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Banwarilal Purohit
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| 21st Governor of Tamil Nadu | |
| Assumed office 6 October 2017 |
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| Chief Minister | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
| Preceded by | C. Vidyasagar Rao |
| 25th Governor of Assam | |
| In office 22 August 2016 – 29 September 2017 |
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| Chief Minister | Sarbananda Sonowal |
| Preceded by | Padmanabha Acharya |
| Succeeded by | Jagdish Mukhi |
| 16th Governor of Meghalaya | |
| In office 27 January 2017 – 5 October 2017 |
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| Chief Minister | Mukul Sangma |
| Preceded by | V. Shanmuganathan |
| Succeeded by | Ganga Prasad |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for Nagpur |
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| In office 1984–1991 |
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| Preceded by | Jambuwantrao Dhote |
| Succeeded by | Datta Meghe |
| In office 1996–1998 |
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| Preceded by | Datta Meghe |
| Succeeded by | Vilas Muttemwar |
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| Born | 16 April 1939 Nawalgarh, Rajputana Agency, British India (present-day Rajasthan, India) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan (Chennai) |
Banwarilal Purohit (born 16 April 1939) is an Indian politician. He is the current and 21st Governor of Tamil Nadu since October 2017. He was appointed as Governor of Assam State by President of India on 17 August 2016.
He was a Member of Parliament from the Nagpur (Lok Sabha constituency) three times, twice as an Indian National Congress member, once as a BJP member.
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