President Shri Ram Nath Kovind (age 73 years) appoints Kalraj Mishra (age 78 years) as the new Governor of Himachal Pradesh state.
Kalraj Mishra replaced Acharya Devvrat who has been transferred and appointed as the new Governor of Gujarat.
Acharya Devvrat replaced OP Kohli who completed his 5-year term on 15th July 2019.
He is also the former Minister of State (independent charge) of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the BJP-led NDA government of PM Modi.
About Himachal Pradesh i) Capital - Shimla & Dharamshala (Winter) ii) Number of Districts - 12 iii) Chief Minister - Jai Ram Thakur iv) Chief Justice - Surya Kant v) Total Area - 55,673 Km sq vi) Official Language - Hindi & Sanskrit
Former Bangladeshi Army Chief and Politician Hussain Muhammad Ershad passed away at a hospital in Dhaka. He was 91-years.
Ershad served as the President of Banglad....