Banwarilal Purohit
Banwarilal Purohit (born 16 April 1940) is an Indian politician who is serving as 29th Governor of Punjab, India and Administrator of Chandigarh from September 2021. He was the former Governor of Tamil Nadu from 2017 to 2021, and former Governor of Assam from 2016 to 2017. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. 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.
Banwarilal Purohit | |
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Purohit in February 2017 | |
| 29th Governor of Punjab | |
| Assumed office 31 August 2021 | |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind Droupadi Murmu |
| Chief Minister | Amarinder Singh Charanjit Singh Channi Bhagwant Mann |
| Preceded by | V. P. Singh Badnore |
| 16th Administrator of Chandigarh | |
| Assumed office 31 August 2021 | |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind Droupadi Murmu |
| Preceded by | V. P. Singh Badnore |
| 14th Governor of Tamil Nadu | |
| In office 6 October 2017 – 17 September 2021 | |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Chief Minister | Edappadi K. Palaniswami M. K. Stalin |
| Preceded by | C. Vidyasagar Rao (additional charge) |
| Succeeded by | R. N. Ravi |
| 25th Governor of Assam | |
| In office 22 August 2016 – 29 September 2017 | |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Chief Minister | Sarbananda Sonowal |
| Preceded by | Padmanabha Acharya (additional charge) |
| Succeeded by | Jagdish Mukhi |
| 16th Governor of Meghalaya | |
Additional charge | |
| In office 27 January 2017 – 5 October 2017 | |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Chief Minister | Mukul Sangma |
| Preceded by | V. Shanmuganathan |
| Succeeded by | Ganga Prasad |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha 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 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 April 1940 Nawalgarh, Rajputana Agency, British India (present-day Rajasthan, India) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan, Punjab |
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