Assam Assembly Elections
Assam has had 10 Governors of British origin The first Governor of Assam was Sir Robert Neil Reid. He was appointed Governor of Assam on March 4 1937. Sir Akbar Hydari became the first Governor of Indian and was also the last British appointed Governor of Assam. Since 1937, Assam has had 39 Governors.
| Sl.No | Governor | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prof. Jagdish Mukhi | - | - |
| 2 | Shri Banwarilal Purohit | 22nd August, 2016 | - |
| 3 | Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya | 12th December, 2014 | 22nd August, 2016 |
| 4 | Shri Janaki Ballav Patnaik | 11th December, 2009 | 11th December, 2014 |
| 5 | Shri Syed Sibtey Razi | 27th July, 2009 | 10th December, 2009 |
| 6 | Shri K. Sankaranarayanan | 26th June, 2009 | 26th July, 2009 |
| 7 | Shri Shiv Charan Mathur | 4th July, 2008 | 25th June, 2009 |
| 8 | Lt. Gen.(Retd.) Ajai Singh, PVSM, AVSM | 5th June, 2003 | 3rd July, 2008 |
| 9 | Lt.Gen.(Retd.) S.K. Sinha, PVSM | 1st September, 1997 | 4th June, 2003 |
| 10 | Shri Lok Nath Misra | 17th March, 1991 | 31st August, 1997 |
| 11 | Shri Devi Das Thakur | 2nd May, 1990 | 16th March, 1991 |
| 12 | Shri Justice Anisetti Roghuvir, Chief Justice, Assam | 27th July, 1989 | 1st May, 1990 |
| 13 | Shri Harideo Joshi | 12th May, 1989 | 26th July, 1989 |
| 14 | Shri Bhisma Narayan Singh | 16th April, 1984 | 11th May, 1989 |
| 15 | Shri Justice T.S. Misra | 29th March, 1984 | 15th April, 1984. |
| 16 | Shri Prakash Mehrotra | 12th August,1981 | 28th March, 1984 |
| 17 | Shri L.P. Singh, ICS (Retd) | 19th September, 1973 | 11th August, 1981 |
| 18 | Shri B.K. Nehru, ICS (Retd) | 5th January, 1971 | 18th September, 1973 |
| 19 | Shri Justice P.K. Goswami, Chief Justice, Assam | 8th Deccember, 1970 | 4th January, 1971 |
| 20 | Shri B.K. Nehru, ICS (Retd) | 17th April, 1968 | 7th December, 1970 |
| 21 | Shri Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd) | 7th September, 1962 | 16th April, 1968 |
| 22 | General Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh | 13th February, 1961 | 7th September, 1962 |
| 23 | Shri Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd) | 12th November, 1960 | 12th February, 1961 |
| 24 | General Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh (Retd) | 14th October, 1959 | 12th November, 1960 |
| 25 | Shri Justice Chandreswar Prasad Singha, Chief Justice, Assam | 23rd August, 1959 | 13th October, 1959 |
| 26 | Shri Saiyid Fazal Ali | 15th May, 1956 | 22nd August 1959 |
| 27 | H.E. Shri Jairam Das Daulatram | 27th May, 1949 | 14th May, 1956 |
| 28 | Shri Sri Prakasa | 16th February, 1949 | 26th May, 1949 |
| 29 | H.E. Ronald Francis Lodge, ICS (Retd) | 30th December, 1948 | 15th February, 1949 |
| 30 | H.E. Sir Akbar Hydari K.C.I.E.C.S.I., ICS (Retd) | 4th May, 1947 | 28th December, 1948 |
| 31 | H.E. Sir Andrew Gourlay Clow K.C.S.I.C.I.E., ICS | 24th December, 1946 | 3rd May, 1947 |
| 32 | H.E. Sir Henry Foley Knight (ICS Retd) | 4th September, 1946 | 23rd December, 1946 |
| 33 | H.E. Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne C.B.I.C.I.E., ICS (Retd) | 25th April, 1946 | 3rd September, 1946 |
| 34 | H.E. Sir Andrew Gourlay Clow K.C.S.I.C.I.E. | 4th May, 1942 | 24th April, 1946 |
| 35 | H.E. Sir Robert Niel Reid. K.C.S.I.K.C.I.E. (K) | 5th October, 1939 | 3rd May, 1942 |
| 36 | H.E. Sir Henry Joseph Twynam K.C.S.I.C.I.E. | 24th February, 1939 | 4th October, 1939 |
| 37 | H.E. Sir Robert Niel Reid. K.C.S.I.K.C.I.E. (K) | 25th October, 1938 | 24th February, 1939 |
| 38 | H.E. Sir Gilbert Pitchin Hogg | 25th June, 1938 | 24th October, 1938 |
| 39 | H.E. Sir Robert Niel Reid. K.C.S.I.K.C.I.E. (K) | 4th March, 1937 | 24th June, 1938 |