Name the first Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

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  1. Bhagat Singh Koshyari
  2. Girish Chandra Murmu
  3. Satya Pal Malik
  4. Arif Mohammad Khan

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Option 2 : Girish Chandra Murmu
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  • Girish Chandra Murmu is the first Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
  • He is an Indian Administrative Service officer of 1985-batch from the Gujarat cadre.
  • Key positions held by G.C. Murmu:1.Principal Secretary to Narendra Modi during his tenure as Chief Minister of Gujarat. 2. Expenditure Secretary in the Ministry of Finance.
  • According to Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 the state of Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two union territories i.e. - Jammu and Kashmir with a legislature and Ladakh without legislature.
  • Additional Information

    Name of Lt./Governer 

    (Present)

    Name of State  

    C. P. Radhakrishnan

    Maharashtra

    Manoj Sinha

    Jammu and Kashmir

    P. S. Sreedharan Pillai

    Goa

    Arif Mohammed Khan

    Kerala

    Important Points

    • The current governor is Mr. Manoj Sinha.
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