List of governors of Tripura

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The state of Tripura is surrounded by eastern Bangladesh.

This is a list of the Governors of Tripura, a state in northeast India, since its inception as a state on 21 January 1972.

Powers and functions

See also: Powers and functions of the Governor

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.

Governors of Tripura

No	Name	Took office	Left office
1	B. K. Nehru	21 January 1972	22 September 1973
2	L. P. Singh	23 September 1973	13 August 1981
3	S. M. H. Burney	14 August 1981	13 June 1984
4	General K. V. Krishna Rao, PVSM (Retd.)	14 June 1984	11 July 1989
5	Sultan Singh	12 July 1989	11 February 1990
6	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy	12 February 1990	14 August 1993
7	Romesh Bhandari	15 August 1993	15 June 1995
8	Prof. Siddheswar Prasad	16 June 1995	22 June 2000
9	Lieutenant General Krishna Mohan Seth, PVSM, AVSM	23 June 2000	31 May 2003
10	Dinesh Nandan Sahay	2 June 2003	2009
11	Kamla Beniwal	15 October 2009	26 November 2009
12	Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil	27 November 2009	08 March 2012
13	Devanand Konwar	09 March 2012	29 June 2014
14	Vakkom Purushothaman	30 June 2014	14 July 2014
15	Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya	21 July 2014	19 May 2015
16	Tathagata Roy	20 May 2015	Incumbent

See also

• Tripura
• Governors of India