Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (Marathi

Marathi language

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: कातीकाल संकारानारायानन; born 1932) is the current governor of the India

India

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n state of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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 and Goa

Goa

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. He had also served as the Governor of Nagaland

Nagaland

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 and Jharkhand

Jharkhand

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. Prior to his appointment as Governor, he had served as a Minister in several Congress

Indian National Congress

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 led governments

Government of Kerala

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 of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 headed by Chief Ministers A. K. Antony

A. K. Antony

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 and K. Karunakaran.

Sankaranarayanan was also asked to assume the additional charge of Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh

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 during the absence on leave of S. K. Singh. The swear-in ceremony was held on April 7, 2007. When Singh was appointed Governor of Rajasthan

Rajasthan

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 on August 19, 2007, Sankaranarayanan was also appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, and he was sworn in on September 4, 2007. He remained in that post until January 2008, when Joginder Jaswant Singh

Joginder Jaswant Singh

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 became governor of Arunachal Pradesh. On 22 January 2010, he was sworn in as the Governor of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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. On August 27, 2011 he was given additional charge of Goa.