New Delhi: Several states will get new Governors. Among them, one is Mangubhai Patel, a former minister in Gujarat. He has been appointed as Governor of Madhya Pradesh. Hailing from Navsari in South Gujarat, Mangubhai had served as the officiating speaker and deputy speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly also in the past.

The President of India is pleased to make the following appointments/Changes:-

(i) Shri P.S. Sreedharan Pillai, Governor of Mizoram is transferred and appointed as Governor of Goa.

(ii) Shri Satyadev Narayan Arya, Governor of Haryana is transferred and appointed as Governor of Tripura

(iii) Shri Ramesh Bais, Governor of Tripura is transferred and appointed as Governor of Jharkhand.

(iv) Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot as Governor of Karnataka.

(v) Shri Bandaru Dattatraya, Governor of Himachal Pradesh is transferred and appointed as Governor of Haryana.

(vi) Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati as Governor of Mizoram.

(vii) Shri Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel as Governor of Madhya Pradesh.

(viii) Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar as Governor of Himachal Pradesh.

The above appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices. DeshGujarat

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