Banwarilal Purohit - Wikipedia Banwarilal Purohit For those of a similar name, see Banwari Lal ( disambiguation ). Banwarilal Purohit 20th Governor of Tamil Nadu Incumbent Assumed office 6 October 2017 Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami Preceded by C. Vidyasagar Rao Governor of Assam In office 22 August 2016 - 29 September 2017 Preceded by Padmanabha Acharya Succeeded by Jagdish Mukhi Governor of Meghalaya Additional Charge In office 27 January 2017 -- 5 October 2017 Preceded by V. Shanmuganathan Succeeded by Ganga Prasad Member of Parliament for Nagpur In office 1984 -- 1991 Preceded by Jambuwantrao Dhote Succeeded by Datta Meghe In office 1996 -- 1998 Preceded by Datta Meghe Succeeded by Vilas Muttemwar Chancellor of the University of Madras Incumbent Assumed office 6 October 2017 Vice-Chancellor P. Duraisamy Preceded by C. Vidyasagar Rao Personal details 16 April 1940 Nawalgarh in Distt. Jhunjhunu ( Rajasthan ) Political party Bharatiya Janata Party Residence Raj Bhavan ( Chennai ) Banwarilal Purohit ( born April 16, 1940 ) is an Indian politician from Nagpur region of Maharastra, born in Jhunjhunu District of Rajasthan. He is the incumbent 20th Governor of Tamil Nadu. Having been appointed by the President of India on 30 September 2017, he assumed office on October 6, 2017. He was appointed as Governor of Assam State by President of India on 17 August 2016. He was a Member of Parliament from the Nagpur ( Lok Sabha constituency ) three times, twice as an Indian National Congress member, once as a BJP member. Contents 1 Political career 2 Governorship 3 Other career 4 References Political career Later he joined Congress. After Indira Gandhi split Congress Party and formed Congress ( Indira ), Purohit was elected as MLA from Nagpur East constituency in 1978, contesting as member of Congress ( I ), and he was re-elected in 1980 from Nagpur South and became a Minister of State for Urban Development, Slum Improvement and Housing in 1982. In 1984, he was elected to the 8th Lok Sabha as member of Congress Party. He was re-elected in 1989 on Congress ticket. Later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party when it launched a movement to build Ram Temple in Ayodhya and contested Lok Sabha elections in 1991 as the party 's candidate. But he lost to Datta Meghe of Indian National Congress. In 1996, he was elected to 11th Lok Sabha as BJP 's candidate. In 1999, he quit the Bharatiya Janata Party to join the Indian National Congress after he developed serious differences with Pramod Mahajan. He contested the Lok Sabha elections from Ramtek in 1999 but lost. In 2003, he launched his own party called Vidarbha Rajya Party and contested the Lok Sabha elections from Nagpur in 2004. In 2009 he again contested on BJP 's ticket but lost the election to Vilas Muttemwar of Indian National Congress. Governorship In August 2016, Purohit was appointed as Governor of Assam by replacing Padmanabha Acharya who had additional in - charge of Assam. On September 30, 2017 he was appointed as Governor of Tamil Nadu by President Ram Nath Kovind. It was the first time that the state has got a full time governor after K Rosaiah retired in August 2016. Other career Purohit gained ownership of the Nagpur daily newspaper The Hitavada from Servants of India Society in 1979. The newspaper was launched by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1911 and Purohit is its current managing editor. He is also the chairman of Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management in Nagpur. References Jump up ^ Tamil Nadu gets full - time Governor, at last Jump up ^ http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/jan/27/president-mukherjee-accepts-v-shanmuganathans-resignation-1564081.html Jump up ^ `` Banwarilal Purohit Lok Sabha Profiel ''. Lok Sabha. Retrieved 1 October 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, XI Lok Sabha ''. Retrieved 3 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` New governors appointed : All you need to know ''. The Times of India. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017. Jump up ^ `` Banwarilal Purohit appointed Tamil Nadu Governor ''. The Economic Times. