The appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices

Eight states got new Governors on Tuesday as President Ram Nath Kovind cleared several transfers and appointments.

The new appointments included that of Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thawarchand Gehlot as the new Governor of Karnataka.

The appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices, said a Press Communique issued by the President's Secretariat.

Here is the complete list:

1. P.S. Sreedharan Pillai, Governor of Mizoram is transferred and appointed as Governor of Goa.

2. Satyadev Narayan Arya, Governor of Haryana is transferred and appointed as Governor of Tripura.

3. Ramesh Bais, Governor of Tripura is transferred and appointed as Governor of Jharkhand.

4. Bandaru Dattatraya, Governor of Himachal Pradesh is transferred and appointed as Governor of Haryana.

5. Thaawarchand Gehlot as Governor of Karnataka.

6. Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati as Governor of Mizoram.

7. Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel as Governor of Madhya Pradesh.

8. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar as Governor of Himachal Pradesh.