PRESS COMMUNIQUE
Rashtrapati Bhavan : 05.03.2026
The President of India has accepted the resignation of Dr. C.V. Ananda Bose, Governor of West Bengal.
2. The President of India is also pleased to make the following appointments of Governor/Lieutenant Governor:-
(i) Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla, Governor of Himachal Pradesh appointed as Governor of Telangana.
(ii) Shri Jishnu Dev Varma, Governor of Telangana appointed as Governor of Maharashtra.
(iii) Shri Nand Kishore Yadav appointed as Governor of Nagaland.
(iv) Lt. General (Retired) Syed Ata Hasnain appointed as Governor of Bihar.
(v) Shri R.N. Ravi, Governor of Tamil Nadu appointed as Governor West Bengal.
(vi) Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Kerala to discharge the functions of Governor of Tamil Nadu.
(vii) Shri Kavinder Gupta, Lt. Governor of Ladakh appointed as Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
(viii) Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena, Lt. Governor of Delhi appointed as Lt. Governor of Ladakh.
(ix) Shri Taranjit Singh Sandhu appointed as Lt. Governor of Delhi.
3. The above appointments will take effect from the dates they will assume charge of their respective offices.
