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N.D. Tiwari appointed Andhra Pradesh Governor

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Rameshwar Thakur shifted to Karnataka

Rameshwar Thakur

NEW DELHI: The former Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader, N.D. Tiwari, was on Sunday appointed Governor of Andhra Pradesh in place of Rameshwar Thakur, who has been shifted to Karnataka.

This is the first round of gubernatorial appointments and transfers made after President Pratibha Devisingh Patil assumed office on July 25.

Mr. Thakur — who had additional charge of Orissa also — will hold the office for the remainder of his term after Karnataka Governor T. N. Chaturvedi completes his term on Monday. In Orissa, Mr. Thakur will be replaced by the former Rajya Sabha member, Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare.

N.D. Tiwari

Besides, Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Shilendra Kumar Singh has been transferred to Rajasthan for the remainder of his term in place of A.R. Kidwai.

K. Sankaranarayanan, Governor of Nagaland, will hold additional charge of Arunachal Pradesh.

Governor of Uttarakhand Sudarshan Agarwal has been transferred to Sikkim in place of incumbent V. Rama Rao, and will hold the office for the remainder of his term. In Uttarakhand, he will be replaced by Meghalaya Governor B. L. Joshi.

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