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| name = Devanand Konwar<br />
| image = Pranab Mukherjee attending the Launching Ceremony of Agriculture Road Map of Bihar (2012-2017), at Patna, in Bihar. The Governor of Bihar, Shri Devanand Konwar and the Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar are also seen (cropped).jpg<br />
| office = [[List of Governors of Tripura|Governor of Tripura]]<br />
| term_start = 25 March 2013<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/devanand-konwar-assumes-office-as-tripura-governor-21119.html|title=Devanand Konwar assumes office as Tripura governor|date=2013-03-25|access-date=2018-01-12|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
| term_end = 29 June 2014<br />
| predecessor = [[D. Y. Patil]]<br />
| successor = [[Vakkom Purushothaman]]<br />
| office1 = [[List of Governors of Bihar|Governor of Bihar]]<br />
| term_start1 = 29 June 2009<br />
| term_end1 = 21 March 2013<br />
| predecessor1 = [[R. L. Bhatia]]<br />
| successor1 = [[D. Y. Patil]]<br />
| office2 = [[List of Governors of West Bengal|24th Governor of West Bengal]]<br>{{small|(Additional charge)}}<br />
| term_start2 = 14 December 2009<br />
| term_end2 = 23 January 2010<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]]<br />
| successor2 = [[M. K. Narayanan]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1934}}<br />
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| party = [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br />
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| alma_mater = [[University of Delhi]]<br/> [[Gauhati University]]<br />
| website = [https://tripura.gov.in/government/keycontact/2 Official Website]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|4|25|1934}}<br />
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'''Devanand Konwar''' (1934 – 25 April 2020) was a senior congressman from [[Assam]] who served as the Governor of the [[India]]n states of [[Tripura]], [[Bihar]] and [[West Bengal]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Konwar began his career as a lecturer in the English Department of [[Cotton College, Guwahati|Cotton College]] in [[Guwahati]]. Then in 1961 he went to work for the American firm [[Standard Vacuum Oil Company]] in [[Mumbai]] as a marketing manager and remained in that position for seven years, coordinating Petroleum Products distribution Networks in Northern and Eastern India from Trombay, Vizag, Barauni, Noonmati, Digboi Refineries and Budge-Budge sea Terminaland other Company Inland Product Terminals. In 1968-69 he established a Degree College in Guwahati City known as Guwahati College as its founder Principal. In November 1969 he joined [[Gauhati High Court]] Bar and practised there as well as in the Supreme Court of India as an Advocate till 1991. He professionally served as Government Advocate for the States of [[Assam]], [[Tripura]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]] and [[Mizoram]] in the Gauhati High Court. He joined the [[Indian National Congress]] Party as a Student Leader in 1955 and had never been out of it till today. He held various Party posts at District and State Levels at different times including General Secretaryship and Vice-Presidency of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee from 1983–1991. He had been chosen to lead a composite 28-member Friends of Soviet Union Delegation composed of participants from Assam, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu to Moscow, Tashkent, Alma-Ata, Kiev, Sochi, Leningrad, etc. in 1988. He served as the Governor of Bihar. While he was the Governor of [[Bihar]] he was also given an additional charge as the Governor of [[West Bengal]] until he was succeeded by [[Mayankote Kelath Narayanan]] on 24 January 2011.<br />
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==Political life==<br />
Komwar joined the Indian National Congress Party in 1955 as a Student Leader. He had been the Cabinet minister in the state government of Assam in 1991 [[Hiteswar Saikia]] Govt. and in 2001 [[Tarun Gogoi]] Govt.<br />
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==References==<br />
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* [http://gov.bih.nic.in/Governance/Governor.htm governor of Bihar]<br />
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