Guwahati, July 28: Lakshman Prasad Acharya has been made the Governor of Assam with the additional charge of Manipur, replacing Gulab Chandra Kataria who has replaced Banwarilal Purohit as the Governor of Punjab under major gubernatorial appointments announced by the president of India late on July 27.

President Droupadi Murmu has accepted the resignation of Purohit as the Governor of Punjab and the administrator of Chandigarh.

Ramen Deka has been appointed as the Governor of Chhattisgarh and C.H. Vijayashankar the Governor of Meghalaya.

Jharkhand Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan has been appointed as the Governor of Maharashtra, it said. Santosh Kumar Gangwar will be new Jharkhand Governor in place of Mr. Radhakrishnan.

Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde has been appointed as the Governor of Rajasthan, Jishnu Dev Varma will be the Telangana Governor and Om Prakash Mathur will be the new Governor of Sikkim, the statement said.

K. Kailashnathan has been appointed as the Lt. Governor of Puducherry.

These appointments will take effect from the dates they will assume charge of their respective offices.

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