{{Short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} <!-- this list can be expanded in a similar fashion to List of Chief Ministers of Kerala --> {{Infobox official post | post = Governor of Bihar | insignia = Seal of Bihar.svg | insigniasize = 120 | insigniacaption = Emblem of Bihar | incumbent = Syed Ata Hasnain | image = Syed Ata Hasnain.JPG | imagesize = 180px | incumbentsince = 14 March 2026 | style = His Excellency | residence = Lok Bhavan, Patna, Bihar | termlength = At the pleasure of the president | appointer = President of India | formation = | inaugural = | website = {{URL|https://governor.bih.nic.in/}} | body = | precursor = Governor of Bihar and Orissa }}
[[File:IN-BR.svg|right|180px|thumb|Location of Bihar in India.]] The '''Governor of Bihar''' is the nominal head of the Indian state of Bihar. The governor is appointed by the President of India. Syed Ata Hasnain is the current governor of Bihar. Former President Zakir Husain and Ram Nath Kovind were two such governors of Bihar who succeeded on to become the President of India. Zakir Hussain was earlier succeeded to become the Vice President of India.
== Powers and functions ==
The governor has:
*'''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.
{{See also|Governors of India#Powers and functions|l1=Powers and functions of the Governor}}
In his ex-officio capacity, the governor of Bihar is chancellor of the universities of Bihar (at present 12) as per the Acts of the Universities.<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Yousuf husain.jpg|thumb|Zakir Hussain (sitting) was 4th governor of Bihar and went on to become 3rd President of India]] --> [[File:Ram Nath Kovind welcoming Pranab Mukherjee at Patna.jpg|thumb|President Pranab Mukherjee received by Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind & Chief minister Nitish Kumar.]]
== List == ;Legend *{{note label|†|†|†}} Died in office *{{note label|§|§|§}} Transferred *{{note label|‡|‡|‡}} Resigned/removed
;Color key *{{legend2|wheat}} indicates acting/additional charge
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;" ! rowspan="2"| # ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| Portrait ! rowspan="2" style="width:14em" | Name<br><small>(born{{spaced ndash}}died)</small> ! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Home state ! colspan="3"| Tenure in office ! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Appointer<br/>(President) |- ! style="width:7em"| From ! style="width:7em"| To ! style="width:5em"| Time in office |- ! 1 | 70px | '''Jairamdas Daulatram'''<br/>{{small|(1891{{ndash}}1979}} | Maharashtra | {{small|15 August}}<br/>1947 | {{small|11 January}}<br/>1948 | '''{{ayd|15 Aug 1947|11 Jan 1948}}''' | rowspan="2"| Lord Mountbatten<br/>{{small|(Governor-General)}} |- ! 2 | 70px | '''Madhav Shrihari Aney'''<br/>{{small|(1880{{ndash}}1968)}} | Maharashtra | {{small|12 January}}<br/>1948 | {{small|14 June}}<br/>1952 | '''{{ayd|12 Jan 1948|14 Jun 1952}}''' |- ! 3 | 70px | '''R. R. Diwakar'''<br/>{{small|(1894{{ndash}}1990)}} | Karnataka | {{small|15 June}}<br/>1952 | {{small|5 July}}<br/>1957 | '''{{ayd|15 Jun 1952|5 Jul 1957}}''' | rowspan="3"| Rajendra Prasad |- ! 4 | 70px | '''Zakir Husain'''<br/>{{small|(1897{{ndash}}1969)}} | Andhra Pradesh | {{small|6 July}}<br/>1957 | {{small|11 May}}<br/>1962{{ref label|‡|‡|‡}}{{efn-lg|Resigned to become the Vice President of India}} | '''{{ayd|6 Jul 1957|11 May 1962}}''' |- ! 