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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = K Sankaranarayanan
| image = K. Sankaranarayanan.jpg
| mainwidth =
| honorific_prefix = [[His Excellency]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1932|10|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Palakkad]], [[Kerala]], [[British India]]
| order1 = 20th
| office1 = Governor of Maharashtra
| term_start1 = 22 January 2010
| term_end1 = 24 August 2014
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[Ashok Chavan]] <br> [[Prithviraj Chavan]]
| predecessor1 = [[S C Jamir]]
| successor1 = [[Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao|C. Vidyasagar Rao]]
| order2 = 5th
| office2 = Governor of Jharkhand
| term_start2 = 26 July 2009
| term_end2 = 21 January 2010
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Shibu Soren]]
| predecessor2 = [[Syed Sibtey Razi]]
| successor2 = [[M. O. H. Farook]]
| order3 = 13th
| office3 = Governor of Nagaland
| term_start3 = 3 February 2007
| term_end3 = 28 July 2009
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = [[Neiphiu Rio]]
| predecessor3 = [[Shyamal Datta]]
| successor3 = [[Gurbachan Jagat]]
| office4 = [[Governor of Assam]] <br> {{small|(Additional Charge)}}
| term_start4 = 26 June 2009
| term_end4 = 27 July 2009
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata4 = [[Tarun Gogoi]]
| predecessor4 = [[Shiv Charan Mathur]]
| successor4 = [[Syed Sibtey Razi]]
| office5 = [[Governor of Arunachal Pradesh]] <br> {{small|(Additional Charge)}}
| term_start5 = 4 September 2007
| term_end5 = 26 January 2008
| 1blankname5 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata5 = [[Dorjee Khandu]]
| predecessor5 = [[Shilendra Kumar Singh|S. K. Singh]]
| successor5 = [[Joginder Jaswant Singh]]
| term_start6 = 7 April 2007
| term_end6 = 14 April 2007
| 1blankname6 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata6 = [[Gegong Apang]]<br>Dorjee Khandu
| predecessor6 = [[M. M. Jacob]]
| successor6 = S. K. Singh
| nationality = Indian
| spouse = Prof K Radha
| children = 1 daughter
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}

'''Kateekal Sankaranarayanan''' (born 15 October 1932) is the ex-governor of the [[India]]n state of [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zeenews.com/news597085.html|title=Sankaranarayanan to be sworn in as Maha Governor on 22 January|date=19 January 2010|publisher=[[Zee News]]|accessdate=23 January 2010}}</ref> He had also served as the Governor of [[Nagaland]] and [[Jharkhand]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article81100.ece|title=Narayanan appointed West Bengal Governor; Shivraj Patil for Punjab |date=16 January 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=23 January 2010}}</ref> Prior to his appointment as governor, he had served as a minister in several [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] led [[Government of Kerala|governments]] of [[Kerala]] headed by [[List of chief ministers of Kerala|Chief Ministers]] [[A K Antony]] and [[K. Karunakaran]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121014055928/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-01-19/india/27884646_1_nagaland-governor-congress-leader-k-sankaranarayanan "K Sankaranarayanan is new Nagaland Governor"], ''Times of India'', 19 January 2007.</ref> On 24 August 2014 he was transferred by the NDA government to Mizoram.

Sankaranarayanan was also asked to assume the additional charge of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] during the absence on leave of [[Shilendra Kumar Singh|S K Singh]]. The swear-in ceremony was held on 7 April 2007. When Singh was appointed Governor of [[Rajasthan]] on 19 August 2007, Sankaranarayanan was also appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121018055632/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-08-20/india/27976001_1_nagaland-governor-b-l-joshi-t-n-chaturvedi "Tiwari appointed new Andhra governor"], IST, TNN (''The Times of India''), 20 August 2007.</ref> and he was sworn in on 4 September 2007.<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200709041866.htm "Sankaranarayan takes additional charge as Arunachal Governor"], PTI (''The Hindu''), 4 September 2007.</ref> He remained in that post until January 2008, when [[Joginder Jaswant Singh]] became governor of Arunachal Pradesh. On 22 January 2010, he was sworn in as the Governor of [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/479857_Sankaranarayanan-sworn-in-Maharashtra-Governor|title=Sankaranarayanan sworn in Maharashtra Governor|date=22 January 2010|publisher=[[Press Trust of India]]|accessdate=23 January 2010}}</ref> On 27 August 2011 he was given additional charge of Goa until the Indian government appointed [[Bharat Vir Wanchoo|B V Wanchoo]] to the post on 4 May 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former SPG chief BV Wanchoo new Goa Governor|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_former-spg-chief-bv-wanchoo-new-goa-governor_1682050|accessdate=7 May 2012|newspaper=Daily News and Analysis|date=28 April 2012}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
K Sankaranarayanan, veteran Congress leader, was born on 15 October 1932 in the city of [[Palakkad]] in the state of Kerala as the son of A Sankaran Nair and Smt K Lekshmi Amma.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shri. K. Sankaranarayanan {{!}} Rajbhavan Nagaland|url=https://rajbhavan.nagaland.gov.in/shri-k-sankaranarayanan/|access-date=2020-09-10|language=en-US}}</ref>

He entered politics while a student and had been an active member of the Students Organisation since 1946.
Sankaranarayanan became elected to 5th KLA from Thrithala, 6th KLA from [[Sreekrishnapuram]], 8th KLA from [[Ottappalam]], and later, also to the 11th KLA, from [[Palghat]] constituency as an Indian National Congress member.

From 11 April 1977 to 25 April 1977 he handled the portfolios of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development, and Community Development, in the Ministry headed by K Karunakaran. From 27 April 1977 to 27 October 1978, he handled the same portfolios in the Ministry headed by [[A K Antony]]. Again from 26 May 2001 to 29 August 2004, he was the Minister for Finance in the Ministry headed by [[A K Antony]]. He held the portfolios of Excise as well, till 10 February 2004. From 1989 to 1991 he served also as the chairman of the committee on Public Accounts and from 1980 to 1982 he was the chairman of the committee on Government Assurances. And from 1985 to 2001, he was the Convenor of the UDF.
Along with, he held various positions in the party as secretary, District Congress Committee, president, KPCC (O), general secretary, KPCC, member, All India Working Committee, and member, Parliamentary Board Congress (O).

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