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{{Short description|Assam's governors}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor of Assam
| insignia = File:Seal of Assam.svg
| insigniasize =
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Assam]]
| image = [[File:Lakshman Prasad Acharya (cropped).jpg|200px]]
| incumbent = [[Lakshman Acharya|Lakshman Prasad Acharya]]
| incumbentsince = 30 July 2024
| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| residence = [[Lok Bhavan, Guwahati]]
| termlength = [[At His Majesty's pleasure#Derivatives|At the pleasure of the president]]
| appointer = [[President of India]]
| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1947|08|15}}
| inaugural = [[Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari]]
| website = https://rajbhavan.assam.gov.in
}}
This is a list of '''governors of [[Assam]]'''. The governor of Assam is the nominal head of the Indian state of [[Assam]]. The governor is appointed by the [[president of India]]. The current governor is [[Lakshman Acharya]].

==Powers and functions==
{{see also|Governors of India#Powers and functions}}

The governor has:

* Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals
* Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad
* Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor
== List of governors ==
;Legend
*{{note label|†|†|†}} Died in office
*{{note label|§|§|§}} Transferred
*{{note label|‡|‡|‡}} Resigned/removed

;Color key
*{{legend2|wheat}} indicates acting/additional charge

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;"
! rowspan="2"| #
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:14em" | Name (born{{spaced ndash}}died)
! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Home state
! colspan="3"| Tenure in office
! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Appointer (President)
|-
! style="width:7em"| From
! style="width:7em"| To
! style="width:5em"| Time in office
|-
! 1
| [[File:Blank.svg|70px]]
| '''[[Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari]]''' {{small|(1894{{ndash}}1948)}}
| [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]]
| {{small|4 May}} 1947
| {{small|28 December}} 1948{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| '''{{ayd|4 May 1947|28 Dec 1948}}'''
| [[Lord Mountbatten]] {{small|(Governor-General)}}
|-
! 2
| bgcolor="wheat"| [[File:Blank.svg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|Justice}} '''[[Ronald Lodge|Sir Ronald Francis Lodge]]''' {{small|(1889{{ndash}}1960) (Acting)}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{ndash}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|30 December}} 1948
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|15 February}} 1949
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|30 Dec 1948|15 Feb 1949}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[C. Rajagopalachari]] {{small|(Governor-General)}}
|-
! 3
| [[File:Sri Prakasa Portrait.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Sri Prakasa]]''' {{small|(1890{{ndash}}1971)}}
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| {{small|16 February}} 1949
| {{small|26 May}} 1950
| '''{{ayd|16 Feb 1949|26 May 1950}}'''
|-
! 4
| [[File:Jairamdas Daulatram 1985 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Jairamdas Daulatram]]''' {{small|(1891{{ndash}}1979}}
| [[Maharashtra]]
| {{small|27 May}} 1950
| {{small|14 May}} 1956
| '''{{ayd|27 May 1950|14 May 1956}}'''
| rowspan="6"| [[Rajendra Prasad]]
|-
! 5
| [[File:Saiyid Fazl Ali.jpg|70px]]
| {{small|Justice (Retd)}} '''[[Fazl Ali|Saiyid Fazl Ali]]''' {{small|(1886{{ndash}}1959)}}
| [[Bihar]]
| {{small|15 May}} 1956
