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Governor of Tripura
Seal of Tripura.svg
Raj Bhavan Agartala
Indrasena Reddy.jpg
Incumbent
Nallu Indrasena Reddy

since 26 October 2023
Style His Excellency
Residence Raj Bhavan; Agartala
Appointer President of India
Term length 5 Years
IN-TR
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

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 Image Took office Left office
1 B. K. Nehru
Braj Kumar Nehru with Kennedy (cropped).jpg
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 K. V. Krishna Rao
General Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao.jpg
14 June 1984 11 July 1989
5 Sultan Singh  – 12 July 1989 11 February 1990
6 K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (cropped).jpg
12 February 1990 14 August 1993
7 Romesh Bhandari
Romesh Bhandari.jpg
15 August 1993 15 June 1995
8 Siddheshwar Prasad  – 16 June 1995 22 June 2000
9 Krishna Mohan Seth
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the Governor of Chhattisgarh, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) K. M. Seth at Raj Bhawan in Raipur, during his one day visit to the State on April 30, 2005 (cropped).jpg
23 June 2000 31 May 2003
10 Dinesh Nandan Sahay
Dinesh Nandan Sahay, Governor of Tripura.jpg
2 June 2003 14 October 2009
11 Kamla Beniwal
Kamla Beniwal, Governor of Gujarat (cropped).jpg
15 October 2009 26 November 2009
12 Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil
Shri D.Y. Patil (cropped, 3x4).jpg
27 November 2009 21 March 2013
13 Devanand Konwar
Pranab Mukherjee attending the Launching Ceremony of Agriculture Road Map of Bihar (2012-2017), at Patna, in Bihar. The Governor of Bihar, Shri Devanand Konwar and the Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Nitish Kumar are also seen (cropped).jpg
25 March 2013 29 June 2014
14 Vakkom Purushothaman
Vakkom Purushothaman (cropped).jpg
30 June 2014 14 July 2014
15 Padmanabha Acharya
Smriti Irani meeting the Governor of Tripura Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (cropped).jpg
21 July 2014 19 May 2015
16 Tathagata Roy
Tathagata Roy with Rajnath Singh in May 2015 (cropped).jpg
20 May 2015 25 August 2018
17 Kaptan Singh Solanki
Kaptan Singh Solanki.png
25 August 2018 28 July 2019
18 Ramesh Bais
The Governor of Tripura, Shri Ramesh Bais.jpg
29 July 2019 13 July 2021
19 Satyadev Narayan Arya
Governor of Haryana Satyadev Narayan Arya in August 2018.JPG
14 July 2021 25 October 2023
20 Nallu Indrasena Reddy
Indrasena Reddy.jpg
26 October 2023 Incumbent

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