List of governors of West Bengal
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Governor of West Bengal | |
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Status | Head of state |
Abbreviation | GoWB |
Residence |
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Appointer | Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari |
Formation | 15 August 1947 |
Salary | ₹350,000 (US$4,400) (per month) |
Website | rajbhavankolkata |
The Governor of West Bengal is the nominal head of the Indian state of West Bengal and a representative of the President of India. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. His official residence is the Raj Bhavan. C. V. Ananda Bose was appointed as the current governor of West Bengal on 23 November 2022.[1]
History
In 1911 the
Powers and functions
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.
Ex officio role of governor
In his ex officio capacity, the governor of West Bengal is Chancellor of the universities of West Bengal (at present[
The governor is also the chairman or president of some organizations, such as
Governor of West Bengal’s Welfare Fund, has the governor as its chairman. Contributions from this fund are given to the needy people for meeting, to some extent the cost of their treatment. Besides the above, at his discretion, the governor, accepts the position of Chief
1935–1947 – Governors of the Province of Bengal
Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Appointer |
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The Lord Brabourne | 30 May 1937 | 23 February 1939 | The Marquess of Linlithgow | |
Sir John Arthur Herbert
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1 July 1939 | 1 December 1943 | ||
The Lord Casey | 14 January 1944 | 19 February 1946 | The Viscount Wavell | |
Sir Frederick John Burrows | 19 February 1946 | 15 August 1947 |
List of governors
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Duration |
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1 | Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
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15 August 1947 | 21 June 1948 | 311 days | |
2 | Kailash Nath Katju | 21 June 1948 | 1 November 1951 | 3 years, 133 days | |
3 | – | Harendra Coomar Mookerjee | 1 November 1951 | 8 August 1956 | 4 years, 281 days |
– | – | Phani Bhusan Chakravartti (acting) | 8 August 1956 | 3 November 1956 | 87 days |
4 | – | Padmaja Naidu | 3 November 1956 | 1 June 1967 | 10 years, 210 days |
5 | Dharma Vira | 1 June 1967 | 1 April 1969 | 1 year, 304 days | |
– | – | Deep Narayan Sinha (acting) | 1 April 1969 | 19 September 1969 | 171 days |
6 | – | Shanti Swaroop Dhavan | 19 September 1969 | 21 August 1971 | 1 year, 336 days |
7 | Anthony Lancelot Dias | 21 August 1971 | 6 November 1979 | 8 years, 77 days | |
8 | – | Tribhuvana Narayana Singh
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6 November 1979 | 12 September 1981 | 1 year, 310 days |
9 | – | Bhairab Dutt Pande
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12 September 1981 | 10 October 1983 | 2 years, 28 days |
10 | – | Anant Prasad Sharma
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10 October 1983 | 16 August 1984 | 320 days |
— | – | Satish Chandra (acting) | 16 August 1984 | 1 October 1984 | 46 days |
11 | – | Uma Shankar Dikshit | 1 October 1984 | 12 August 1986 | 1 year, 315 days |
12 | Saiyid Nurul Hasan | 12 August 1986 | 20 March 1989 | 2 years, 220 days | |
13 | T. V. Rajeswar | 20 March 1989 | 7 February 1990 | 324 days | |
(12) | Saiyid Nurul Hasan | 7 February 1990 | 12 July 1993 | 3 years, 155 days | |
– | – | B. Satyanarayan Reddy (additional charge)
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13 July 1993 | 14 August 1993 | 32 days |
14 | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy | 14 August 1993 | 27 April 1998 | 4 years, 256 days | |
15 | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | 27 April 1998 | 18 May 1999 | 1 year, 21 days | |
16 | Shyamal Kumar Sen | 18 May 1999 | 4 December 1999 | 200 days | |
17 | Viren J. Shah | 4 December 1999 | 14 December 2004 | 5 years, 10 days | |
18 | Gopalkrishna Gandhi | 14 December 2004 | 14 December 2009 | 5 years, 0 days | |
– | Devanand Konwar (additional charge) | 14 December 2009 | 23 January 2010 | 40 days | |
19 | M.K. Narayanan
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24 January 2010 | 30 June 2014 | 4 years, 157 days | |
— | D. Y. Patil (additional charge)[2] | 3 July 2014 | 17 July 2014 | 14 days | |
20 | Keshari Nath Tripathi | 24 July 2014 | 29 July 2019 | 5 years, 5 days | |
21 | Jagdeep Dhankhar[3] | 30 July 2019 | 17 July 2022 | 2 years, 352 days | |
— | La. Ganesan (additional charge) | 18 July 2022 | 22 November 2022 | 127 days | |
22 | C. V. Ananda Bose | 23 November 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 146 days |
See also
- West Bengal
- Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of states of India
References
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Dr D Y Patil appointed West Bengal's acting Governor". The Economic Times. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Senior Advocate Jagdeep Dhankhar Made West Bengal Governor". www.livelaw.in. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
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