President of India Ram Nath Kovind has appointed 8 new governor. (GOV)

Union social justice minister Thawar Chand Gehlot, new governor of Karnataka.

Former Bharatiya Janata Party state president of Andhra Pradesh, Hari Babu Kambhampati, will be the new governor of Mizoram. Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel, GOV of Madhya Pradesh, while Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, former Speaker of the Goa assembly, will be the new governor of Himachal Pradesh.

PS Sreedharan Pillai, GOV of Goa. Satyadev Narayan Arya, GOV of Tripura.

Ramesh Bais GOV of Jharkhand.

Bandaru Dattatraya, governor of Haryana.

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The Governor

is the head of a state just like the President is the head of the republic. The GOV is the nominal head of a state, while the Chief Minister is the executive head.

Lieutenant governors are appointed in Union Territories of Delhi, Andaman Nicobar Island, and Pudducherry. All other union territories are governed by an Administrative Head. The only exception is Chandigarh. The governor of Punjab is also the lieutenant governor of Chandigarh.

              The first woman to become a GOV of a state in India was Sarojini Naidu. She was the Governor of Uttar Pradesh from 15 August 1947 till her demise on 2 March 1949.

                          Article 153 of the Constitution requires that there shall be a GOV for each State. One person can be appointed as GOV for two or more States.
Article 154 vests the executive power of the State in the GOV.
Arti 155 says that the President appoints the GOV of a State by warrant under his hand and seal”.
Article 156 provides that “The GOV shall hold office during the pleasure of the President”. The term of the GOV : Five years.
                                                The only qualifications for appointment as GOV are that he should be a citizen of India and must have completed the age of thirty-five years.