• Nagaland Governor La Ganesan passed away in Chennai on August 15. He was 80.

• The Nagaland government declared a seven-day state mourning from August 16. 

• During the period, the National Flag will be flown at half-mast while there would be no official entertainment by the state government departments.

• Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla was given additional charge as the Nagaland Governor, according to a communique issued by the President’s office.

• La Ganesan was born in Thanjavur on February 16, 1945.

• A well-known BJP leader in Tamil Nadu with RSS roots, Ganesan has served as the Governor of Manipur, West Bengal and Nagaland between 2021 and 2025.

• Ganesan was appointed the 21st Governor of Nagaland on February 12, 2023.

• An RSS pracharak-turned-BJP karyakarta, Ganesan worked hard to build the saffron party in Tamil Nadu. 

• He quit his government job to join the RSS as a full-time worker. 

• Since 1991, he worked for the BJP in several roles, including that of Tamil Nadu unit president of the party.

• Noted for his keen interest in Tamil literature, he founded ‘Pottramarai’, an association to nurture Tamil scholars. 

• He served as a Rajya Sabha MP for a brief period of 18 months having been nominated by his party from Madhya Pradesh during 2016-18.