5 | 70px | '''M. A. Ayyangar'''<br/>{{small|(1891{{ndash}}1978)}} | Andhra Pradesh | {{small|12 May}}<br/>1962 | {{small|6 December}}<br/>1967 | '''{{ayd|12 May 1962|6 Dec 1967}}''' |- ! 6 | 70px | '''Nityanand Kanungo'''<br/>{{small|(1900{{ndash}}1988)}} | Orissa | {{small|7 December}}<br/>1967 | {{small|20 January}}<br/>1971 | '''{{ayd|7 Dec 1967|20 Jan 1971}}''' | Zakir Husain |- ! 7 | bgcolor="wheat"| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH --> | bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|Justice}}<br/>'''Ujjal Narayan Sinha'''<br/>{{small|Chief Justice, Patna High Court<br />(Acting)}} | bgcolor="wheat"| Bihar | bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|21 January}}<br/>1971 | bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|31 January}}<br/>1971 | bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|21 Jan 1971|31 Jan 1971}}''' | rowspan="3"| V. V. Giri |- ! 8 | 70px | '''Dev Kant Barooah'''<br/>{{small|(1914{{ndash}}1996)}} | Assam | {{small|1 February}}<br/>1971 | {{small|4 February}}<br/>1973 | '''{{ayd|1 Feb 1971|4 Feb 1973}}''' |- ! 9 | 70px | '''Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare'''<br/>{{small|(1916{{ndash}}1988)}} | Maharashtra | {{small|4 February}}<br/>1973 | {{small|15 June}}<br/>1976{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh}} | '''{{ayd|4 Feb 1973|15 Jun 1976}}''' |- ! 10 | 70px | '''Jagannath Kaushal'''<br/>{{small|(1915{{ndash}}2001)}} | Chandigarh | {{small|16 June}}<br/>1976 | {{small|31 January}}<br/>1979 | '''{{ayd|16 Jun 1976|31 Jan 1979}}''' | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |- ! 11 | bgcolor="wheat"| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH --> | bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|Justice}}<br/>'''Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh'''<br/>{{small|(1922{{ndash}}1999)<br/>Chief Justice, Patna High Court}}<br/>(Acting) | bgcolor="wheat"| Bihar | bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|31 January}}<br/>1979 | bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|19 September}}<br/>1979 | bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|31 Jan 1979|19 Sep 1979}}''' | rowspan="2"| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |- ! 12 | 70px | '''Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai'''<br/>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2016)}} | National Capital Territory of Delhi | {{small|20 September}}<br/>1979 | {{small|15 March}}<br/>1985 | '''{{ayd|20 Sep 1979|15 Mar 1985}}''' |- ! 13 | 70px | '''Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah'''<br/>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}1983)}} | Andhra Pradesh | {{small|15 March}}<br/>1985 | {{small|25 February}}<br/>1988{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the Governor of Karnataka}} | '''{{ayd|15 Mar 1985|25 Feb 1988}}''' | Zail Singh |- ! 14 | 70px | '''Govind Narayan Singh'''<br/>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2005)}} | Madhya Pradesh | {{small|26 February}}<br/>1988 | {{small|24 January}}<br/>1989{{ref label|‡|‡|‡}} | '''{{ayd|26 Feb 1988|24 Jan 1989}}''' | rowspan="8" | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |- bgcolor="wheat" ! 15 | 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH --> | {{small|Justice}}<br/>'''Dipak Kumar Sen'''<br/>{{small|(born 1927)<br/>Chief Justice, Patna High Court<br />(Acting)}} | West Bengal | {{small|24 January}}<br/>1989 | {{small|28 January}}<br/>1989 | '''{{ayd|24 Jan 1989|28 Jan 1989}}''' |- bgcolor="wheat" ! 