The governor of Manipur is the nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Manipur. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. The current governor of Manipur is Lakshman Prasad Acharya (additional charge), appointed by President Droupadi Murmu on 31 July 2024.[1]
Governor of Manipur | |
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since 31 July 2024 | |
Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan; Imphal |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | 5 Years |
Inaugural holder | B. K. Nehru |
Formation | 21 January 1972 |
Governors of Manipur
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# | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
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1. | B. K. Nehru | 21 January 1972 | 20 September 1973 | 1 year, 242 days | Uttar Pradesh | V. V. Giri | |
2. | L.P. Singh | 21 September 1973 | 11 August 1981 | 7 years, 324 days | Bihar | ||
3. | S. M. H. Burney | 11 August 1981 | 11 June 1984 | 2 years, 305 days | Uttar Pradesh | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy | |
4. | K. V. Krishna Rao | 11 June 1984 | 10 July 1989 | 5 years, 29 days | Andhra Pradesh | Zail Singh | |
5. | Chintamani Panigrahi | 10 July 1989 | 19 March 1993 | 3 years, 252 days | Odisha | R. Venkataraman | |
6. | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy | 20 March 1993 | 30 August 1993 | 163 days | Andhra Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
7. | V. K. Nayar | 31 August 1993 | 22 December 1994 | 1 year, 113 days | Not Known | ||
8. | O.N. Shrivastava | 23 December 1994 | 2 December 1999 | 4 years, 344 days | Madhya Pradesh | ||
9. | Ved Marwah | 2 December 1999 | 12 June 2003 | 3 years, 193 days | Not Known | K. R. Narayan | |
10. | Arvind Dave | 13 June 2003 | 5 August 2004 | 1 year, 53 days | Rajasthan | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
11. | Shivinder Singh Sidhu | 6 August 2004 | 22 July 2008 | 3 years, 351 days | Not Known | ||
12. | Gurbachan Jagat[2] | 23 July 2008 | 23 July 2013 | 5 years, 0 days | Punjab | Pratibha Patil | |
13. | Ashwani Kumar[3] | 23 July 2013 | 31 December 2013 | 161 days | Himachal Pradesh | Pranab Mukherjee | |
14. | Vinod Duggal[4] | 31 December 2013 | 28 August 2014 | 240 days | Punjab | ||
— | K. K. Paul | 16 September 2014 | 15 May 2015 | 241 days | |||
15. | Syed Ahmed | 16 May 2015 | 27 September 2015 | 134 days | Maharashtra | ||
— | V. Shanmuganathan[5] | 30 September 2015 | 17 August 2016 | 322 days | Tamil Nadu | ||
16. | Najma Heptulla[6] | 21 August 2016 | 1 May 2018 | 1 year, 253 days | Madhya Pradesh | ||
— | Jagdish Mukhi | 2 May 2018 | 30 May 2018 | 28 days | Delhi | Ramnath Kovind | |
(16). | Najma Heptulla | 31 May 2018 | 26 June 2019 | 1 year, 26 days | Madhya Pradesh | ||
— | Padmanabha Acharya | 27 June 2019[7] | 23 July 2019 | 26 days | Karnataka | ||
(16). | Najma Heptulla | 24 July 2019 | 10 August 2021 | 2 years, 17 days | Madhya Pradesh | ||
— | Ganga Prasad | 12 August 2021 | 26 August 2021 | 14 days | Bihar | ||
17. | La. Ganesan | 27 August 2021 | 12 February 2023 | 1 year, 169 days | Tamil Nadu | ||
18. | Anusuiya Uikey | 12 February 2023 | 30 July 2024 | 1 year, 169 days | Madhya Pradesh | Draupadi Murmu | |
— | Lakshman Prasad Acharya | 31 July 2024 | Incumbent | 105 days | Uttar Pradesh |
See also
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- ^ "Manipur Legislative Assembly-Bills Passed-Subject-wise". manipurassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Ashwani Kumar sworn in as Governor of Manipur". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Vinod Kumar Duggal sworn in Manipur Governor". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "English Releases". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Press Releases". The President of India. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Acharya sworn in as Governor of Manipur". Business Standard. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.