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Lt. General (retired) Syed Ata Hasnain has been named the Governor of Bihar connected Thursday (May 5, 2026) arsenic portion of major gubernatorial appointments effected by President Droupadi Murmu.
Mr. Hasnain succeeds Arif Mohammed Khan, who took oath arsenic Bihar Governor connected January 2, 2025.
A decorated erstwhile serviceman of the Indian Army, helium has been appointed to 1 of the country’s cardinal law positions, bringing with him decades of subject enactment and nationalist service.
Early life
Born into a subject family, Mr. Hasnain did his schooling astatine Sherwood College successful Nainital and aboriginal attended St Stephen’s College, Delhi. King’s College, University of London. He besides studied successful the Royal College of Defence Studies, King's College London, and the Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Hawaii.
Hasnain’s subject career
Mr. Hasnain was commissioned into the 4th Battalion of the Garhwal Rifles successful 1974 aft graduating from the Indian Military Academy. Over astir 4 decades of service, helium went connected to clasp respective cardinal bid and unit appointments, galore of them successful Jammu and Kashmir.
He served successful a scope of captious assignments from Sri Lanka to Siachen Glacier, from the North East to Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), and successful U.N. operations from Mozambique to Rwanda.
Gen. Hasnain commanded the Srinagar-based 15 Corps, 1 of the Army’s astir captious formations liable for operations successful the Kashmir Valley. He besides led the 21 Corps, a large onslaught enactment of the Indian Army.
His last posting earlier status was arsenic Military Secretary of the Indian Army, a important presumption liable for overseeing elder serviceman appointments and administrative functions wrong the force.
Hasnain’s relation aft retirement
After retiring from the Indian Army successful July 2013 pursuing 40 years of progressive service, Mr. Hasnain continued to lend to nationalist beingness done world and organization roles.
He writes connected Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan, the West Asia, and transnational extremist unit and speaks connected nationalist information astatine assorted military, civilian services and firm institutions.
In 2015, helium was nominated arsenic a Member of the Executive Council of the Prime Minister’s Library and Museum, 1 of the country’s cardinal institutions preserving modern Indian history.
On July 13, 2018, the President of India appointed him Chancellor of the Central University of Kashmir.
He has been awarded six decorations by the President of India and 2 by the Army chief.
He presently serves a subordinate of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
