Shri RN Ravi Sworn In as Governor of West Bengal

Kolkata, March 12, 2026

Shri RN Ravi was sworn in today (Thursday, 12/3/26) as the Governor of West Bengal at a ceremony held at Lok Bhavan, Kolkata. The oath was administered by Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Justice Sujoy Paul.
In a message to the people of West Bengal, Governor Ravi said: "I am immensely blessed and profoundly humbled to have the opportunity to serve the people of West Bengal, a great land that has been the spiritual, intellectual and cultural capital of Bharat for several thousand years. It is the land where the eternal wisdom of the Vedas blossomed several thousand years ago, where the teachings of Gautama Buddha found new expressions, where the great tradition of Bhakti flourished and that led the national freedom movement."

The Governor added, "During critical period of foreign invasions and occupation which began systematically destroying our culture and identity this land gave birth to numerous great persons and divine souls like Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bhagwan Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Swami Vivekananda, Babu Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay whose Vande Mataram became the war cry of our national freedom movement, towering poet-intellectual Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, revolutionary spiritual leader Sri Aurobindo and the great revolutionary freedom fighters Subhas Chandra Bose and Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee. I pray to Maa Durga for wisdom and strength to serve the people of this land with utmost devotion."

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