BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria, 79, was on Wednesday sworn in as the governor of Punjab and administrator of Chandigarh.
Punjab and Haryana high court chief justice Sheel Nagu administered the oath of office to Kataria at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan.
Kataria, who was the Assam governor before his present assignment, replaces Banwarilal Purohit, who remained the governor of Punjab for nearly three years before tendering his resignation in February. President Droupadi Murmu accepted his resignation on July 27.