According to the information available till April 2019, who is the Governor of Maharashtra State?

Correct option is B

The correct answer is (B) C. Vidyasagar Rao

Explanation:

• C. Vidyasagar Rao served as the Governor of Maharashtra from August 2014 to September 2019.
• Therefore, as of April 2019, he was the incumbent Governor of the state.
• During his tenure, he also held the additional charge of Governor of Tamil Nadu for a period (2016–2017).
• The Governor is the Constitutional Head of the state, appointed by the President of India under Article 155 of the Constitution.

Information Booster:

• Following C. Vidyasagar Rao, Bhagat Singh Koshyari took office in September 2019.
• Currently, the Governor of Maharashtra is Ramesh Bais (who took office in February 2023).
• The Governor acts on the "aid and advice" of the State Council of Ministers headed by the Chief Minister, except in matters where they have discretionary powers.

Additional Knowledge:

E.S.L. Narasimhan (Option A)

• He was a prominent retired IPS officer who served as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh (and initially the joint Governor for both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) until July 2019.

Palanisamy Sathasivam (Option C)

• A former Chief Justice of India (CJI), P. Sathasivam served as the Governor of Kerala from 2014 to 2019. He was the first former CJI to be appointed as a Governor.

Anandiben Patel (Option D)

• In April 2019, she was serving as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh (with additional charge of Chhattisgarh). She later became the Governor of Uttar Pradesh in July 2019.