16 | 70px | '''R. D. Pradhan'''<br/>{{small|IAS (Retd)<br/>(1928{{ndash}}2020)<br/>Governor of Arunachal Pradesh}}<br/>(Additional Charge) | Maharashtra | {{small|29 January}}<br/>1989 | {{small|2 March}}<br/>1989 | '''{{ayd|29 Jan 1989|2 Mar 1989}}''' |- ! 17 | 70px | '''Jagannath Pahadia'''<br/>{{small|(1932{{ndash}}2021)}} | Rajasthan | {{small|3 March}}<br/>1989 | {{small|2 February}}<br/>1990{{ref label|‡|‡|‡}} | '''{{ayd|3 Mar 1989|2 Feb 1990}}''' |- bgcolor="wheat" ! 18 | 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH --> | {{small|Justice}}<br/>'''Gangadhar Ganesh Sohani'''<br/>{{small|Chief Justice, Patna High Court<br />(Acting)}} | Madhya Pradesh | {{small|2 February}}<br/>1990 | {{small|16 February}}<br/>1990 | '''{{ayd|2 Feb 1990|16 Feb 1990}}''' |- ! 19 | 70px | '''Mohammad Yunus Saleem'''<br/>{{small|(1912{{ndash}}2004)}} | Uttar Pradesh | {{small|16 February}}<br/>1990 | {{small|14 February }}<br/>1991 | '''{{ayd|16 Feb 1990|14 Feb 1991}}''' |- bgcolor="wheat" ! 20 | 70px | '''B. Satya Narayan Reddy'''<br/>{{small|(1927{{ndash}}2012)<br/>Governor of Uttar Pradesh}}<br/>(Additional Charge) | Andhra Pradesh | {{small|14 February}}<br/>1991 | {{small|18 March}}<br/>1991 | '''{{ayd|14 Feb 1991|18 Mar 1991}}''' |- ! 21 | 70px | '''Mohammad Shafi Qureshi'''<br/>{{small|(1928{{ndash}}2016)}} | Jammu and Kashmir | {{small|19 March}}<br/>1991 | {{small|13 August}}<br/>1993{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|name=Madhya Pradesh|Transferred as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh}} | '''{{ayd|19 Mar 1991|13 Aug 1993}}''' |- ! 22 | 70px | '''Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai'''<br/>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2016)}} | National Capital Territory of Delhi | {{small|14 August}}<br/>1993 | {{small|26 April}}<br/>1998 | '''{{ayd|14 Aug 1993|26 Apr 1998}}''' | Shankar Dayal Sharma |- ! 23 | 70px | '''Sunder Singh Bhandari'''<br/>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2005)}} | Rajasthan | {{small|27 April}}<br/>1998 | {{small|15 March}}<br/>1999{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the Governor of Gujarat}} | '''{{ayd|27 Apr 1998|15 Mar 1999}}''' | rowspan="4"| K. R. Narayanan |- bgcolor="wheat" ! 24 | 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH --> | {{small|Justice}}<br/>'''Brij Mohan Lal'''<br/>{{small|(1937{{ndash}}2001)<br/>Chief Justice, Patna High Court<br />(Acting)}} | National Capital Territory of Delhi | {{small|15 March}}<br/>1999 | {{small|5 October}}<br/>1999 | '''{{ayd|15 Mar 1999|5 Oct 1999}}''' |- bgcolor="wheat" ! 25 | 70px | '''Suraj Bhan'''<br/>{{small|(1928{{ndash}}2006)<br/>Governor of Uttar Pradesh}}<br/>(Additional Charge) | Haryana | {{small|6 October}}<br/>1999 | {{small|22 November}}<br/>1999 | '''{{ayd|6 Oct 1999|22 Nov 1999}}''' |- ! 26 | 70px | '''Vinod Chandra Pande'''<br/>{{small|IAS (Retd)<br/>(1938{{ndash}}2005)}} | Uttar Pradesh | {{small|23 November}}<br/>1999 | {{small|12 June}}<br/>2003{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh}} | '''{{ayd|23 Nov 1999|12 Jun 2003}}''' |- ! 27 | 70px | {{small|Justice (Retd)}}<br/>'''Mandagadde Rama Jois'''<br/>{{small|(1931{{ndash}}2021)}} | Karnataka | {{small|12 June}}<br/>2003 | {{small|31 October}}<br/>2004{{ref label|‡|‡|‡}} | '''{{ayd|12 Jun 2003|31 Oct 2004}}''' | rowspan="5"| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |- bgcolor="wheat" ! 