| {{small|22 August}} 1959{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| '''{{ayd|15 May 1956|22 Aug 1959}}'''
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 6
| [[File:Blank.svg|70px]]
| {{small|Justice}} '''[[Chandreswar Prasad Sinha]]''' (Acting)
| [[Bihar]]
| {{small|23 August}} 1959
| {{small|13 October}} 1959
| '''{{ayd|23 Aug 1959|13 Oct 1959}}'''
|-
! 7
| [[File:General Satyawant Mallana Srinagesh.jpg|70px]]
| {{small|[[General (India)|General]]}} '''[[S. M. Shrinagesh]]''' {{small|(Retd) (1903{{ndash}}1977)}}
| [[Maharashtra]]
| {{small|14 October}} 1959
| {{small|12 November}} 1960
| '''{{ayd|14 Oct 1959|12 Nov 1960}}'''
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 8
| [[File:Blank.svg|70px]]
| '''[[Vishnu Sahay]]''' {{small|[[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] (1901{{ndash}}1989)}} (Acting)
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| {{small|12 November}} 1960
| {{small|12 February}} 1961
| '''{{ayd|12 Nov 1960|12 Feb 1961}}'''
|-
! 9
| [[File:General Satyawant Mallana Srinagesh.jpg|70px]]
| {{small|[[General (India)|General]]}} '''[[S. M. Shrinagesh]]''' {{small|(Retd) (1903{{ndash}}1977)}}
| [[Maharashtra]]
| {{small|13 February}} 1961
| {{small|7 September}} 1962
| '''{{ayd|13 Feb 1961|7 Sep 1962}}'''
|-
! 10
| [[File:Blank.svg|70px]]
| '''[[Vishnu Sahay]]''' {{small|[[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] (Retd) (1901{{ndash}}1989)}}
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| {{small|8 September}} 1962{{efn-lg|Concurrently also served as the [[Governor of Nagaland]] (1963{{ndash}}1968)}}
| {{small|16 April}} 1968
| '''{{ayd|8 Sep 1962|16 Apr 1968}}'''
| [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]
|-
! 11
| [[File:Braj Kumar Nehru with Kennedy (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Braj Kumar Nehru]]''' {{small|[[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] (Retd) (1909{{ndash}}2001)}}
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| {{small|17 April}} 1968{{efn-lg|Concurrently also served as the [[Governor of Nagaland]] (1968{{ndash}}1973)}}
| {{small|7 December}} 1970
| '''{{ayd|17 Apr 1968|7 Dec 1970}}'''
| [[Zakir Husain]]
|-
! 12
| bgcolor="wheat"| [[File:Blank.svg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|Justice}} '''[[Parbati Kumar Goswami]]''' {{small|(1913{{ndash}}1992)}} (Acting)
| bgcolor="wheat"| [[Assam]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|8 December}} 1970
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|4 January}} 1971
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|8 Dec 1970|4 Jan 1971}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[V. V. Giri]]
|-
! 13
| [[File:Braj Kumar Nehru with Kennedy (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Braj Kumar Nehru]]''' {{small|[[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] (Retd) (1909{{ndash}}2001)}}
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| {{small|5 January}} 1971{{efn-lg|Concurrently also served as the [[Governor of Meghalaya]], [[Governor of Manipur|Manipur]], and [[Governor of Tripura|Tripura]] (1972{{ndash}}1973)}}
| {{small|18 September}} 1973
| '''{{ayd|5 Jan 1971|18 Sep 1973}}'''
|-
! 14
| [[File:Blank.svg|70px]]
| '''[[Lallan Prasad Singh]]''' {{small|[[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] (Retd) (1912{{ndash}}1998)}}
| [[Bihar]]
| {{small|19 September}} 1973{{efn-lg|Concurrently also served as the [[Governor of Manipur]], [[Governor of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]], [[Governor of Nagaland|Nagaland]], and [[Governor of Tripura|Tripura]]}}
| {{small|11 August}} 1981
