Shri Gulab Chand Kataria is the 31st Governor of Assam. Chief Justice Gauhati High Court
Justice Sandeep Mehta administered the oath of office to the new Governor. Shri Gulab
Chand Kataria hails from Udaipur, Rajasthan. He was the former Home Minister of
Rajasthan and the leader of opposition in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly prior to
his appointment as the Governor.
Social & Political activities :
Some of the notable achievements credited to him are, he was the Home Minister in the
Government of Rajasthan from 31st May 2004 to 8th December 2008 and again from 2015 to
2018. He was a senior leader of BJP from Rajasthan and was also a member of the central
working committee of the party. He hails from Udaipur and has represented it in 9th Lok
Sabha, from 1989-1991. He was also the Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Legislative
Assembly from 24th August 2002 to December 2003, again from 21st February 2013 to 10th
December 2013, and from 17th January 2019 to 2023 till his appointment as the Governor.
Shri Kataria ji served as the Education Minister of the State from 1993 to 1998. He
also served
as Public Works Department Minister from 8th December 2003 to 30th May 2004. He was the
Panchayati Raj and Rural Development, Disaster Management and Relief Department Minister
from 2013 to 2015.
Gulab Chand Kataria was born to Late Hukmi Chand Kataria and Late Lahari Bai on 13th
October 1944. He did his Masters in Geography from Mohanlal Sukhadia University,
Udaipur. He studied Law also from Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur. He is married
to Smt Anita Kataria and has 5 daughters. He also received the Excellent Teacher Award
by Jiwanmal Nahata Memorial Trust, New Delhi on 5th September, 2006.
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