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Governor

India · Government / Government of India. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

9Records
1645–2004Date range
6Named people
8Places

Chronological records

1645

Alamgir1645

Gujarat · Government / Government of India

Aurangzeb serves as governor of Gujarat before later receiving other provincial commands.

1647

Alamgir1647

Badakhshan · Government / Government of India

Aurangzeb is appointed to command Mughal operations in Badakhshan.

Alamgir1647

Balkh · Government / Government of India

Aurangzeb takes responsibility for Mughal operations around Balkh during the Central Asian campaign.

1652

Alamgir17 July 1652

Deccan · Government / Government of India

Aurangzeb receives his second appointment as viceroy of the Deccan, beginning another extended period of provincial command.

1920

Sinha Raipur, 1st1920

Bihar and Orissa · Government / Government of India

Satyendra Prasanna Sinha is appointed Governor of Bihar and Orissa.

1957

Zakir Husain1957

Bihar · Government / Government of India

Zakir Husain is appointed Governor of Bihar.

2003

Sudarshan Agarwal7 January 2003

Uttaranchal · Government / Government of India

Sudarshan Agarwal becomes Governor of Uttaranchal.

2004

Buta Singh2 November 2004

Government / Government of India

Appointed Governor of Bihar.

Pratibha Patil8 November 2004

Rajasthan · Government / Government of India

Pratibha Patil becomes Governor of Rajasthan.

Names involved

AlamgirButa SinghPratibha PatilSinha Raipur, 1stSudarshan AgarwalZakir Husain

Provenance

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