28 | 70px | '''Ved Marwah'''<br/>{{small|IPS (Retd)<br/>(1934{{ndash}}2020)<br/>Governor of Jharkhand}}<br/>(Additional Charge) | National Capital Territory of Delhi | {{small|1 November}}<br/>2004 | {{small|4 November}}<br/>2004 | '''{{ayd|1 Nov 2004|4 Nov 2004}}''' |- ! 29 | 70px | '''Buta Singh'''<br/>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2021)}} | Punjab | {{small|5 November}}<br/>2004 | {{small|29 January}}<br/>2006{{ref label|‡|‡|‡}} | '''{{ayd|5 Nov 2004|29 Jan 2006}}''' |- bgcolor="wheat" ! 30 | 70px | '''Gopalkrishna Gandhi'''<br/>{{small|IAS (Retd)<br/>(born 1945)<br/>Governor of West Bengal}}<br/>(Additional Charge) | National Capital Territory of Delhi | {{small|31 January}}<br/>2006 | {{small|21 June}}<br/>2006 | '''{{ayd|31 Jan 2006|21 Jun 2006}}''' |- ! 31 | 70px | '''R. S. Gavai'''<br/>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2015)}} | Maharashtra | {{small|22 June}}<br/>2006 | {{small|9 July}}<br/>2008{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|name=Kerala|Transferred as the Governor of Kerala}} | '''{{ayd|22 Jun 2006|9 Jul 2008}}''' |- ! 32 | 70px | '''R. L. Bhatia'''<br/>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2021)}} | Punjab | {{small|10 July}}<br/>2008 | {{small|28 June}}<br/>2009 | '''{{ayd|10 Jul 2008|28 Jun 2009}}''' | rowspan="2"| Pratibha Patil |- ! 33 | 70px | '''Devanand Konwar'''<br/>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2020)}} | Assam | {{small|29 June}}<br/>2009 | {{small|21 March}}<br/>2013{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the Governor of Tripura}} | '''{{ayd|29 Jun 2009|21 Mar 2013}}''' |- ! 34 | 70px | '''D. Y. Patil'''<br/>{{small|(born 1935)}} | Maharashtra | {{small|22 March}}<br/>2013 | {{small|26 November}}<br/>2014 | '''{{ayd|22 Mar 2013|26 Nov 2014}}''' | rowspan="4"| Pranab Mukherjee |- ! 35 | 105x105px | '''Keshari Nath Tripathi'''<br/>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2023)}} | Uttar Pradesh | {{small|27 November}}<br/>2014 | {{small|15 August}}<br/>2015 | '''{{ayd|27 Nov 2014|15 Aug 2015}}''' |- ! 36 | 87x87px | '''Ram Nath Kovind'''<br/>{{small|(born 1945)}} | Uttar Pradesh | {{small|16 August}}<br/>2015 | {{small|20 June}}<br/>2017{{ref label|‡|‡|‡}}{{efn-lg|Resigned to become the President of India}} | '''{{ayd|16 Aug 2015|20 Jun 2017}}''' |- bgcolor="wheat" ! 37 | 105x105px | '''Keshari Nath Tripathi'''<br/>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2023)<br/>Governor of West Bengal}}<br/>(Additional Charge) | Uttar Pradesh | {{small|20 June}}<br/>2017 | {{small|29 September}}<br/>2017 | '''{{ayd|20 Jun 2017|29 Sep 2017}}''' |- ! 38 | 70px | '''Satya Pal Malik'''<br/>{{small|(1946{{ndash}}2025)}} | Uttar Pradesh | {{small|30 September}}<br/>2017 | {{small|22 August}}<br/>2018{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir}} | '''{{ayd|30 Sep 2017|22 Aug 2018}}''' | rowspan="3"| Ram Nath Kovind |- ! 39 | 70px | '''Lalji Tandon'''<br/>{{small|(1935{{ndash}}2020)}} | Uttar Pradesh | {{small|23 August}}<br/>2018 | {{small|28 July}}<br/>2019{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|name=Madhya Pradesh}} | '''{{ayd|23 Aug 2018|28 Jul 2019}}''' |- ! 40 | 93x93px | '''Phagu Chauhan'''<br/>{{small|(born 1948)}} | Uttar Pradesh | {{small|29 July}}<br/>2019 | {{small|16 February}}<br/>2023{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the Governor of Meghalaya}} | '''{{ayd|29 Jul 2019|16 Feb 2023}}''' |- ! 