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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Banwarilal Purohit<br />
| image = Banwarilal Purohit.jpg<br />
| caption = Purohit in February 2017<br />
| office = 29th [[List of governors of Punjab (India)|Governor of Punjab]]<br />
| term_start = 31 August 2021<br />
| president = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
| 1blankname = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata = *[[Amarinder Singh]]<br />
*[[Charanjit Singh Channi]]<br />
*[[Bhagwant Mann]]<br />
| predecessor = [[V. P. Singh Badnore]]<br />
| successor = <br />
| office2 = 14th [[ List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Governor of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| term_start2 = 6 October 2017<br />
| term_end2 = 17 September 2021<br />
| president2 = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
| predecessor2 = [[C. Vidyasagar Rao]] {{small|''(additional charge)''}}<br />
| successor2 = [[R. N. Ravi]]<br />
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata2 = *[[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]<br />
*[[M. K. Stalin]]<br />
| office1 = Administrator of Chandigarh<br />
| status1 = <br />
| term_start1 = 31 August 2021<br />
| term_end1 = <br />
| president1 = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[V. P. Singh Badnore]]<br />
| successor1 = <br />
| office3 = [[List of governors of Assam|25th Governor of Assam]]<br />
| term_start3 = 22 August 2016<br />
| term_end3 = 29 September 2017<br />
| president3 = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata3 = [[Sarbananda Sonowal]]<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Padmanabha Acharya]]<br />
| successor3 = [[Jagdish Mukhi]]<br />
| office4 = [[List of Governors of Meghalaya|16th Governor of Meghalaya]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/jan/27/president-mukherjee-accepts-v-shanmuganathans-resignation-1564081.html | title=President Mukherjee accepts V Shanmuganathan's resignation }}</ref><br />
| term_start4 = 27 January 2017<br />
| term_end4 = 5 October 2017<br />
| president4 = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata4 = [[Mukul Sangma]]<br />
| predecessor4 = [[V. Shanmuganathan]]<br />
| successor4 = [[Ganga Prasad]]<br />
| office5 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />for [[Nagpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagpur]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3118.htm | title=Banwarilal Purohit Lok Sabha Profiel | publisher=[[Lok Sabha]] | access-date=1 October 2022}}</ref><br />
| term_start5 = 1984<br />
| term_end5 = 1991<br />
| predecessor5 = [[Jambuwantrao Dhote]]<br />
| successor5 = [[Datta Meghe]]<br />
| term_start6 = 1996<br />
| term_end6 = 1998<br />
| predecessor6 = [[Datta Meghe]]<br />
| successor6 = [[Vilas Muttemwar]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|04|16|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Nawalgarh, Rajasthan|Nawalgarh]], [[Rajputana Agency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (Nawalgarh, [[Jhunjhunu district]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]])<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| residence = [[Raj Bhavan, Punjab]]<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = <br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = <br />
| year = 2021<br />
| source = <br />
| order1 = 16th<br />
}}<br />
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'''Banwarilal Purohit''' (born 16 April 1940)<ref>{{Cite web|title=His Excellency Governor of Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/15thassembly/governor.html|access-date=2021-03-15|website=www.assembly.tn.gov.in}}</ref> is an Indian politician who is the current and 29th [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Governor of Punjab, India]] and [[Administrator of Chandigarh]] as of 29 August 2021. He was the former [[Governor of Tamil Nadu]] from 2017 to 2021, and former [[Governor of Assam]] from 2016 to 2017. He is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was a Member of Parliament from the [[Nagpur (Lok Sabha constituency)]] three times, twice as an [[Indian National Congress]] member, once as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] member.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Later he joined Congress. After [[Indira Gandhi]] split the Congress Party and formed Congress (Indira), Purohit was elected as MLA from Nagpur East constituency in 1978, contesting as member of Congress(I), and he was re-elected in 1980 from Nagpur South and became a Minister of State for Urban Development, Slum Improvement and Housing in 1982.<br />
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In 1984, he was elected to the 8th Lok Sabha as member of Congress Party.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S13/partycomp23.htm | title=Election Analysis 1977-1984, Partywise Comparison|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=2010-01-14}}</ref> He was re-elected in 1989 on Congress ticket.<br />
