President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday appointed Lt Gen Gurmit Singh, who retired as the deputy chief of Army, governor of Uttarakhand, a post which fell vacant after Baby Rani Maurya tendered her resignation.

The President also ordered shuffling of governors of some states that included shifting Banwarilal Purohit from Tamil Nadu to Punjab. He was holding additional charge of Punjab.

The Centre’s interlocutor and retired IPS officer RN Ravi has been shifted from Nagaland to Tamil Nadu. Jagdish Mukhi, the governor of Assam, will hold additional charge of Nagaland, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said.

(With inputs from agencies)