41 | 86x86px | '''Rajendra Arlekar'''<br/>{{small|(born 1954)}} | Goa | {{small|17 February}}<br/>2023 | {{small|1 January}}<br/>2025{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|name=Kerala}} | '''{{ayd|17 Feb 2023|1 Jan 2025}}''' | rowspan="3" | Droupadi Murmu |- ! 42 | 101x101px | '''Arif Mohammad Khan'''<br/>{{small|(born 1951)}} | Uttar Pradesh | {{small|2 January}}<br/>2025 | {{small|13 March}}<br/>2026 | '''{{ayd|2 Jan 2025|13 March 2026}}''' |- ! 43 | 90x90px | {{small|Lieutenant General}}<br/>'''Syed Ata Hasnain''' {{small|(Retd)}}<br/>{{post-nominals|country=IND|PVSM|AVSM|UYSM|SM|VSM**}}<br/>{{small|(born 1953)}} | Uttarakhand | {{small|14 March}}<br/>2026 | Incumbent | '''{{ayd|14 Mar 2026}}''' |- |}
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== Timeline ==
{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | <strong>Timeline of Bihar governors</strong> |- | {{#tag:timeline| ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:13 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:70 right:130 left:20 AlignBars = late
Colors = id:ind value:rgb(0.8,0.8,0.8) legend:Independent
id:gray1 value:gray(0.7) id:gray2 value:gray(0.9)
Define $today = {{#time:d/m/Y}}
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/04/1936 till:$today TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = gridcolor:gray1 unit:year increment:10 start:1940 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:gray2 unit:year increment:2 start:1938
BarData = bar:Sifton bar:Hallett bar:Stewart bar:Rutherford bar:Mudie bar:Dow bar:Daulatram bar:Aney bar:Diwakar bar:Husain bar:Ayyangar bar:Kanungo bar:Sinha bar:Barooah bar:Bhandare bar:Kaushal bar:KBNSingh bar:Kidwai bar:Venkatasubbaiah bar:GNSingh bar:Sen bar:Pradhan bar:Pahadia bar:Sohani bar:Saleem bar:Reddy bar:Qureshi bar:Bhandari bar:Lal bar:Bhan bar:Pande bar:Jois bar:Marwah bar:BSingh bar:Gandhi bar:Gavai bar:Bhatia bar:Konwar bar:Patil bar:Tripathi bar:Kovind bar:Malik bar:Tandon bar:Chauhan bar:Arlekar bar:Khan bar:Hasnain
PlotData= width:5 align:left fontsize:8 shift:(5,-4) anchor:till bar:Sifton from: 01/04/1936 till: 10/03/1937 color:ind text:"James David Sifton" bar:Hallett from: 11/03/1937 till: 15/05/1938 color:ind from: 17/09/1938 till: 05/08/1939 color:ind text:"Maurice Garnier Hallett" bar:Stewart from: 15/05/1938 till: 16/09/1938 color:ind from: 06/08/1939 till: 02/02/1943 color:ind text:"Thomas Alexander Stewart" bar:Rutherford from: 03/02/1943 till: 06/09/1943 color:ind from: 24/04/1944 till: 12/05/1946 color:ind text:"Thomas George Rutherford" bar:Mudie from: 07/09/1943 till: 23/04/1944 color:ind text:"Francis Mudie" bar:Dow from: 13/05/1946 till: 14/08/1947 color:ind text:"Hugh Dow" bar:Daulatram from: 15/08/1947 till: 11/01/1948 color:ind text:"Jairamdas Daulatram" bar:Aney from: 12/01/1948 till: 14/06/1952 color:ind text:"Madhav Shrihari Aney" bar:Diwakar from: 15/06/1952 till: 05/07/1957 color:ind text:"Ranganath Ramachandra Diwakar" bar:Husain from: 06/07/1957 till: 11/05/1962 color:ind text:"Zakir Husain" bar:Ayyangar from: 12/05/1962 till: 06/12/1967 color:ind text:"M. A. Ayyangar" bar:Kanungo from: 07/12/1967 till: 20/01/1971 color:ind text:"Nityanand Kanungo" bar:Sinha from: 21/01/1971 till: 31/01/1971 color:ind text:"Ujjal Narayan Sinha" bar:Barooah from: 01/02/1971 till: 04/02/1973 color:ind text:"D. K. Barooah" bar:Bhandare from: 04/02/1973 till: 15/06/1976 color:ind text:"Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare" bar:Kaushal from: 16/06/1976 till: 31/01/1979 color:ind text:"Jagannath Kaushal" bar:KBNSingh from: 