The Governor of West Bengal is the nominal head of the Indian state of West Bengal and a representative of the President of India . The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. His official residence is the Raj Bhavan . C. V. Ananda Bose was appointed as the current governor of West Bengal on 18 November 2022.[1]
History
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
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
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
List of governors
No.
Portrait
Name
Took office
Left office
Duration
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, 221 days
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