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017. Jump up ^ S. Jesudasan, Dennis ( 6 October 2017 ). `` Banwarilal Purohit sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu ''. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017. Jump up ^ https://www.google.co.in/amp/indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/four-states-to-get-new-governors-najma-heptullah-to-serve-in-manipur-2980823/lite/?client=safari Jump up ^ Former Cong leader who claimed he arranged meeting between Rajiv & RSS Jump up ^ BJP leader Purohit is new governor of Assam Jump up ^ `` Election Analysis 1977 - 1984, Partywise Comparison ''. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010 - 01 - 14. Jump up ^ Banwarilal Purohit sworn in as Assam governor Jump up ^ Purohit sworn in as Assam governor Jump up ^ Banwarilal Purohit takes oath as Governor of Assam Lok Sabha Preceded by Jambuwantrao Dhote Member of Parliament for Nagpur 1984 -- 1991 Succeeded by Datta Meghe Preceded by Datta Meghe Member of Parliament for Nagpur 1996 -- 1998 Succeeded by Vilas Muttemwar Political offices Preceded by Padmanabha Acharya Governor of Assam 22 August 2016 -- 10 October 2017 Succeeded by Jagdish Mukhi Preceded by V. Shanmuganathan Governor of Meghalaya 27 January 2017 -- 5 October 2017 Succeeded by Ganga Prasad Preceded by C. Vidyasagar Rao Governor of Tamil Nadu 6 October 2017 -- Present Succeeded by Incumbent Lists of governors, lieutenant governors and administrators of Indian states and union territories ( and current incumbents ) Andaman and Nicobar Devendra Kumar Joshi Andhra Pradesh E.S.L. Narasimhan Arunachal Pradesh B.D. Mishra Assam Jagdish Mukhi Bihar Satya Pal Malik Chandigarh V.P. Singh Badnore Chhattisgarh Balram Das Tandon Dadra and Nagar Haveli Praful Khoda Patel Daman and Diu Praful Khoda Patel Delhi Anil Baijal Goa Mridula Sinha Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki Himachal Pradesh Acharya Dev Vrat Jammu and Kashmir Narinder Nath Vohra Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu Karnataka Vajubhai Vala Kerala P. Sathasivam Lakshadweep Farooq Khan Madhya Pradesh Om Prakash Kohli Maharashtra C. Vidyasagar Rao Manipur Najma Heptulla Meghalaya Ganga Prasad Mizoram Nirbhay Sharma Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya Odisha S.C. Jamir Puducherry Kiran Bedi Punjab V.P. Singh Badnore Rajasthan Kalyan Singh Sikkim Shriniwas Patil Tamil Nadu Banwarilal Purohit Telangana E.S.L. Narasimhan Tripura Tathagata Roy Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi Governors of Tamil Nadu Madras Presidency Archibald Nye Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji Sri Prakasa A.J. John P.V. Rajamannar $ Bishnuram Medhi Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar P. Chandra Reddy $ Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar Ujjal Singh Tamil Nadu Ujjal Singh Kodardas Kalidas Shah Mohan Lal Sukhadia P. Govindan Nair $ Prabhudas Patwari M.M. Ismail $ Sri Sadiq Ali Sundar Lal Khurana P.C. Alexander Surjit Singh Barnala Bhishma Narain Singh Marri Chenna Reddy Krishan Kant # Fathima Beevi C. Rangarajan # P.S. Ramamohan Rao Surjit Singh Barnala Konijeti Rosaiah C. Vidyasagar Rao # Banwarilal Purohit $ - acting, # - additional charge Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Banwarilal_Purohit&oldid=819206611 '' Categories : 8th Lok Sabha members 9th Lok Sabha members 11th Lok Sabha members People from Jhunjhunu district All India Forward Bloc politicians Indian National Congress politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra Living people Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra Governors of Assam 1940 births Governors of Tamil Nadu Politicians from Nagpur Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from December 2015 Use Indian English from December 2015 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Talk Contents About Wikipedia অসমীয়া हिन्दी தமிழ் Edit links This page was last edited on 8 January 2018, at 02 : 03. About Wikipedia

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