| '''{{ayd|19 Sep 1973|11 Aug 1981}}'''
|-
! 15
| [[File:Prakash Mehrotra.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Prakash Mehrotra]]''' {{small|(1925{{ndash}}1988)}}
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| {{small|12 August}} 1981{{efn-lg|name=AS|Concurrently also served as the [[Governor of Meghalaya]]}}
| {{small|28 March}} 1984{{ref label|‡|‡|‡}}
| '''{{ayd|12 Aug 1981|28 Mar 1984}}'''
| [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
|-
! 16
| bgcolor="wheat"| [[File:Blank.svg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|Justice}} '''[[Tribeni Sahai Misra]]''' {{small|(1922{{ndash}}2005)}} (Acting)
| bgcolor="wheat"| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|28 March}} 1984{{efn-lg|name=AS}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|15 April}} 1984
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|28 Mar 1984|15 Apr 1984}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Zail Singh]]
|-
! 17
| [[File:Bhishma Narain Singh (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Bhishma Narain Singh]]''' {{small|(1933{{ndash}}2018)}}
| [[Bihar]]
| {{small|15 April}} 1984{{efn-lg|name=AS}}
| {{small|11 May}} 1989
| '''{{ayd|15 Apr 1984|11 May 1989}}'''
|-
! 18
| [[File:Haridev Joshi.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Hari Dev Joshi]]''' {{small|(1920{{ndash}}1995)}}
| [[Rajasthan]]
| {{small|10 May}} 1989{{efn-lg|name=AS}}
| {{small|21 July}} 1989{{ref label|‡|‡|‡}}
| '''{{ayd|10 May 1989|21 Jul 1989}}'''
| rowspan="4"| [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 19
| [[File:Blank.svg|70px]]
| {{small|Justice}} '''[[Anisetti Raghuvir]]''' {{small|(1929{{ndash}}2007) (Acting)}}
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| {{small|27 July}} 1989
| {{small|1 May}} 1990
| '''{{ayd|27 Jul 1989|1 May 1990}}'''
|-
! 20
| [[File:Blank.svg|70px]]
| '''[[Devi Das Thakur]]''' {{small|(1929{{ndash}}2007)}}
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| {{small|2 May}} 1990
| {{small|17 March}} 1991{{ref label|‡|‡|‡}}
| '''{{ayd|2 May 1990|17 Mar 1991}}'''
|-
! 21
| [[File:Lokanath Misra.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Lokanath Misra]]''' {{small|(1921{{ndash}}2009)}}
| [[Orissa]]
| {{small|17 March}} 1991
| {{small|1 September}} 1997
| '''{{ayd|17 Mar 1991|1 Sep 1997}}'''
|-
! 22
| [[File:Former Governor S. K. Sinha (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| {{small|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]]}} '''[[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]]''' {{small|(Retd)}} {{post-nominals|country=IND|PVSM|ADC}} {{small|(1926{{ndash}}2016)}}
| [[Bihar]]
| {{small|1 September}} 1997
| {{small|21 April}} 2003{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the [[Governor of Jammu and Kashmir]]}}
| '''{{ayd|1 Sep 1997|21 Apr 2003}}'''
| [[K. R. Narayanan]]
|-
! 23
| bgcolor="wheat"| [[File:Arvind Dave.jpg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''[[Arvind Dave]]''' {{small|[[Indian Police Service|IPS]] (Retd) (born 1940)}} (Additional Charge)
| bgcolor="wheat"| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|21 April}} 2003
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|5 June}} 2003
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|21 Apr 2003|5 Jun 2003}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
|-
! 24
| [[File:Governor of Assam Lieutenant General (Retd.) Ajai Singh (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| {{small|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]]}} '''[[Ajai Singh]]''' {{post-nominals|country=IND|PVSM|AVSM}} {{small|(1934{{ndash}}2023)}}
| [[Rajasthan]]
| {{small|5 June}} 2003
