The office of Governor of Bihar and Orissa Probince was created in 1920. Bihar had been a part of Bengal since 1756, and Orissa had been so since 1803. The two were separated from Bengal to form the province of
Bihar and Orissa Province
Bihar and Orissa was a province of British India, which included the present-day Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha. The territories were conquered by the British in the 18th and 19th centuries, and were governed by the then Indian C ...
in 1912, initially governed under the authority of a Lieutenant-Governor. The offices were separated in 1936.
The following list is derived from the ''
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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Lieutenant governors of Bihar and Orissa Province
*1912-1915: Sir Charles Stuart Bayley
*1915-1918: Sir Edward Albert Gait
*1918: Sir Edward Vere Levinge (acting)
*1918-1920: Sir Edward Albert Gait
Governors of Bihar and Orissa Province
*1920 - 1921: Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha
*1921 - 1922: Havilland Le Mesurier (acting)
*1922 - 1927: Sir Henry Wheeler
Sir Henry Wheeler, (2 June 1870 – 2 June 1950) was the Governor of Bihar and Orissa from 12 April 1922 to 6 April 1927. He was a member of the Imperial Civil Service appointed in 1889 and served in Bengal. He was also a member of Council of ...
*1927 - 1932: Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson
*1932 - 1936: Sir James David Sifton
Sir James David Sifton, KCSI, KCIE (17 April 1878 – 1952) was a British civil servant who was the Governor of Bihar and Orissa from 7 April 1932 to 31 March 1936 and then Governor of Bihar from 1 April 1936 to 10 March 1937. He was the first ...
See also
*List of governors of Bihar
The governor of Bihar is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Bihar. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. Phagu Chauhan is the current governor of Bihar. Former President Zaki ...
*List of governors of Odisha
The governor of Odisha is the head of state and representative of the president of India in the Indian state of Odisha. The governors have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the President of India at centr ...
*Governor (India)
The governors of the states of India have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at the central level. Governors exist in the states, while lieutenant governors exist in union territories includ ...
References
{{Administrators of provinces in British India
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