Governor of Assam

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The Governor of Assam is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Assam, appointed by the President of India and responsible for overseeing the state’s executive functions and upholding the Constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional office ⓘ
state governor ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rajyapal of Assam ⓘ
linked to: Governor of Assam
appliesToJurisdiction Assam ⓘ
appointedBy President of India ⓘ
appointedForFixedTerm yes ⓘ
appointedOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of India ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy President of India ⓘ
category Governors of Indian states ⓘ
country India ⓘ
createdBy Constitution of India ⓘ
duty uphold the Constitution of India ⓘ
flag Flag of India ⓘ
hasConstitutingInstrument Constitution of India ⓘ
hasJurisdiction State of Assam ⓘ
linked to: Assam
hasOfficialResidence Raj Bhavan, Guwahati ⓘ
languageUsed Assamese ⓘ
English ⓘ
legalFramework Part VI of the Constitution of India ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Assam ⓘ
memberOf Council of Governors (India) ⓘ
nominatedBy Government of India ⓘ
officeHolderRole constitutional head of Assam ⓘ
officeInaugurated 1947 ⓘ
officeType state-level constitutional office ⓘ
oversees state executive functions of Assam ⓘ
partOf State executive of Assam ⓘ
power appoint Advocate General of Assam ⓘ
appoint Chief Minister of Assam ⓘ
appoint members of Assam Public Service Commission ⓘ
dissolve Assam Legislative Assembly ⓘ
give assent to bills passed by Assam Legislative Assembly ⓘ
grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment for offences against state laws ⓘ
make rules for the convenient transaction of the business of the Government of Assam ⓘ
promulgate ordinances when the Assam Legislative Assembly is not in session ⓘ
prorogue Assam Legislative Assembly ⓘ
reserve certain state bills for consideration of the President of India ⓘ
summon Assam Legislative Assembly ⓘ
precededByOffice Governor of Assam Province ⓘ
rank nominal head of state of Assam ⓘ
reportsTo President of India ⓘ
represents President of India in Assam ⓘ
residence Raj Bhavan, Guwahati ⓘ
residenceType official residence ⓘ
seat Guwahati ⓘ
style His Excellency ⓘ
symbol Emblem of India ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assam University → chancellor → Governor of Assam ⓘ
Tezpur University → hasChancellor → Governor of Assam ⓘ
Chief Minister of Assam → appointedBy → Governor of Assam ⓘ
Chief Minister of Assam → reportsTo → Governor of Assam ⓘ
Governor of Assam → alsoKnownAs → Rajyapal of Assam ⓘ
linked to: Governor of Assam
North-East Frontier Agency → administeredBy → Governor of Assam ⓘ
Jagdish Mukhi → positionHeld → Governor of Assam ⓘ
Emblem of Assam → associatedWith → Governor of Assam ⓘ
Raj Bhavan, Guwahati → associatedWithOffice → Governor of Assam ⓘ
Siang Frontier Division → governedBy → Governor of Assam (as agent of the President of India) ⓘ
linked to: Governor of Assam
Tirap Frontier Division → governedBy → Governor of Assam (as agent of the President of India) ⓘ
linked to: Governor of Assam
Bodoland Territorial Council → overseenBy → Governor of Assam ⓘ
Election Commission of Assam → appointedBy → Governor of Assam ⓘ