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List of governors of Tripura

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Governor of Tripura
Raj Bhavan Agartala
since 26 October 2023
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Agartala
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the president
Formationrajbhavan.tripura.gov.in
The state of Tripura is surrounded by eastern Bangladesh.

This is a list of the governors of Tripura, a state in northeast India, since its inception as a state on 21 January 1972.[1]

Powers and functions

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See also: Powers and functions of the governor

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.

List

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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)
Governor of Assam 		Uttar Pradesh 21 January
1972[α] 		22 September
1973 		1 year, 244 days V. V. Giri
2 Lallan Prasad Singh
ICS (Retd)
(1912–1998)
Governor of Assam 		Bihar 23 September
1973[β] 		13 August
1981 		7 years, 324 days
3 S. M. H. Burney
IAS (Retd)
(1924–2014)
Governor of Manipur and Nagaland 		Uttar Pradesh 14 August
1981[γ] 		13 June
1984[§][δ] 		2 years, 304 days Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
4 General
K. V. Krishna Rao (Retd)
PVSM
(1923–2016)
Governor of Manipur and Nagaland 		Andhra Pradesh 14 June
1984[γ] 		11 July
1989[§][ε] 		5 years, 27 days Zail Singh
5 Sultan Singh
(1923–2014) 		Haryana 12 July
1989 		11 February
1990[‡] 		214 days Ramaswamy Venkataraman
6 K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
(1924–2002) 		Andhra Pradesh 12 February
1990 		14 August
1993[§][ζ] 		3 years, 183 days
7 Romesh Bhandari
IFS (Retd)
(1928–2013) 		Punjab 15 August
1993 		15 June
1995[§][η] 		1 year, 304 days Shankar Dayal Sharma
8 Siddheshwar Prasad
(1929–2023) 		Bihar 16 June
1995 		22 June
2000 		5 years, 6 days
9 Lieutenant General
Krishna Mohan Seth (Retd)
PVSM AVSM
(born 1939) 		Uttar Pradesh 23 June
2000 		31 May
2003[§][θ] 		2 years, 342 days K. R. Narayanan
10 Dinesh Nandan Sahay
IPS (Retd)
(1936–2018) 		Bihar 2 June
2003 		14 October
2009 		6 years, 134 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
11 Kamla Beniwal
(1927–2024) 		Rajasthan 15 October
2009 		26 November
2009[§][ι] 		42 days Pratibha Patil
12 D. Y. Patil
(born 1935) 		Maharashtra 27 November
2009 		24 March
2013[§][κ] 		3 years, 117 days
13 Devanand Konwar
(1934–2020) 		Assam 25 March
2013 		29 June
2014 		1 year, 96 days Pranab Mukherjee
– Vakkom Purushothaman
(1928–2023)
Governor of Mizoram
(Additional Charge) 		Kerala 30 June
2014 		20 July
2014[‡] 		20 days
– Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
(1931–2023)
Governor of Nagaland
(Additional Charge) 		Karnataka 21 July
2014 		19 May
2015 		302 days
14 Tathagata Roy
(born 1945) 		West Bengal 20 May
2015 		25 August
2018[§][λ] 		3 years, 97 days
15 Kaptan Singh Solanki
(born 1939) 		Madhya Pradesh 25 August
2018 		28 July
2019 		337 days Ram Nath Kovind
16 Ramesh Bais
(born 1947) 		Chhattisgarh 29 July
2019 		13 July
2021[§][μ] 		1 year, 349 days
17 Satyadev Narayan Arya
(born 1939) 		Bihar 14 July
2021 		25 October
2023 		2 years, 103 days
18 N. Indrasena Reddy
(born 1976) 		Telangana 25 October
2023 		Incumbent 1 year, 276 days Droupadi Murmu
  1. ^ Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam and Nagaland (1968–1973); and as the Governor of Meghalaya and Manipur (1972–1973)
  2. ^ Concurrently also served as the Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, and Nagaland
  3. ^ a b Concurrently also served as the Governor of Manipur and Nagaland
  4. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Haryana
  5. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
  6. ^ Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
  7. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Goa
  8. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Chhattisgarh
  9. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Gujarat
  10. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Bihar
  11. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Meghalaya
  12. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Jharkhand

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tripura - Governors". tripura.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
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