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Later he joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] when it launched a movement to build Ram Temple in [[Ayodhya]] and contested Lok Sabha elections in 1991 as the BJP candidate. But he lost to [[Datta Meghe]] of [[Indian National Congress]]. In 1996, he was elected to 11th Lok Sabha as BJP's candidate.<br />
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In 1999, he quit the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] to join the [[Indian National Congress]] after he developed serious differences with [[Pramod Mahajan]]. He contested the Lok Sabha elections from Ramtek in 1999 but lost.<br />
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In 2003, he launched his own party called Vidarbha Rajya Party and contested the Lok Sabha elections from Nagpur in 2004 but lost. <br />
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Later on, he again joined the BJP. <br />
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In 2009, he again contested on BJP's ticket but lost the election to [[Vilas Muttemwar]] of [[Indian National Congress]].<br />
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==Governorship==<br />
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In August 2016, Purohit was appointed [[Governor of Assam]] by replacing [[Padmanabha Acharya]] who had additional in-charge of Assam.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/banwarilal-purohit-sworn-in-as-assam-governor-2991011/| title = Banwarilal Purohit sworn in as Assam governor| date = 22 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nagpurtoday.in/banwarilal-purohit-appointed-assam-governor/08171534| title = Purohit sworn in as Assam governor| date = 17 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2016/08/23/banwarilal-purohit-takes-oath-as-governor-of-assam/| title = Banwarilal Purohit takes oath as Governor of Assam}} {{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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On 30 September 2017 he was appointed [[Governor of Tamil Nadu]] by President [[Ram Nath Kovind]]. It was the first time that the state has got a full time governor after [[Konijeti Rosaiah|K Rosaiah]] retired in August 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/new-governors-appointed-all-you-need-to-know/articleshow/60893472.cms | title=New governors appointed: All you need to know | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=30 September 2017 | access-date=30 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/banwarilal-purohit-appointed-tamil-nadu-governor/articleshow/60891462.cms | title=Banwarilal Purohit appointed Tamil Nadu Governor | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=30 September 2017 | access-date=30 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/banwarilal-purohit-sworn-in-as-governor-of-tamil-nadu/article19806899.ece | title=Banwarilal Purohit sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=6 October 2017 | access-date= 7 October 2017|last=S. Jesudasan|first=Dennis| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007103543/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/banwarilal-purohit-sworn-in-as-governor-of-tamil-nadu/article19806899.ece| archive-date=7 October 2022}}</ref><br />
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On August 27, 2021 President of India Shri [[Ram Nath Kovind]] appointed Governor Purohit as a [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Governor of Punjab]] (Additional Charge) and [[List of administrators of Chandigarh|Administrator of Chandigarh]] (Additional Charge).<br />
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On September 9, 2021 President of India Shri [[Ram Nath Kovind]] appointed Governor Purohit as a 29th [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Governor of Punjab]].<br />
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==Other career==<br />
Purohit gained ownership of the Nagpur daily newspaper [[The Hitavada]] from [[Servants of India Society]] in 1979. The newspaper was launched by [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]] in 1911 and Purohit is its current managing editor. He is also the chairman of [[Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management]] in [[Nagpur]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
His father's name is Bhagwandas Purohit, he is married to Pushpa Devi Purohit, and he has three children. Two sons Rajendra Purohit and Rakesh Purohit, daughter Meena Purohit Joshi. He has six grandchildren and a great grandson. His eldest granddaughter, Archana Purohit Agrawal is present CEO of eYantra Industries, Hyderabad. He is also the chairman of Bhavans Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir Nagpur. He is the chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan schools founded by late [[Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi]] in 1938.<br />
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