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| name = Acharya Devvrat<br />
| image = Acharya Dev Vrat in December 2015.jpg<br />
| office = 20th [[Governor of Gujarat]]<br />
| 1blankname = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata = <br />
*[[Vijay Rupani]]<br />
*[[Bhupendra Patel]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Om Prakash Kohli]]<br />
| successor = <br />
| term_start = 22 July 2019<br />
| term_end = <br />
| office1 = [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh|18th Governor of Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata1 = <br />
*[[Virbhadra Singh]]<br />
*[[Jai Ram Thakur]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Kalyan Singh]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Kalraj Mishra]]<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1959|1|18}}<ref name="Tribune"/><br />
| birth_place = [[Samalkha]], [[East Punjab|Punjab]], [[India]]<br /><small>(present-day [[Haryana]])</small><ref name="Tribune"/><br />
| term_start1 = 12 August 2015<br />
| term_end1 = 21 July 2019<br />
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'''Acharya Devvrat ''' (born 18 January 1959) is an Indian politician and former educationalist who is serving as the 20th [[Governor of Gujarat]]. He is an [[Arya Samaj]] ''pracharak'' and served previously as the principal of a [[Gurukula|Gurukul]] in [[Kurukshetra]], [[Haryana]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/R-N-Kovind-appointed-governor-of-Bihar-Acharya-Dev-Vrat-named-Himachal-governor/articleshow/48400815.cms | title=R N Kovind appointed governor of Bihar, Acharya Dev Vrat named Himachal governor | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=8 August 2015 | access-date=8 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-himachal-pradesh-guv-designate-acharya-dev-vrat-hails-bjp-for-choosing-non-political-person-2112444 | title=Himachal Pradesh Guv-designate Acharya Dev Vrat hails BJP for choosing 'non-political' person | publisher=DNA | date=8 August 2015 | access-date=8 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ram-nath-kovind-acharya-dev-vrat-appointed-bihar-hp-governors-115080800426_1.html | title=Ram Nath Kovind, Acharya Dev Vrat appointed Bihar,Himachal Governors | newspaper=Business Standard India | publisher=[[Business Standard]] | date=8 August 2015 | access-date=8 August 2015| agency=Press Trust of India }}</ref><ref name="Tribune">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/ramdev-follower-acharya-dev-vrat-is-hp-governor/117448.html | title=Ramdev follower Acharya Dev Vrat is HP Governor | work=The Tribune | date=9 August 2015 | access-date=9 August 2015}}</ref> Being the Governor of Gujarat, he is also the Chancellor of state universities of [[Gujarat]].<br />
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In August 2015, Devvrat was appointed as the [[Governor of Himachal Pradesh]].<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news |title=Kalraj Mishra appointed Himachal Pradesh Governor, Acharya Devvrat shifted to Gujarat |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kalraj-mishra-appointed-himachal-pradesh-governor-acharya-devvrat-shifted-to-gujarat/article28435953.ece |access-date=1 April 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=15 July 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref> He continued till 21 July 2019, when he was replaced by [[Kalraj Mishra]].<ref name="Hindu"/><br />
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In June 2019, he was named as [[Governor of Gujarat]] replacing [[Om Prakash Kohli]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Kalraj Mishra Appointed Himachal Pradesh Governor, Acharya Devvrat Shifted to Gujarat |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/kalraj-mishra-appointed-himachal-pradesh-governor-acharya-devvrat-shifted-to-gujarat-2231441.html |access-date=11 January 2020 |work=News18 |date=16 July 2019}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Arya Samaj]]is<br />
* [[Hindu reform movements|Hindu reformists]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{URL|https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in/|Governor's profile}}<br />
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