| {{small|4 July}} 2008
| '''{{ayd|5 Jun 2003|4 Jul 2008}}'''
|-
! 25
| [[File:Assam Governor Shiv Charan Mathur in 2008 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Shiv Charan Mathur]]''' {{small|(1927{{ndash}}2009)}}
| [[Rajasthan]]
| {{small|4 July}} 2008
| {{small|25 June}} 2009{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| '''{{ayd|4 Jul 2008|25 Jun 2009}}'''
| rowspan="4"| [[Pratibha Patil]]
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 26
| [[File:Governor of Maharashtra, Shri K. Sankaranarayanan with Vice President Hamid Ansari at TISS in 2013.png|70px]]
| '''[[K. Sankaranarayanan|Kateekal Sankaranarayan]]'''
(1932- 2022) (Additional Charge)
| [[Kerala]]
| {{small|26 June}} 2009
| {{small|26 July}} 2009{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the [[Governor of Jharkhand]]}}
| '''{{ayd|26 Jun 2009|26 Jul 2009}}'''
|-
! 27
| [[File:Syed Sibtey Razi in 2015 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Syed Sibtey Razi]]''' {{small|(1939{{ndash}}2022)}}
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| {{small|27 July}} 2009
| {{small|10 December}} 2009
| '''{{ayd|27 Jul 2009|10 Dec 2009}}'''
|-
! 28
| [[File:Assam Governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik at Platinum Jubilee of Assam Legislative Assembly (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]]''' {{small|(1927{{ndash}}2015)}}
| [[Odisha]]
| {{small|11 December}} 2009
| {{small|10 December}} 2014
| '''{{ayd|11 Dec 2009|10 Dec 2014}}'''
|-
! 29
| bgcolor="wheat"| [[File:Smriti Irani meeting the Governor of Tripura Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (cropped).jpg|93x93px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''[[Padmanabha Acharya|Padmanabha B. Acharya]]''' (1931- 2023) (Additional Charge)
| bgcolor="wheat"| [[Karnataka]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|11 December}} 2014
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|21 August}} 2016
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|11 Dec 2014|21 Aug 2016}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|-
! 30
| [[File:The Governor of Assam, Shri Banwarilal Purohit calling on the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley, in New Delhi on August 30, 2016 (cropped).jpg|93x93px]]
| '''[[Banwarilal Purohit]]''' {{small|(born 1940)}}
| [[Maharashtra]]
| {{small|22 August}} 2016
| {{small|9 October}} 2017{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the [[Governor of Tamil Nadu]]}}
| '''{{ayd|22 Aug 2016|9 Oct 2017}}'''
|-
! 31
| [[File:The Governor of Assam, Shri Jagdish Mukhi meeting the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on October 28, 2018 (cropped).JPG|90x90px]]
| '''[[Jagdish Mukhi]]''' {{small|(born 1942)}}
| [[National Capital Territory of Delhi|Delhi]] (NCT)
| {{small|10 October}} 2017
| {{small|21 February}} 2023
| '''{{ayd|10 Oct 2017|21 Feb 2023}}'''
| [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
|-
! 32
| [[File:Gulab Chand Kataria Minister.jpg|78x78px]]
| '''[[Gulab Chand Kataria]]''' {{small|(born 1944)}}
| [[Rajasthan]]
| {{small|22 February}} 2023
| {{small|29 July}} 2024{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the [[Governor of Punjab (India)|Governor of Punjab]] and [[Administrator of Chandigarh]]}}
| '''{{ayd|22 Feb 2023|29 Jul 2024}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Droupadi Murmu]]
|-
! 33
| [[File:Lakshman Prasad Acharya (cropped).jpg|88x88px]]
| '''[[Lakshman Acharya|Lakshman Prasad Acharya]]''' {{small|(born 1954)}}
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| {{small|30 July}} 2024
| ''Incumbent''
| '''{{ayd|30 Jul 2024}}'''
|-
|}

