam
  4. ^ a b Transferred as the Governor of Uttarakhand
  5. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Tamil Nadu
  6. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Sikkim
  7. ^ Transferred as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Past Governors: Raj Bhavan, Meghalaya". meggovernor.gov.in. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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