• Governor's Dismissal since 1967
  • 1967:

    Dharma Vira, the governor of West Bengal , dismissed chief minister Ajay Mukherjee and appointed P C Ghose in his place. He summoned the assembly against the will of Mukherjee.

  • 1977:

    Janata government dismissed around 15 governors.

  • 1980:

    Governor Prabhudas Patwari from Tamil Nadu was sacked.

  • 1981:

    Governor Raghukul Tilak from Rajasthan was sacked 1981.

  • 1984:

    Congressman Ram Lal dismissed the NT Rama Rao government and allowed Nadendla Bhaskar Rao as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh for 31 days.

  • 1988:

    The Sarkaria Commission Report on Centre-State Relations noted about the Governor's tenure issue: "The ever-present possibility of the tenure being terminated before the full term of five years can create considerable insecurity in the mind of the Governor and impair his capacity to withstand pressures, resist extraneous influences and act impartially in the discharge of his discretionary functions."

  • 1989:S.R Bommai vs Union of India Case

    • Supreme Court of India discussed the provisions of Article 356. Article 356 was misused by the central government to dismiss state government. The Supreme Court decided that Article 356 is an extreme power and is to be used as a last remedy in cases where it is manifest that there is a deadlock and the state government has collapsed. The views expressed by the court in this case are similar to the Sarkaria Commission case. • The SC decided to take away the power of the centre to dismiss the state government for political gains.

  • 1998:

    The BJP government removed Gujarat Governor Krishna Pal Singh who was appointed by the UPA government.

  • 2001:

    NDA dismissed another UPA appointed Tamil Nadu governor, M. Fathima Beevi giving the reasons of her ‘failure’ to perform her duties.

  • 2004:

    United Progressive Alliance government had dismissed four governors who Kidar Nath Sahni (Goa),Kailashpati Mishra (Gujarat), Babu Parmanand (Haryana),Vishnu Kant Shastri (Uttar Pradesh) were appointed by NDA govt.

  • 2014:

    Kamla Beniwal was dismissed on the orders of the President.List of other governors dismissed during Modi's Term: 1) Puducherry governor Virendra Kataria was sacked. 2) Mizoram governor Vakkom B Purushothaman resigned because he was unhappy with his transfer to Nagaland. 3) Kamla Beniwal former governor of Gujarat later transferred to Mizoram was asked to step down from her post. 4) BL Joshi of Uttar Pradesh resigned from his post. 5) Shekhar Dutt in Chhattisgarh resigned from his post. 6) Ashwani Kumar in Nagaland resigned from his post. 7) BV Wanchoo in Goa resigned from his post. 8) M K Narayan in West Bengal resigned from his post.