List of governors of Assam


This is a list of Governors of Assam, and other offices of similar scope, from the start of British occupation of the area in 1824 during the First Anglo-Burmese War.
The Governor of Assam is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Assam. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. The current governor is Jagdish Mukhi

Powers and functions

The governor has:
In 1824, British forces occupied Assam, which was politically never part of either India or Burma
On 24 February 1826, the Treaty of Yandaboo ceded portions of Assam from Burma to Britain.
In 1828, Western Assam was incorporated into the province of Bengal, followed by the rest of Assam in 1833. A Commissioner of Assam was appointed, subordinate to the Governor of Bengal.
In 1874, Assam was separated from the Bengal Presidency, and its status was upgraded to a chief commissioner's province.
In 1905, Bengal was partitioned and East Bengal and Assam was formed, governed by a lieutenant governor.
In 1912, East Bengal was re-incorporated into the Bengal presidency, and Assam Province was again governed by a chief commissioner.
In 1921, the chief commissionership was upgraded to governor.
  1. Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson-Bell, 3 January 1921 – 2 April 1921
  2. Sir William Sinclair Marris, 3 April 1921 – 10 October 1922
  3. Sir John Henry Kerr, 10 October 1922 – 28 June 1927
  4. Sir Egbert Laurie Lucas Hammond, 28 June 1927 – 11 May 1932
  5. Sir Michael Keane, 11 May 1932 – 4 March 1937
  6. Robert Neil Reid, 4 March 1937 – 4 May 1942
  7. # Henry Joseph Twynam, 24 February 1938 – 4 October 1939,
  8. Sir Andrew Gourlay Clow, 4 May 1942 – 4 May 1947
  9. # Rederik Chalmers Bourne, 4 April 1946–?,
  10. # Henry Foley Knight, 4 September 1946 – 23 December 1946,
  11. Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari, 4 May 1947 – 15 August 1947

    Governors of Assam since 1947