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The
governor of Tamil Nadu
is the
head of state
of the
Indian
state of
Tamil Nadu
.
Governors in India
have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the
president of India
at the central level. They exist in the
state
appointed by the president of India for a term of five years and they are not local to the state that they are appointed to govern. The factors based on which the president evaluates the candidates is not mentioned in the
constitution
. The governor acts as the nominal head whereas the real power lies with the
chief minister of the state
and their
council of ministers
.
The
current incumbent
is
R. N. Ravi
, who has served since 18 September 2021.
Powers and functions
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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
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Madras Presidency and Madras State
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Headquartered in
Fort St. George
,
Madras Presidency
was a province of
British India
. It comprised present-day Tamil Nadu, the
Malabar region
of North
Kerala
, the
coastal
and
Rayalaseema
regions of
Andhra Pradesh
, and the
Bellary
,
Dakshina Kannada
, and
Udupi
districts of
Karnataka
. It was established in 1653 to be the headquarters of the English settlements on the
Coromandel Coast
. After India's
independence
in 1947,
Madras State
, the precursor to the present day state of Tamil Nadu, was carved out of Madras Presidency. It comprised present-day Tamil Nadu and parts of present-day Karnataka and Kerala.
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Graphical
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Tamil Nadu
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Madras State was renamed as Tamil Nadu (
Tamil
for
Tamil country
) on 14 January 1969. Governors have similar powers and functions at the state level as that of the President of India at the Central government level. The Governor acts as the nominal head of the state while the
Chief Ministers of the states
and the Chief Minister's Council of Ministers are invested with most executive powers.
No.
|
Portrait
|
Name
(Birth?Death)
|
Home state
|
Term of office
[4]
|
Previous post
|
Appointed by
|
Assumed office
|
Left office
|
Time in office
|
1
|
|
Ujjal Singh
(1895?1983)
|
Punjab
|
14 January 1969
|
25 May 1971
|
2 years, 131 days
|
Governor of Punjab
|
Zakir Hussain
|
2
|
|
K. K. Shah
(1908?1986)
|
Gujarat
|
26 May 1971
|
15 June 1976
|
5 years, 20 days
|
?
|
Varahagiri Venkata Giri
|
3
|
|
Mohan Lal Sukhadia
(1916?1982)
|
Rajasthan
|
16 June 1976
|
8 April 1977
|
296 days
|
Governor of United Andhra Pradesh
|
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
|
Acting
|
|
P. Govindan Nair
(Unknown?Unknown)
|
Kerala
|
9 April 1977
|
26 April 1977
|
17 days
|
?
|
B. D. Jatti
(
Acting President
)
|
4
|
|
Prabhudas B. Patwari
(1909?1985)
|
Gujarat
|
27 April 1977
|
26 October 1980
|
3 years, 182 days
|
Indian
Lawyer
|
Acting
|
|
M. M. Ismail
(1921?2005)
|
Tamil Nadu
|
27 October 1980
|
3 November 1980
|
37 days
|
Chief Justice of
Madras High Court
|
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
|
5
|
|
Sadiq Ali
(1910?2001)
|
Rajasthan
|
4 November 1980
|
2 September 1982
|
1 year, 302 days
|
Governor of Maharashtra
|
6
|
|
S. L. Khurana
(1918?2007)
|
National Capital Territory of Delhi
|
3 September 1982
|
16 February 1988
|
5 years, 166 days
|
Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
|
Giani Zail Singh
|
7
|
|
P. C. Alexander
(1921?2011)
|
Kerala
|
17 February 1988
|
23 May 1990
|
2 years, 95 days
|
I.A.S.
Officer
|
R. Venkataraman
|
8
|
|
Surjit Singh Barnala
(1925?2017)
|
Haryana
|
24 May 1990
|
14 February 1991
|
266 days
|
Chief Minister of Punjab
|
9
|
|
Bhishma Narain Singh
(1933?2018)
|
Rajasthan
|
15 February 1991
|
30 May 1993
|
2 years, 104 days
|
Governor of Assam
|
10
|
|
M. Channa Reddy
(1919?1996)
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
31 May 1993
|
2 December 1996
[†]
|
3 years, 185 days
|
Governor of Rajasthan
|
Shanker Dayal Sharma
|
?
|
|
Krishan Kant
(1927?2002)
|
Punjab
|
2 December 1996
|
24 January 1997
|
53 days
|
Governor of Andhra Pradesh
|
11
|
|
M. Fathima Beevi
(1927?2023)
|
Kerala
|
25 January 1997
|
2 July 2001
|
4 years, 158 days
|
Judge of the
Supreme Court of India
|
?
|
|
C. Rangarajan
(1932-)
|
Tamil Nadu
|
3 July 2001
|
17 January 2002
|
198 days
|
Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
|
K. R. Narayanan
|
12
|
|
P. S. Ramamohan Rao
(1934-)
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
18 January 2002
|
2 November 2004
|
2 years, 289 days
|
Director General
of
Andhra Pradesh Police
|
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
|
(8)
|
|
Surjit Singh Barnala
(1925?2017)
|
Haryana
|
3 November 2004
|
30 August 2011
|
6 years, 300 days
|
Governor of Andhra Pradesh
|
13
|
|
Konijeti Rosaiah
(1933?2021)
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
31 August 2011
|
1 September 2016
|
5 years, 1 day
|
Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
|
Pratibha Devisingh Patil
|
?
|
|
C. Vidyasagar Rao
(1942?)
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
2 September 2016
|
5 October 2017
|
1 year, 33 days
|
Governor of Maharashtra
|
Pranab Mukherjee
|
14
|
|
Banwarilal Purohit
(1939?)
|
Rajasthan
|
6 October 2017
|
17 September 2021
|
3 years, 346 days
|
Governor of Assam
|
Ram Nath Kovind
|
15
|
|
R. N. Ravi
(1952?)
|
Bihar
|
18 September 2021
|
Incumbent
|
2 years, 270 days
|
Governor of Nagaland
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Records
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- Surjit Singh Barnala is the only appointed Governor to have served two terms in office (24 May 1990–15 February 1991 and 3 November 2004–31 August 2011).
- The longest term in office was that of Surjit Singh Barnala who served as the Governor for a period of almost six and a half years (3 November 2004–31 August 2011).
- The shortest term in office was that of M. M. Ismail who served as the acting Governor for a period of nine days (27 October 1980–4 November 1980).
- The longest term in office as additional in-charge was that of C. Vidyasagar Rao for a period of 1 year 1 month and 4 days (2 September 2016– 6 October 2017).
See also
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Notes
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- ^
a
b
The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
- ^
This term is a continuation of the Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur's first term. P. Chandra Reddy served as the acting Governor while Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur was on foreign tours.
References
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External links
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