India, March 10 -- Kavinder Gupta was sworn in as the 30th governor of Himachal Pradesh at Lok Bhawan in Shimla on Tuesday.

Himachal Pradesh high court chief justice GS Sandhawalia administered the oath of office to Gupta, who succeeds Shiv Pratap Shukla.

The national song, Vande Mataram, was played at both the commencement and the culmination of the ceremony, preceding the national anthem.

Gupta, 66, the former lieutenant governor of Ladakh, was appointed Himachal Pradesh governor on March 5. His predecessor was reassigned as the governor of Telangana and received a warm farewell from chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and leader of opposition Jai Ram Thakur on Monday.

Eventful tenure in Ladakh

Gupta's move to Himachal comes afte...