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==Timeline==
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| Timeline of Assam governors
|-
|
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from: 03/01/1918 till: 03/04/1921 color:ind text:"[[Nicholas Beatson-Bell]]"
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from: 03/04/1921 till: 10/10/1922 color:ind text:"[[William Sinclair Marris]]"
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from: 10/10/1922 till: 28/06/1927 color:ind text:"[[John Henry Kerr]]"
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from: 28/06/1927 till: 11/05/1932 color:ind text:"[[Laurie Hammond]]"
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from: 11/05/1932 till: 04/03/1937 color:ind text:"[[Michael Keane (governor)|Michael Keane]]"
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from: 04/03/1937 till: 24/02/1938 color:ind
from: 04/10/1939 till: 04/05/1942 color:ind text:"[[Robert Reid (civil servant)|Robert Reid]]"
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from: 24/02/1938 till: 04/10/1939 color:ind text:"[[Henry Joseph Twynam]]"
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from: 04/05/1942 till: 04/04/1946 color:ind
from: 23/12/1946 till: 04/05/1947 color:ind text:"[[Andrew Clow]]"
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from: 04/04/1946 till: 04/09/1946 color:ind text:"[[Frederick Chalmers Bourne]]"
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from: 04/09/1946 till: 23/12/1946 color:ind text:"[[Henry Foley Knight]]"
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from: 04/05/1947 till: 28/12/1948 color:ind text:"[[Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari]]"
bar:Lodge
from: 30/12/1948 till: 15/02/1949 color:ind text:"[[Ronald Lodge]]"
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from: 16/02/1949 till: 26/05/1950 color:ind text:"[[Sri Prakasa]]"
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from: 27/05/1950 till: 14/05/1956 color:ind text:"[[Jairamdas Daulatram]]"
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from: 15/05/1956 till: 22/08/1959 color:ind text:"[[Fazl Ali]]"
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from: 23/08/1959 till: 13/10/1959 color:ind text:"[[Chandreswar Prasad Sinha]]"
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from: 13/02/1961 till: 07/09/1962 color:ind text:"[[S. M. Shrinagesh]]"
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from: 12/11/1960 till: 12/02/1961 color:ind
from: 08/09/1962 till: 16/04/1968 color:ind text:"[[Vishnu Sahay]]"
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from: 17/04/1968 till: 07/12/1970 color:ind
from: 05/01/1971 till: 18/09/1973 color:ind text:"[[Braj Kumar Nehru]]"
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from: 08/12/1970 till: 04/01/1971 color:ind text:"[[Parbati Kumar Goswami]]"
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from: 19/09/1973 till: 11/08/1981 color:ind text:"[[Lallan Prasad Singh]]"
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from: 12/08/1981 till: 28/03/1984 color:ind text:"[[Prakash Mehrotra]]"
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from: 28/03/1984 till: 15/04/1984 color:ind text:"[[Tribeni Sahai Misra]]"
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from: 15/04/1984 till: 11/05/1989 color:ind text:"[[Bhishma Narain Singh]]"
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from: 10/05/1989 till: 21/07/1989 color:ind text:"[[Hari Dev Joshi]]"
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from: 27/07/1989 till: 01/05/1990 color:ind text:"[[Anisetti Raghuvir]]"
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from: 02/05/1990 till: 17/03/1991 color:ind text:"[[Devi Das Thakur]]"
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from: 17/03/1991 till: 01/09/1997 color:ind text:"[[Lokanath Misra]]"
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from: 01/09/1997 till: 21/04/2003 color:ind text:"[[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]]"
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from: 21/04/2003 till: 05/06/2003 color:ind text:"[[Arvind Dave]]"
bar:ASingh
from: 05/06/2003 till: 04/07/2008 color:ind text:"[[Ajai Singh]]"
bar:Mathur
from: 04/07/2008 till: 25/06/2009 color:ind text:"[[Shiv Charan Mathur]]"
bar:Sankaranarayanan
from: 26/06/2009 till: 26/07/2009 color:ind text:"[[K. Sankaranarayanan]]"
bar:Razi
from: 27/07/2009 till: 10/12/2009 color:ind text:"[[Syed Sibtey Razi]]"
bar:Patnaik
from: 11/12/2009 till: 10/12/2014 color:ind text:"[[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]]"
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from: 11/12/2014 till: 21/08/2016 color:ind text:"[[Padmanabha Acharya]]"
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from: 22/08/2016 till: 09/10/2017 color:ind text:"[[Banwarilal Purohit]]"
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from: 10/10/2017 till: 21/02/2023 color:ind text:"[[Jagdish Mukhi]]"
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== Oath ==
“I, A. B., do swear in the name of God/solemly affirm that I will faithfully
execute the office of Governor (or discharge the functions
of the Governor) of .............(name of the State) and will to
the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to
the service and well-being of the people of ..………(name
of the State).”
==See also==
* [[History of Assam]]
* [[Chief Minister of Assam]]
* [[Governors of India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://assamassembly.nic.in/governor-list.html List of Governors] from [http://assamassembly.nic.in assamassembly.nic.in]
* http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Assam
* http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm#Assam
* {{Cite ODNB |title=Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in India (1616–2000) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/93241}}

{{Governors_and_Lt_Governors_of_Indian_States}}
{{Administrators of provinces in British India}}

[[Category:Governors of Assam| ]]
[[Category:Lists of governors of Indian states|Assam]]
[[Category:Assam politics-related lists|Governors]]

List of governors of Assam - Revision history

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