Governors of Biha

S. No.

Name

Took Office

Left office

1

Sir James Sifton

01-Apr-36

11-Mar-37

2

Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett

11-Mar-37

05-Aug-39

3

Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart

05-Aug-39

09-Jan-43

4

Sir Thomas George Rutherford

09-Jan-43

Mar-43

5

Sir Francis Mudie (acting)

Mar-43

1944

6

Sir Thomas George Rutherford

1944

13-May-46

7

Sir Hugh Dow

13-May-46

15-Aug-47

8

Jairamdas Daulatram

15-Aug-47

11-Jan-48

9

Madhav Shrihari Aney

12-Jan-48

14-Jun-52

10

R. R. Diwakar

15-Jun-52

05-Jul-57

11

Zakir Hussain

06-Jul-57

11-May-62

12

M. A. S. Ayyangar

12-May-62

06-Dec-67

13

Nityanand Kanungo

07-Dec-67

20-Jan-71

14

Dev Kant Baruah

01-Feb-71

04-Feb-73

15

Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare

04-Feb-73

15-Jun-76

16

Jagannath Kaushal

16-Jun-76

31-Jan-79

17

Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai

20-Sep-79

15-Mar-85

18

P. Venkatasubbaiah

15-Mar-85

25-Feb-88

19

Govind Narain Singh

26-Feb-88

24-Jan-89

20

R.D. Pradhan

29-Jan-89

02-Feb-89

21

Jagannath Pahadia

03-Mar-89

02-Feb-90

22

Mohammad Saleem

16-Feb-90

13-Feb-91

23

Mohammad Shafi Qureshi

19-Mar-91

13-Aug-93

24

A R Kidwai

14-Aug-93

26-Apr-98

25

S S Bhandari

27-Apr-98

15-Mar-99

26

V. C. Pande

23-Nov-99

12-Jun-03

27

M R Jois

12-Jun-03

31-Oct-04

28

Buta Singh

05-Nov-04

29-Jan-06

29

Gopalkrishna Gandhi

31-Jan-06

21-Jun-06

30

R. S. Gavai

22-Jun-06

10-Jul-08

31

R. L. Bhatia

10-Jul-08

23-Jul-09

32

Devanand Konwar

24-Jul-09

08-Mar-13

33

D. Y. Patil

29-May-13

26-Nov-14

34

Keshari Nath Tripathi

27-Nov-14

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