List of governors of Bihar

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Governor of Bihar
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Incumbent
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
since 12 Feb 2023
Style His Excellency
Residence Raj Bhavan, Patna, Bihar
Appointer President of India
Term length Five Years
Formation1 April 1936;88 years ago (1936-04-01)
Website governor.bih.nic.in
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Location of Bihar in India.

The governor of Bihar is a nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Bihar. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of 5 years. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar is the current governor of Bihar. [1] [2] Former President Zakir Husain and Ram Nath Kovind were two such governors of Bihar who succeeded on to become the president of India.

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Powers and functions

The governor has:

In his ex-officio capacity, the governor of Bihar is chancellor of the universities of Bihar (at present 12) as per the Acts of the Universities.

Sir Hugh Dow and Sir Frederick Seaford - Dow was the last governor of Bihar under British Raj The National Archives UK - CO 1069-129-7.jpg
Sir Hugh Dow and Sir Frederick Seaford – Dow was the last governor of Bihar under British Raj
President Pranab Mukherjee received by Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind & Chief minister Nitish Kumar. Ram Nath Kovind welcoming Pranab Mukherjee at Patna.jpg
President Pranab Mukherjee received by Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind & Chief minister Nitish Kumar.

Governors of Bihar

#NameEntered officeLeft office
Before Independence
1 Sir James David Sifton 1 April 193610 March 1937
2 Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett 11 March 193715 May 1938
Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart (acting)15 May 193816 September 1938
(2) Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett 17 September 19385 August 1939
3 Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart 6 August 19392 February 1943
4 Sir Thomas George Rutherford 3 February 19436 September 1943
Sir Francis Mudie (acting)7 September 194323 April 1944
(4) Sir Thomas George Rutherford 24 April 194412 May 1946
5 Sir Hugh Dow 13 May 194614 August 1947
After Independence
1 Jairamdas Daulatram 15 August 194711 January 1948
2 Madhav Shrihari Aney 12 January 194814 June 1952
3 R. R. Diwakar 15 June 19525 July 1957
4 Zakir Husain 6 July 195711 May 1962
5 M. A. Ayyangar 12 May 19626 December 1967
6 Nityanand Kanungo 7 December 196720 January 1971
Justice U.N. Sinha (acting)21 January 197131 January 1971
7 Dev Kant Baruah 1 February 19714 February 1973
8 Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare 4 February 197315 June 1976
9 Jagannath Kaushal 16 June 197631 January 1979
Justice K.B.N. Singh (acting)31 January 197919 September 1979
10 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai 20 September 197915 March 1985
11 P. Venkatasubbaiah 15 March 198525 February 1988
12 Govind Narain Singh 26 February 198824 January 1989
Justice Dipak Kumar Sen (acting)24 January 198928 January 1989
13 R.D. Pradhan 29 January 19892 February 1989
14 Jagannath Pahadia 3 March 19892 February 1990
Justice G.G. Sohoni (acting)2 February 199016 February 1990
15 Mohammad Saleem 16 February 199013 February 1991
B. Satya Narayan Reddy (acting)14 February 199118 March 1991
16 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi 19 March 199113 August 1993
(10) Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai 14 August 199326 April 1998
17 Sunder Singh Bhandari 27 April 199815 March 1999
Justice B.M. Lall (acting)15 March 19995 October 1999
Suraj Bhan (additional charge)6 October 199922 November 1999
18 V. C. Pande 23 November 199912 June 2003
19 M R Jois 12 June 200331 October 2004
Ved Prakash Marwah (acting)1 November 20044 November 2004
20 Buta Singh 5 November 200429 January 2006
- Gopalkrishna Gandhi (additional charge)31 January 200621 June 2006
21 R. S. Gavai 22 June 20069 July 2008
22 R. L. Bhatia 10 July 200828 June 2009
23 Devanand Konwar 29 June 200921 March 2013
24 D. Y. Patil 22 March 201326 November 2014
Keshari Nath Tripathi (additional charge)27 November 201415 August 2015
25 Ram Nath Kovind 16 August 201520 June 2017 [3]
Keshari Nath Tripathi (additional charge)20 June 2017 [4] 29 September 2017
26 Satya Pal Malik 30 September 2017 [5] 23 August 2018
27 Lalji Tandon 23 August 2018 [6] 28 July 2019
28 Phagu Chauhan 29 July 201913 February 2023
29 Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar 14 February 2023Incumbent

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