Tamil Nadu Governor R. N. Ravi was on Thursday (March 5, 2026) appointed the Governor of West Bengal while Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar was given additional charge of Tamil Nadu ahead of Assembly polls in the crucial States.
According to an official communication from the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Shiv Pratap Shukla, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, has been appointed the Governor of Telangana, while Jishnu Dev Varma, Governor of Telangana, will become the Governor of Maharashtra. Nand Kishore Yadav has been appointed the Governor of Nagaland and Lt. General (retired) Syed Ata Hasnain has been named the Governor of Bihar. Vinai Kumar Saxena, the Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi, has been named the Lieutenant-Governor of Ladakh, while Taranjit Singh Sandhu will become the Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi.
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West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose and Ladakh Lieutenant-Governor Kavinder Gupta resigned on Thursday (March 5, 2026). Mr. Gupta will take charge as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
TN Governor R.N. Ravi transferred; Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar in-charge-of Tamil Nadu
