List of governors of West Bengal

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Governor of West Bengal

Incumbent
C. V. Ananda Bose

since 18 November 2022 (2022-11-18)

Style| The Honourable (formal)
Mr. Governor (informal)
His/Her Excellency
Status| Head of state
Abbreviation| GoWB
Residence|

* Raj Bhavan, Kolkata (primary)
* Raj Bhavan, Darjeeling (summer)

Appointer| President of India
Term length| Five years (renewable)
Precursor| Governor-General of India
Inaugural holder| Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
Formation| 15 August 1947; 77 years ago (1947-08-15)
Salary| ₹350,000 (US$4,200) (per month)
Website| rajbhavankolkata.nic.in

The Governor of West Bengal is the nominal head of the Government of West Bengal. In the capacity of governor, the holder of the aforementioned is the constitutional representative of the President of India (the Union Government) in the state of West Bengal. C. V. Ananda Bose is the incumbent governor, having taken office on 18 November 2022.[1]

## History

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In 1911 the imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Delhi and as some compensation to Bengal the lieutenant governor with council gave place to a governor with a council thus completing the circle and reverting to the position which had been obtained 200 years ago. In 1947 India achieved independence and the title of Governor of Bengal remained.

## Powers and functions

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See also: Governors of India § Powers and functions

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.

### Ex officio role of governor

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In his ex officio capacity, the governor of West Bengal is Chancellor of the universities of West Bengal (at present[timeframe?] 16) as per the Acts of the Universities. The Universities are: University of Calcutta; Jadavpur University; Presidency University, Kolkata; University of Kalyani; Rabindra Bharati University; Vidyasagar University; University of Burdwan; North Bengal University; Netaji Subhas Open University; Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology; Aliah University; Bankura University; Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University; Diamond Harbour Women's University; University of Gour Banga; Kazi Nazrul University; Raiganj University; Sidho Kanho Birsha University; Sanskrit College and University; West Bengal University of Teachers' Training, Education Planning and Administration; Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya; Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya; West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences; West Bengal University of Health Sciences and West Bengal State University. For Visva Bharati, the governor is the Pradhana (Rector).

The governor is also the chairman or president of some organizations, such as Victoria Memorial Hall, Indian Museum, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Calcutta Cultural Centre (Kolkata Kala Kendra), Special Fund for R&R of Ex-servicemen, West Bengal Rajya Sainik Board, Sri Aurobindo Samiti, Indian Red Cross Society - West Bengal State Branch, St. John Ambulance Brigade No. II (West Bengal) District, Bharat Scouts and Guides and the Bengal Tuberculosis Association.

Governor of West Bengal’s Welfare Fund, has the governor as its chairman. Contributions from this fund are given to the needy people for meeting, to some extent the cost of their treatment. Besides the above, at his discretion, the governor, accepts the position of Chief Patron/Patron or other posts in the honorary capacity, in various organizations that are rendering yeoman service to the society in different fields.

### 1935–1947 – Governors of the Province of Bengal

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Name  | Portrait  | Took office  | Left office  | Appointer

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The Lord Brabourne |  | 30 May 1937  | 23 February 1939  | The Marquess of Linlithgow
Sir John Arthur Herbert |  | 1 July 1939  | 1 December 1943
The Lord Casey |  | 14 January 1944  | 19 February 1946  | The Viscount Wavell
Sir Frederick John Burrows |  | 19 February 1946  | 15 August 1947

## List of governors

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No. | Name  | Portrait  | Took office  | Left office  | Duration

