List of governors of Nagaland
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| Governor of Nagaland | |
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan; Kohima |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | Five years |
| Inaugural holder | Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd.) |
| Formation | 1 December 1963 |
| Website | rajbhavan |
The governor of Nagaland is the head of state of Nagaland and the representative of the president of India in the state.
Powers and functions
[edit]The governor enjoys many different types of powers:
- Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
- Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
- Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor.
Governors of Nagaland
[edit]| ‡ | indicates that this was an additional charge |
| # | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vishnu Sahay | 
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1 December 1963 | 16 April 1968 | 4 years, 137 days | Uttar Pradesh | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 2. | Braj Kumar Nehru | .jpg)
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17 April 1968 | 18 September 1973 | 5 years, 154 days | Zakir Husain | |
| 3. | Lallan Prasad Singh |
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19 September 1973 | 9 August 1981 | 7 years, 324 days | Bihar | V. V. Giri |
| 4. | S. M. H. Burney |
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10 August 1981 | 12 June 1984 | 2 years, 307 days | Uttar Pradesh | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy |
| 5. | K. V. Krishna Rao | 
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13 June 1984 | 19 July 1989 | 5 years, 36 days | Andhra Pradesh | Zail Singh |
| 6. | Gopal Singh | 
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20 July 1989 | 3 May 1990 | 287 days | Punjab | R. Venkataraman |
| 7. | M. M. Thomas | 9 May 1990 | 12 April 1992 | 1 year, 339 days | Kerala | ||
| 8. | Loknath Mishra |
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13 April 1992 | 1 October 1993 | 1 year, 171 days | Odisha | |
| 9. | V. K. Nayar |
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2 October 1993 | 4 August 1994 | 306 days | Not Known | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 10. | Oudh Narayan Shrivastava |
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5 August 1994 | 11 November 1996 | 2 years, 98 days | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 11. | Om Prakash Sharma |
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12 November 1996 | 27 January 2002 | 5 years, 76 days | Not Known | |
| 12. | Shyamal Datta |
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28 January 2002 | 2 February 2007 | 5 years, 5 days | West Bengal | K. R. Narayan |
| 13. | K. Sankaranarayanan | 
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3 February 2007 | 28 July 2009 | 2 years, 175 days | Kerala | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 14. | Gurbachan Jagat |
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28 July 2009 | 14 Oct 2009 | 78 days | Not Known | Pratibha Patil |
| 15. | Nikhil Kumar | .jpg)
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15 Oct 2009 | 20 March 2013 | 3 years, 156 days | Bihar | |
| 16. | Ashwani Kumar | .jpg)
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21 March 2013 | 27 June 2014 | 1 year, 98 days | Himachal Pradesh | Pranab Mukherjee |
| - | Krishan Kant Paul ‡[1] | .jpg)
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2 July 2014 | 19 July 2014 | 17 days | Punjab | |
| 17. | Padmanabha Acharya[2] | 
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19 July 2014 | 31 July 2019 | 5 years, 12 days | Karnataka | |
| 18. | R. N. Ravi | 
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1 August 2019 | 17 September 2021 | 2 years, 47 days | Bihar | Ramnath Kovind |
| - | Jagdish Mukhi ‡ | 
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17 September 2021 | 19 February 2023 | 1 year, 155 days | Delhi | |
| 19. | La. Ganesan |
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20 February 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 288 days | Tamil Nadu | Draupadi Murmu |
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit] | This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2014) |
- ^ "Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul takes additional charge of Nagaland". The Economic Times. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "P B Acharya sworn in as Nagaland Governor". Deccan Herald. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2018.