Assam Governor List With Name | List of Current and Past Governors of Assam

Assam Governor List

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.

List of Governors of Assam

Governor	From	To
Gulab Chand Kataria	15 February 2023	Incumbent
Prof. Jagdish Mukhi	10 October 2017	14 February 2023
Shri Banwarilal Purohit	22nd August, 2016	10 October 2017
Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya	12th December, 2014	22nd August, 2016
Shri Janaki Ballav Patnaik	11th December, 2009	11th December, 2014

Governor	From	To
Shri Syed Sibtey Razi	27th July, 2009	10th December, 2009
Shri K. Sankaranarayanan	26th June, 2009	26th July, 2009
Shri Shiv Charan Mathur	4th July, 2008	25th June, 2009
Lt. Gen.(Retd.) Ajai Singh, PVSM, AVSM	5th June, 2003	3rd July, 2008
Lt.Gen.(Retd.) S.K. Sinha, PVSM	1st September, 1997	4th June, 2003

Governor	From	To
Shri Lok Nath Misra	17th March, 1991	31st August, 1997
Shri Devi Das Thakur	2nd May, 1990	16th March, 1991
Shri Justice Anisetti Roghuvir, Chief Justice, Assam	27th July, 1989	1st May, 1990
Shri Harideo Joshi	12th May, 1989	26th July, 1989
Shri Bhisma Narayan Singh	16th April, 1984	11th May, 1989
Shri Justice T.S. Misra	29th March, 1984	15th April, 1984.
Shri Prakash Mehrotra	12th August,1981	28th March, 1984
Shri L.P. Singh, ICS (Retd)	19th September, 1973	11th August, 1981
Shri B.K. Nehru, ICS (Retd)	5th January, 1971	18th September, 1973
Shri Justice P.K. Goswami, Chief Justice, Assam	8th Deccember, 1970	4th January, 1971
Shri B.K. Nehru, ICS (Retd)	17th April, 1968	7th December, 1970
Shri Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd)	7th September, 1962	16th April, 1968
General Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh	13th February, 1961	7th September, 1962
Shri Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd)	12th November, 1960	12th February, 1961
General Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh (Retd)	14th October, 1959	12th November, 1960
Shri Justice Chandreswar Prasad Singha, Chief Justice, Assam	23rd August, 1959	13th October, 1959
Shri Saiyid Fazal Ali	15th May, 1956	22nd August 1959
H.E. Shri Jairam Das Daulatram	27th May, 1949	14th May, 1956
Shri Sri Prakasa	16th February, 1949	26th May, 1949
H.E. Ronald Francis Lodge, ICS (Retd)	30th December, 1948	15th February, 1949
H.E. Sir Akbar Hydari K.C.I.E.C.S.I., ICS (Retd)	4th May, 1947	28th December, 1948
H.E. Sir Andrew Gourlay Clow K.C.S.I.C.I.E., ICS	24th December, 1946	3rd May, 1947
H.E. Sir Henry Foley Knight (ICS Retd)	4th September, 1946	23rd December, 1946
H.E. Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne C.B.I.C.I.E., ICS (Retd)	25th April, 1946	3rd September, 1946
H.E. Sir Andrew Gourlay Clow K.C.S.I.C.I.E.	4th May, 1942	24th April, 1946
H.E. Sir Robert Niel Reid. K.C.S.I.K.C.I.E. (K)	5th October, 1939	3rd May, 1942
H.E. Sir Henry Joseph Twynam K.C.S.I.C.I.E.	24th February, 1939	4th October, 1939
H.E. Sir Robert Niel Reid. K.C.S.I.K.C.I.E. (K)	25th October, 1938	24th February, 1939
H.E. Sir Gilbert Pitchin Hogg	25th June, 1938	24th October, 1938
H.E. Sir Robert Niel Reid. K.C.S.I.K.C.I.E. (K)	4th March, 1937	24th June, 1938

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