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1  | Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari |  | 15 August 1947  | 21 June 1948  | 311 days
2  | Kailash Nath Katju |  | 21 June 1948  | 1 November 1951  | 3 years, 133 days
3  | Harendra Coomar Mookerjee |  | 1 November 1951  | 8 August 1956  | 4 years, 281 days
–  | Phani Bhusan Chakravartti (acting) |  | 8 August 1956  | 3 November 1956  | 87 days
4  | Padmaja Naidu |  | 3 November 1956  | 1 June 1967  | 10 years, 210 days
5  | Dharma Vira |  | 1 June 1967  | 1 April 1969  | 1 year, 304 days
–  | Deep Narayan Sinha (acting) |  | 1 April 1969  | 19 September 1969  | 171 days
6  | Shanti Swaroop Dhavan |  | 19 September 1969  | 21 August 1971  | 1 year, 336 days
7  | Anthony Lancelot Dias |  | 21 August 1971  | 6 November 1979  | 8 years, 77 days
8  | Tribhuvana Narayana Singh |  | 6 November 1979  | 12 September 1981  | 1 year, 310 days
9  | Bhairab Dutt Pande |  | 12 September 1981  | 10 October 1983  | 2 years, 28 days
10  | Anant Prasad Sharma |  | 10 October 1983  | 16 August 1984  | 320 days
—  | Satish Chandra (acting) |  | 16 August 1984  | 1 October 1984  | 46 days
11  | Uma Shankar Dikshit |  | 1 October 1984  | 12 August 1986  | 1 year, 315 days
12  | Saiyid Nurul Hasan |  | 12 August 1986  | 20 March 1989  | 2 years, 220 days
13  | T. V. Rajeswar |  | 20 March 1989  | 7 February 1990  | 324 days
(12)  | Saiyid Nurul Hasan |  | 7 February 1990  | 12 July 1993  | 3 years, 155 days
–  | B. Satyanarayan Reddy (additional charge) |  | 13 July 1993  | 14 August 1993  | 32 days
14  | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy |  | 14 August 1993  | 27 April 1998  | 4 years, 256 days
15  | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai |  | 27 April 1998  | 18 May 1999  | 1 year, 21 days
16  | Shyamal Kumar Sen |  | 18 May 1999  | 4 December 1999  | 200 days
17  | Viren J. Shah |  | 4 December 1999  | 14 December 2004  | 5 years, 10 days
18  | Gopalkrishna Gandhi |  | 14 December 2004  | 14 December 2009  | 5 years, 0 days
–  | Devanand Konwar (additional charge) |  | 14 December 2009  | 23 January 2010  | 40 days
19  | M.K. Narayanan |  | 24 January 2010  | 30 June 2014  | 4 years, 157 days
—  | D. Y. Patil (additional charge)[2] |  | 3 July 2014  | 17 July 2014  | 14 days
20  | Keshari Nath Tripathi |  | 24 July 2014  | 29 July 2019  | 5 years, 5 days
21  | Jagdeep Dhankhar[3] |  | 30 July 2019  | 17 July 2022  | 2 years, 352 days
—  | La. Ganesan (additional charge) |  | 18 July 2022  | 17 November 2022  | 122 days
22  | C. V. Ananda Bose |  | 18 November 2022  | Incumbent | 1 year, 320 days

## See also

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* West Bengal
* Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of states of India

## References

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1. ^ Singh, Shiv Sahay (23 November 2022). "C.V. Ananda Bose sworn in as West Bengal Governor". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
2. ^ "Dr D Y Patil appointed West Bengal's acting Governor". The Economic Times. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
3. ^ "Senior Advocate Jagdeep Dhankhar Made West Bengal Governor". www.livelaw.in. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.

## External links

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* Raj Bhavan's (Governor's residence) official website
* Constitutional role of Governor
* Ex officio role of Governor
* title=Governors of Bengal from 1912 up to the present day

* v
* t
* e

Lists of governors of the states of India (and incumbents)

| Andhra Pradesh|

Syed Abdul Nazeer

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Arunachal Pradesh|

Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik

Assam|

Lakshman Acharya

Bihar|

Rajendra Arlekar

Chhattisgarh|

Ramen Deka

Goa|

P. S. Sreedharan Pillai

Gujarat|

Acharya Devvrat

Haryana|

Bandaru Dattatreya

Himachal Pradesh|

Shiv Pratap Shukla

Jharkhand|

Santosh Gangwar

| Karnataka|

Thawar Chand Gehlot

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Kerala|

Arif Mohammad Khan

Madhya Pradesh|

Mangubhai C. Patel

Maharashtra|

C. P. Radhakrishnan

Manipur|

Lakshman Acharya (additional charge)

