List of governors of Tripura

Governor of Tripura
Raj BhavanAgartala
Incumbent N. Indrasena Reddy since 26 October 2023
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Agartala
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Formation	rajbhavan.tripura.gov.in

The state of Tripura is surrounded by eastern Bangladesh.

This is a list of the governors of Tripura, a state in northeast India, since its inception as a state on 21 January 1972. ^[1]

Powers and functions

See also: Powers and functions of the governor

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.

List

Legend

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Transferred
• ^‡ Resigned/removed

Color key

•    indicates acting/additional charge

#	Portrait	Name (born –died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
				From	To	Time in office
1		Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001) Governor of Assam	Uttar Pradesh	21 January 1972 [α]	22 September 1973	1 year, 244 days	V. V. Giri
2		Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd) (1912–1998) Governor of Assam	Bihar	23 September 1973 [β]	13 August 1981	7 years, 324 days
3		S. M. H. Burney IAS (Retd) (1924–2014) Governor of Manipur and Nagaland	Uttar Pradesh	14 August 1981 [γ]	13 June 1984 [§] [δ]	2 years, 304 days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
4		General K. V. Krishna Rao (Retd) PVSM (1923–2016) Governor of Manipur and Nagaland	Andhra Pradesh	14 June 1984 [γ]	11 July 1989 [§] [ε]	5 years, 27 days	Zail Singh
5		Sultan Singh (1923–2014)	Haryana	12 July 1989	11 February 1990 [‡]	214 days	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
6		K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002)	Andhra Pradesh	12 February 1990	14 August 1993 [§] [ζ]	3 years, 183 days
7		Romesh Bhandari IFS (Retd) (1928–2013)	Punjab	15 August 1993	15 June 1995 [§] [η]	1 year, 304 days	Shankar Dayal Sharma
8		Siddheshwar Prasad (1929–2023)	Bihar	16 June 1995	22 June 2000	5 years, 6 days
9		Lieutenant General Krishna Mohan Seth (Retd) PVSM AVSM (born 1939)	Uttar Pradesh	23 June 2000	31 May 2003 [§] [θ]	2 years, 342 days	K. R. Narayanan
10		Dinesh Nandan Sahay IPS (Retd) (1936–2018)	Bihar	2 June 2003	14 October 2009	6 years, 134 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
11		Kamla Beniwal (1927–2024)	Rajasthan	15 October 2009	26 November 2009 [§] [ι]	42 days	Pratibha Patil
12		D. Y. Patil (born 1935)	Maharashtra	27 November 2009	24 March 2013 [§] [κ]	3 years, 117 days
13		Devanand Konwar (1934–2020)	Assam	25 March 2013	29 June 2014	1 year, 96 days	Pranab Mukherjee
14		Vakkom Purushothaman (1928–2023) Governor of Mizoram (Additional Charge)	Kerala	30 June 2014	20 July 2014 [‡]	20 days
15		Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (1931–2023) Governor of Nagaland (Additional Charge)	Karnataka	21 July 2014	19 May 2015	302 days
16		Tathagata Roy (born 1945)	West Bengal	20 May 2015	25 August 2018 [§] [λ]	3 years, 97 days
17		Kaptan Singh Solanki (born 1939)	Madhya Pradesh	25 August 2018	28 July 2019	337 days	Ram Nath Kovind
18		Ramesh Bais (born 1947)	Chhattisgarh	29 July 2019	13 July 2021 [§] [μ]	1 year, 349 days
19		Satyadev Narayan Arya (born 1939)	Bihar	14 July 2021	25 October 2023	2 years, 103 days
18		N. Indrasena Reddy (born 1976)	Telangana	25 October 2023	Incumbent	2 years, 97 days	Droupadi Murmu

1. Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam and Nagaland (1968–1973); and as the Governor of Meghalaya and Manipur (1972–1973)
2. Concurrently also served as the Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, and Nagaland
3. Concurrently also served as the Governor of Manipur and Nagaland
4. Transferred as the Governor of Haryana
5. Transferred as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
6. Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
7. Transferred as the Governor of Goa
8. Transferred as the Governor of Chhattisgarh
9. Transferred as the Governor of Gujarat
10. Transferred as the Governor of Bihar
11. Transferred as the Governor of Meghalaya
12. Transferred as the Governor of Jharkhand

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

• Tripura
• Governors of India

References

1. "Tripura - Governors". tripura.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.