Ganga Prasad

Ganga Prasad Chaurasia
15th Governor of Sikkim
In office 26 August 2018 – 12 February 2023
Chief Minister	Pawan Kumar Chamling Prem Singh Tamang
Preceded by	Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
Succeeded by	Lakshman Acharya
Governor of Manipur
(Additional Charge)
In office 12 August 2021 – 26 August 2021
Chief Minister	N. Biren Singh
Preceded by	Najma Heptulla
Succeeded by	La. Ganesan
17th Governor of Meghalaya
In office 5 October 2017 – 25 August 2018
Chief minister	Mukul Sangma Conrad Sangma
Preceded by	Banwarilal Purohit
Succeeded by	Tathagata Roy
Personal details
Born	(1939-07-08) 8 July 1939 (age 84) Patna, Bihar, British India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Kamla Devi
Children	5, including Sanjeev Chaurasia
Residence(s)	Raj Bhavan, Gangtok
Alma mater	Patna High School College of Commerce Patna
Occupation	Politician

Ganga Prasad Chaurasia is an Indian politician who is former governor of the states of Sikkim and Meghalaya. He was a member of Bihar Legislative Council and was the leader of the opposition during the RJD^{[citation needed]} regime. He also held the post of leader of the Bihar legislative council during the NDA rule in Bihar. He got associated with Jan Sangh and remained associated with the same ideology till date. He is an ardent follower of Arya Samaj and served as Pradhan (Head) of the Bihar Arya Samaj Pratinidhi Sabha unit. He is popularly known as 'Ganga Babu' in the political circle.^[1]