Meghalaya|

C. H. Vijayashankar

Mizoram|

Kambhampati Hari Babu

Nagaland|

La. Ganesan

Odisha|

Raghubar Das

Punjab|

Gulab Chand Kataria

| Rajasthan|

Haribhau Bagade

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Sikkim|

Om Prakash Mathur

Tamil Nadu|

R. N. Ravi

Telangana|

Jishnu Dev Varma

Tripura|

N. Indrasena Reddy

Uttar Pradesh|

Anandiben Patel

Uttarakhand|

Gurmit Singh

West Bengal|

C. V. Ananda Bose

* Official residence
* Female governors

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Governors of West Bengal

* C. Rajagopalachari
* Kailash Nath Katju
* Harendra Coomar Mookerjee
* Phani Bhusan Chakravartti♯
* Padmaja Naidu
* Dharma Vira
* Deep Narayan Sinha♯
* Shanti Swaroop Dhavan
* Anthony Lancelot Dias
* Tribhuvana Narayana Singh
* Bhairab Dutt Pande
* Anant Prasad Sharma
* Satish Chandra♯
* Uma Shankar Dikshit
* Saiyid Nurul Hasan
* T. V. Rajeswar
* Saiyid Nurul Hasan
* B. Satya Narayan Reddy‡
* K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
* Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai‡
* Shyamal Kumar Sen♯
* Viren J. Shah
* Gopalkrishna Gandhi
* Devanand Konwar‡
* M.K. Narayanan
* D. Y. Patil♯
* Keshari Nath Tripathi
* Jagdeep Dhankhar
* La. Ganesan‡
* C. V. Ananda Bose

(♯acting, ‡additional charge)

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* t
* e

State of West Bengal

Capital: Kolkata

State symbols|

* Emblem: Emblem of West Bengal
* Anthem: Banglar Mati Banglar Jol
* Animal: Fishing cat
* Bird: White-throated kingfisher
* Flower: Night-flowering jasmine (Shiuli)
* Tree: Devil's tree (Saptaparni)
* Fish: Ilish

History|

* Gauda Kingdom
* Shashanka
* Pala Empire
* Sena dynasty
* Mallabhum kingdom
* Cooch Behar State
* Sher Shah Suri
* Mughal Empire
* Nawabs of Bengal
* East India Company
* Battle of Plassey
* Bengal Presidency
* Great Bengal famine of 1770
* Indian Rebellion of 1857
* Bengal Renaissance
* Bardhaman Raj
* Nadia Raj
* Jhargram Raj
* Sovabazar Raj
* Partition of Bengal (1905)
* Revolutionary movement for Indian independence
* Anushilan Samiti
* Jugantar
* Bengal famine of 1943
* Direct Action Day
* Noakhali riots
* Partition of Bengal (1947)
* Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum)
* Bangladesh Liberation War
* Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

Geography|

* Bengal Basin
* Darjeeling Himalayan hill region
* Terai
* North Bengal plains
* Dooars
* Rarh region
* Sundarbans
* Western plateau and high lands
* Ganges Delta
* Climate
* Sandakphu (Highest point)
* Protected areas of West Bengal
* Rivers of West Bengal
* Ganga
* Damodar River
* Brahmaputra River
* Teesta River
* Hooghly River
* Khoai
* Tiger Hill, Darjeeling
* Siliguri Corridor

Governance|

* Chief Ministers
* Governor
* Legislative Assembly
* Human Rights Commission
* Political parties (All India Trinamool Congress
* Communist Party (Marxist)
* Indian National Congress
* Bharatiya Janata Party)
* Parliamentary constituencies
* Assembly constituencies
* CID West Bengal
* Kolkata Police

