List of governors of Telangana
The Governor of Telangana is the nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Telangana. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years.
| Governor of Telangana | |
|---|---|
| తెలంగాణ గవర్నరు | |
| Style | Her Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | Five Years |
| Inaugural holder | E. S. L. Narasimhan (additional charge) |
| Formation | 2 June 2014 |
| Website | governor |
Since 8 September 2019, Tamilisai Soundararajan is the Governor of Telangana.
Powers and functions edit
The Governor enjoys many different types of powers:
- Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
- Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
- Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.
List of governors of Telangana edit
| S.No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term of office[1] | Previous post | Appointed by | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | E. S. L. Narasimhan (additional charge) (born 1945) | 2 June 2014 | 23 July 2019 | 1st (5 years, 51 days) | Governor of Andhra Pradesh | Pranab Mukherjee | |
| 1 | E. S. L. Narasimhan (born 1945) | 24 July 2019 | 7 September 2019 | 2nd (45 days) | |||
| 2 | Tamilisai Soundararajan (born 1961) | 8 September 2019 | Incumbent | 1st (4 years, 151 days) | President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu | Ram Nath Kovind | |
- Timeline
List of governors of United Andhra Pradesh edit
- Main article List of governors of United Andhra Pradesh
In an effort to gain an independent state based on linguistic identity, and to protect the interests of the Telugu people of Madras State, Potti Sreeramulu fasted to death in 1952. As Madras became a bone of contention, in 1949 a JVP committee report stated: "Andhra Province could be formed provided the Andhras give up their claim on the city of Madras (now Chennai)". After Potti Sreeramulu's death, the Telugu-speaking area of Andhra State was carved out of Madras State on 30 November 1953, with Kurnool as its capital city.[2] On the basis of the gentlemen's agreement of 1 November 1956, the States Reorganisation Act formed Andhra Pradesh by merging Andhra State with the Telugu-speaking areas of the then-existing Hyderabad State.[3] Hyderabad was made the capital of the new state. The Marathi-speaking areas of Hyderabad State merged with Bombay State which later bifurcated in Gujarat and Maharashtra and the Kannada-speaking areas were merged with Mysore State which was later renamed as Karnataka.[4]
| # | Name | Portrait | From | To | Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | 1 November 1956 | 1 August 1957 | 1,005 days | |
| 2 | Bhim Sen Sachar | 1 August 1957 | 8 September 1962 | 1,865 days | |
| 3 | Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh | 8 September 1962 | 4 May 1964 | 605 days | |
| 4 | Pattom A. Thanu Pillai | 4 May 1964 | 11 April 1968 | 1,439 days | |
| 5 | Khandubhai Kasanji Desai | 11 April 1968 | 25 January 1975 | 2,481 days | |
| 6 | S. Obul Reddy | 25 January 1975 | 10 January 1976 | 351 days | |
| 7 | Mohanlal Sukhadia | 10 January 1976 | 16 June 1976 | 159 days | |
| 8 | Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare | 16 June 1976 | 17 February 1977 | 247 days | |
| 9 | B. J. Divan | 17 February 1977 | 5 May 1977 | 78 days | |
| 10 | Sharda Mukherjee | 5 May 1977 | 15 August 1978 | 468 days | |
| 11 | K. C. Abraham | 15 August 1978 | 15 August 1983 | 1,827 days | |
| 12 | Thakur Ram Lal | 15 August 1983 | 29 August 1984 | 381 days | |
| 13 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | 29 August 1984 | 26 November 1985 | 455 days | |
| 14 | Kumud Ben Joshi | 26 November 1985 | 7 February 1990 | 1,535 days | |
| 15 | Krishan Kant | 7 February 1990 | 22 August 1997 | 2,754 days | |
| 16 | Gopala Ramanujam | 22 August 1997 | 24 November 1997 | 95 days | |
| 17 | C. Rangarajan | 24 November 1997 | 3 January 2003 | 1,867 days | |
| 18 | Surjit Singh Barnala | 3 January 2003 | 4 November 2004 | 672 days | |
| 19 | Sushilkumar Shinde | 4 November 2004 | 29 January 2006 | 452 days | |
| 20 | Rameshwar Thakur | 29 January 2006 | 22 August 2007 | 571 days | |
| 21 | N. D. Tiwari | 22 August 2007 | 27 December 2009 | 859 days | |
| 22 | E. S. L. Narasimhan | 28 December 2009 | 1 June 2014 | 1,617 days |
Rajpramukh edit
Hyderabad State had its last Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886–1967) as Rajpramukh from 26 January 1950 to 31 October 1956.[5]
Hyderabad State was now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the Marathwada region of Maharashtra in Bharatam.
| No | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Selected former office(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mir Osman Ali Khan | 26 January 1950 | 31 October 1956 | 6 years, 279 days | 10th Nizam of Hyderabad | |
Military Governor edit
After successful of operation polo Hyderabad State merged into Union of India and Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri was appointed as head of state. Until Mir Osman Ali Khan announced as Rajpramukh in 1950.
| No | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Selected former office(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri | 17 September 1948 | 25 January 1950 | 1 year, 130 days | Led of Operation Polo (Indian Army General officer) | |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
- ^ . aponline.gov.in. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ . Pan India Network. 2010. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ "How Andhra Pradesh celebrated its formation day". Live Mint. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Ian Copland, The Princes of India in the Endgame of Empire, 1917-1947 (Cambridge University Press, 2002), p. x