List of governors of Tripura

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{{short description|Governors of the state of Tripura, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor of Tripura
| insignia = Emblem of India.svg
| insigniasize = 50px
| insigniacaption = '''Raj Bhavan'''
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flagsize = 110px
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| flagborder = yes
| image = Governor of Haryana Satyadev Narayan Arya in August 2018.JPG
|incumbent = [[Satyadeo Narain Arya]]
|incumbentsince = 7 July 2021
|style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
|residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Tripura)|Raj Bhavan]]; [[Agartala]]
|termlength = 5 Years
|appointer = [[President of India]]
|formation = {{URL|https://rajbhavan.tripura.gov.in}}
}}

[[File:India Tripura locator map.svg|upright|thumb|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.<ref name=trip>{{cite web|title=Tripura - Governors |url=http://tripura.nic.in/icm.htm |publisher=tripura.nic.in |access-date=9 July 2011 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/602rLvY4V?url=http://tripura.nic.in/icm.htm |archive-date=9 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Powers and functions==
{{See also|Governors of India#Powers and functions|l1=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.

==Governors of Tripura==
{| class="wikitable"
! No
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
|-
| 1
| [[B. K. Nehru]]
| 21 January 1972
| 22 September 1973
|-
| 2
| [[L. P. Singh]]
| 23 September 1973
| 13 August 1981
|-
| 3
| [[S. M. H. Burney]]
| 14 August 1981
| 13 June 1984
|-
| 4
| [[K. V. Krishna Rao]]
| 14 June 1984
| 11 July 1989
|-
| 5
| [[Sultan Singh]]
| 12 July 1989
| 11 February 1990
|-
| 6
| [[K. V. Raghunatha Reddy]]
| 12 February 1990
| 14 August 1993
|-
| 7
| [[Romesh Bhandari]]
| 15 August 1993
| 15 June 1995
|-
| 8
| [[Siddheswar Prasad]]
| 16 June 1995
| 22 June 2000
|-
| 9
| [[Krishna Mohan Seth]]
| 23 June 2000
| 31 May 2003
|-
| 10
| [[Dinesh Nandan Sahay]]
| 2 June 2003
| 14 October 2009
|-
| 11
| [[Kamla Beniwal]]
| 15 October 2009
| 26 November 2009
|-
| 12
| [[Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil]]
| 27 November 2009
| 21 March 2013
|-
| 13
| [[Devanand Konwar]]
| 25 March 2013
| 29 June 2014
|-
| 14
| [[Vakkom Purushothaman]]
| 30 June 2014
| 14 July 2014
|-
| 15
| [[Padmanabha Acharya]]
| 21 July 2014
| 19 May 2015
|-
| 16
| [[Tathagata Roy]]
| 20 May 2015<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ali |first1=Syed Sajjad |title=Tathagata Roy to take charge as Tripura Governor |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/tathagata-roy-to-take-charge-as-tripura-governor/article7224845.ece |work=The Hindu |date=20 May 2015 |language=en-IN |access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref>
| 25 August 2018
|-
| 17
| [[Kaptan Singh Solanki]]
| 25 August 2018<ref>{{cite news |title=Solanki becomes new Tripura Guv |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/solanki-becomes-new-tripura-guv-118082500521_1.html |work=Business Standard |agency=Press Trust of India |date=25 August 2018}}</ref>
| 28 July 2019
|-
| 18
| [[Ramesh Bais]]
| 29 July 2019
| 6 July 2021
|-
| 19
| [[Satyadev Narayan Arya]]
| 7 July 2021
| ''Incumbent''
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Tripura]]
* [[Governors of India]]

==References==
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