List of governors of Meghalaya

Governor of Meghalaya
Emblem of Meghalaya
Incumbent
Phagu Chauhan

since 13 February 2023
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Shillong
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthFive Years
Formation21 January 1972 (1972-01-21)
Websitemeggovernor.gov.in

List of governors

This is a list of the governors of Meghalaya state in northeastern India. Meghalaya became an autonomous state within Assam on 1 April 1970 and a separate state on 21 January 1972.[1]

# Name Took office Left office
1 Braj Kumar Nehru 1 April 1970 18 September 1973
2 Lallan Prasad Singh 19 September 1973 10 August 1981
3 Prakash Mehrotra 11 August 1981 28 March 1984
4 Tribeni Sahai Misra 29 March 1984 15 April 1984
5 Bhishma Narain Singh 16 April 1984 10 May 1989
6 Harideo Joshi 11 May 1989 26 July 1989
7 Abubakar Abdul Rahim 27 July 1989 8 May 1990
8 Madhukar Dighe 9 May 1990 18 June 1995
9 M. M. Jacob 19 June 1995 11 April 2007
10 Banwari Lal Joshi 12 April 2007 28 October 2007
11 Shivinder Singh Sidhu 29 October 2007 30 June 2008
12 Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary 1 July 2008 30 June 2013
13 Krishan Kant Paul 1 July 2013 6 January 2015
14 Keshari Nath Tripathi 6 January 2015[2] 19 May 2015
15 V. Shanmuganathan 20 May 2015[3] 27 January 2017 (Resigned) [4]
16 Banwarilal Purohit[5] 27 January 2017
(Assumed full charge from 30 September 2017)		 5 October 2017
17 Ganga Prasad 5 October 2017[6] 25 August 2018
18 Tathagata Roy 25 August 2018[7] 18 December 2019
- R. N. Ravi (additional charge) 18 December 2019[8] 26 January 2020
(18) Tathagata Roy 27 January 2020[9] 18 August 2020
19 Satya Pal Malik[10] 18 August 2020 03 October 2022
- B. D. Mishra (additional charge) 04 October 2022 12 February 2023
20 Phagu Chauhan 13 February 2023 Incumbent

See also

References
  1. "Past Governors: Raj Bhavan, Meghalaya". meggovernor.gov.in. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. "Tripathi sworn in Meghalaya Governor". The Hindu. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. "Shanmuganthan to be sworn-in as new Governor of Meghalaya". Business Standard. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  4. "President Pranab Mukherjee accepts V Shanmuganathan's resignation - Times of India". The Times of India. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  5. "President accepts Shanmuganathan resignation, appoints Banwarilal Purohit as Gov of Meghalaya". indianexpress.com. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  6. "Ganga Prasad sworn in as Meghalaya Governor". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 5 October 2017.
  7. "Roy sworn in as Meghalaya governor". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018.
  8. "R. N. Ravi". News18. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  9. "Roy resumes charge as Meghalaya governor after long leave".
  10. PTI (18 August 2020). "Satya Pal Malik Appointed Meghalaya Governor, to Replace Tathagata Roy". News18. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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