31/01/1979 till: 19/09/1979 color:ind text:"K. B. N. Singh" bar:Kidwai from: 20/09/1979 till: 15/03/1985 color:ind from: 14/08/1993 till: 26/04/1998 color:ind text:"Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai" bar:Venkatasubbaiah from: 15/03/1985 till: 25/02/1988 color:ind text:"Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah" bar:GNSingh from: 26/02/1988 till: 24/01/1989 color:ind text:"Govind Narayan Singh" bar:Sen from: 24/01/1989 till: 28/01/1989 color:ind text:"Dipak Kumar Sen" bar:Pradhan from: 29/01/1989 till: 02/03/1989 color:ind text:"R. D. Pradhan" bar:Pahadia from: 03/03/1989 till: 02/02/1990 color:ind text:"Jagannath Pahadia" bar:Sohani from: 02/02/1990 till: 16/02/1990 color:ind text:"Gangadhar Ganesh Sohani" bar:Saleem from: 16/02/1990 till: 30/12/1990 color:ind from: 09/01/1991 till: 13/02/1991 color:ind text:"Mohammad Yunus Saleem" bar:Reddy from: 30/12/1990 till: 08/01/1991 color:ind from: 14/02/1991 till: 18/03/1991 color:ind text:"B. Satya Narayan Reddy" bar:Qureshi from: 19/03/1991 till: 13/08/1993 color:ind text:"Mohammad Shafi Qureshi" bar:Bhandari from: 27/04/1998 till: 15/03/1999 color:ind text:"Sunder Singh Bhandari" bar:Lal from: 15/03/1999 till: 05/10/1999 color:ind text:"B. M. Lal" bar:Bhan from: 06/10/1999 till: 22/11/1999 color:ind text:"Suraj Bhan" bar:Pande from: 23/11/1999 till: 12/06/2003 color:ind text:"V. C. Pande" bar:Jois from: 12/06/2003 till: 31/10/2004 color:ind text:"Rama Jois" bar:Marwah from: 01/11/2004 till: 04/11/2004 color:ind text:"Ved Marwah" bar:BSingh from: 05/11/2004 till: 29/01/2006 color:ind text:"Buta Singh" bar:Gandhi from: 31/01/2006 till: 21/06/2006 color:ind text:"Gopalkrishna Gandhi" bar:Gavai from: 22/06/2006 till: 09/07/2008 color:ind text:"R. S. Gavai" bar:Bhatia from: 10/07/2008 till: 28/06/2009 color:ind text:"R. L. Bhatia" bar:Konwar from: 29/06/2009 till: 21/03/2013 color:ind text:"Devanand Konwar" bar:Patil from: 22/03/2013 till: 26/11/2014 color:ind text:"D. Y. Patil" bar:Tripathi from: 27/11/2014 till: 15/08/2015 color:ind from: 20/06/2017 till: 29/09/2017 color:ind text:"Keshari Nath Tripathi" bar:Kovind from: 16/08/2015 till: 20/06/2017 color:ind text:"Ram Nath Kovind" bar:Malik from: 30/09/2017 till: 22/08/2018 color:ind text:"Satya Pal Malik" bar:Tandon from: 23/08/2018 till: 28/07/2019 color:ind text:"Lalji Tandon" bar:Chauhan from: 29/07/2019 till: 16/02/2023 color:ind text:"Phagu Chauhan" bar:Arlekar from: 17/02/2023 till: 01/01/2025 color:ind text:"Rajendra Arlekar" bar:Khan from: 02/01/2025 till: 13/03/2026 color:ind text:"Arif Mohammad Khan" bar:Hasnain from: 14/03/2026 till: $today color:ind text:"Syed Ata Hasnain" }} |} ==Oath== Main, [Name], Ishwar ki shapath leta hoon (ya nishtha se pratigya karta hoon) ki main sachhe mann se Governor (Rajyapal) ke roop mein [State Name] ke pad ka karyabhar sambhalunga (ya zimmedari uthaunga). Main apni poori kabiliyat se Samvidhan (Constitution) aur kanoon (Law) ki raksha, suraksha aur bachaav karunga, aur main apne aap ko [State Name] ki janta ki seva aur kalyan (well-being) mein samarpit karunga."
== See also ==
*Governor (India) *Chief Minister of Bihar *List of governors of Bihar and Orissa Province
== Reference == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
*{{Url|https://governor.bih.nic.in/|Bihar governor website}}
{{Government of Bihar}} {{Governor of Bihar}} {{Current Indian governors}} {{Administrators of provinces in British India}}
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