Rights groups|

* Matua Mahasangha
* Bangla Pokkho

Divisions and
districts|

| Burdwan division|

* Birbhum
* Hooghly
* Paschim Bardhaman
* Purba Bardhaman

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Jalpaiguri division|

* Alipurduar
* Cooch Behar
* Darjeeling
* Jalpaiguri
* Kalimpong

Malda division|

* Dakshin Dinajpur
* Berhampore (declared)
* Malda
* Murshidabad
* Uttar Dinajpur

Medinipur division|

* Bankura
* Bishnupur (declared)
* Jhargram
* Paschim Medinipur
* Purba Medinipur
* Purulia

Presidency division|

* Basirhat (declared)
* Howrah
* Ichamati (declared)
* Kolkata
* Nadia
* North 24 Parganas
* Ranaghat (declared)
* Sundarbans (declared)
* South 24 Parganas

Cities and
towns|

* Alipore
* Asansol
* Berhampore
* Balurghat
* Bankura
* Barasat
* Bardhaman
* Bishnupur
* Hugli-Chuchura
* Cooch Behar
* Darjeeling
* Durgapur
* Haldia
* Howrah
* Jalpaiguri
* Jaynagar Majilpur
* Jiaganj Azimganj
* Kalimpong
* Kharagpur
* Kolkata
* Krishnanagar
* Kurseong
* Malda
* Midnapore
* Murshidabad
* Purulia
* Raiganj
* Siliguri
* Siuri
* Tamluk
* List of cities in West Bengal by population
* Cities and towns by district

Culture|

* Bengal Renaissance
* Bengali calendars
* Patachitra
* Chalchitra
* Arts of West Bengal
* Baul
* Bhadu
* Gombhira
* Chhau dance
* Cuisine
* Rabindra Sangeet
* Rabindra Nritya Natya
* Holi
* Dol Purnima
* Prostitution in Kolkata
* Pohela Boishakh
* Durga Puja
* Bhai Dooj
* Raksha Bandhan
* Ratha Yatra
* Architecture of Bengal
* Bengal temples
* Bengali language
* Bengali literature
* Feluda
* Lalmohan Ganguly
* Professor Shonku
* Tarini Khuro
* Kakababu
* Kiriti Roy
* Pather Panchali (novel)
* Bengali cinema
* Jatra
* Ghosts in Bengali culture

GI products|

* Baluchari sari
* Banglar Rosogolla
* Banglar Muslin
* Bankura horse
* Bengal Patachitra
* Chhau mask
* Darjeeling tea
* Dhaniakhali Sari
* Dhokra
* Fazli (mango)
* Garad Saree
* Gobindobhog
* Himsagar
* Jaynagarer Moa
* Madurkathi
* Manasa chali
* Mihidana
* Nakshi kantha
* Santiniketan Leather Goods
* Shantipuri sari
* Sitabhog
* Sundarban Honey
* Tangail Saree
* Tulaipanji

Demographics|

* Bengali people
* Bihari people
* Economy of West Bengal
* Gurkha
* Adivasi
* Rajbanshi
* Anglo-Indian people
* Ethnic communities in Kolkata
* List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate
* Discrimination against Bengalis in India

People|

* Rabindranath Tagore
* Satyajit Ray
* Kazi Nazrul Islam
* Anil Kumar Gain
* Ritwik Ghatak
* Subhas Chandra Bose
* Jamini Roy
* Bidhan Chandra Roy
* Jyoti Basu
* Nandalal Bose
* Jagadish Chandra Bose
* Meghnad Saha
* Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
* Sarat Chandra Bose
* Jnanadanandini Devi
* Abanindranath Tagore
* Satyendranath Tagore
* Satyendranath Dutta
* Raja Ram Mohan Roy
* Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
* Rani Rashmoni
* Ramakrishna
* Swami Vivekananda
* Sarada Devi
* Dwarkanath Tagore
* Sukumar Ray
* Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury
* Michael Madhusudan Dutt
* Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
* Sister Nivedita
* Mother Teresa
* Amartya Sen
* Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
* Nihar Ranjan Gupta

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