Complete List of Governor of Indian States & Union Territories

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List of Governor of India: States and Union Territories is one of the most common topics for the General Awareness section for various Government exams conducted in the country. There are a total of 28 states and 8 Union Territories in India and each state has a Governor who is the chief executive head of that particular state and acts as a Central Government representative. The table given below gives the state-wise list of Governor of India and a PDF of Governor of India.

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List of Governor of India – Statewise (List of Current Indian Governors)

The table given below gives the state-wise list of Governor of India along with the dates on which they took over the position. Also, the names of the first state Governor of Independent India have been mentioned in the list below:

Governor of India

State	Current Governor	First State Governor of Independent India
Andhra Pradesh	Shri Biswa Bhusan Harichandan	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Arunachal Pradesh	Brigadier B.D Mishra (retd)	Bhishma Narain Singh
Assam	Prof. Jagdish Mukhi	Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari
Bihar	Shri Phagu Chauhan	Jairamdas Daulatram
Chhattisgarh	Sushri Anusuiya Uikey	D.N. Sahay
Goa	PS Sreedharan Pillai	Major General K.P. Candeth
Gujarat	Acharaya Devvrat	Mehdi Nawaz Jung
Haryana	Bandaru Dattatreya	Shri Dharma Vira
Himachal Pradesh	Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar	S. Chakravarti
Jharkhand	Ramesh Bais	Prabhat Kumar
Karnataka	Thawar Chand Gehlot	Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
Kerala	Shri Arif Mohammed Khan	Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
Madhya Pradesh	Mangubhai Chaganbhai Patel	Dr. Pattahbhi Sitaramayya
Maharashtra	Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari	Raja Sir Maharaj Singh
Manipur	Shri La. Ganesan	B. K. Nehru
Meghalaya	Satya Pal Malik	Braj Kumar Nehru
Mizoram	Dr. Kambhampati Haribabu	S.P. Mukherjee
Nagaland	Jagdish Mukhi	Vishnu Sahay
Odisha	Prof. Ganeshi Lal Mathur	Dr. Kailash Nath Katju
Punjab	Shri Banwarilal Purohit	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Rajasthan	Kalraj Mishra	Raj Pramukh Sawai Sh. Mansingh
Sikkim	Shri Ganga Prasad	B.B. Lal
Tamil Nadu	R.N. Ravi	Maharaja Shri Sir Krishna Kumarsingji Bhavsingji
Telangana	Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan	E.S.L. Narasimhan
Tripura	Satyadev Narayan Arya	B.K. Nehru
Uttar Pradesh	Smt. Anandiben Patel	Sarojini Naidu
Uttarakhand	Gurmit Singh	Surjit Singh Barnala
West Bengal	Dr CV Ananda Bose	Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari

List of Lieutenant Governors And Administrators for Union Territories

The post of Lieutenant Governor in a Union Territory is the same as that of a Governor in any State. The Lieutenant Governor is appointed by the President of India for a tenure of five years.

There are a total of 8 Union Territories in India and given below is the list of Lieutenant Governors and Administrators for these Union Territories along with the dates they took over the post:

Union Territory	Governor	Capital
Andaman & Nicobar	Shri. Devendra Kumar Joshi (Lieutenant Governor)	Port Blair
Chandigarh	Banwarilal Purohit	Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)	Daman
Delhi	Vinai Kumar Saxena	New Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir	Shri Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor)	Srinagar
Lakshadweep	Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)	Kavaratti
Puducherry	Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan	Puducherry
Ladakh	Shri Radha Krishna Mathur (Lieutenant Governor)	Leh

List of Governors-General of Bengal

Year	Governor-General of Bengal	Major Reforms & Events
1772-1785	Warren Hastings	First Governor-General of Bengal End to the dual system of administration Regulating Act of 1773Supreme Court at CalcuttaAsiatic Society of BengalFirst Anglo-Maratha War and Treaty of SalbaiFirst English translation of Bhagavad GitaPitt’s India Act-1784
1786-1793	Lord Cornwallis	Establishment of Appellate courts and lower grade courts Establishment of Sanskrit college third Anglo-Mysore War and Treaty of SeringapatamIntroduction of Permanent Settlement and civil services
1793-1798	Sir John Shore	Charter act of 1793 Policy of Non-interventionBattle of Kharda
1798-1805	Lord Wellesley	Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance System Fourth Anglo- Mysore war and the Treaty of BasseinSecond Anglo – Maratha war establishment of Madras presidencyEstablishing Fort William College at Calcutta
1805-1807	Sir George Barlow	The Acting Governor-General of India until the arrival of Lord Minto, Diminished the area of British territory because of his passion for economy and retrenchment, The Mutiny of Vellore took place in 1806
1807-1813	Lord Minto I	Concluded the treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1809, Introduced the Charter Act of 1813
1813-1823	Lord Hastings	The policy of Non-intervention came to an end third Anglo-Maratha war abolition of PeshwashipEstablishment of the Ryotwari System in Madras (By Thomas Munroe) and BombayMahalwari system in north-western Provinces and Bombay
1823-1828	Lord Amherst	The annexation of Assam led to the first Burmese war of 1824, The mutiny of Barrackpore in 1824

List of Governor of India – States & Union Territories Governors

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Governor of India – Role, And Responsibilities

Governor is the constitutional head of each state. Every action taken in a state is done in the name of the Governor by the executive power (Chief Minister) of that State. 

Being the nominal head of the State, various responsibilities rest with the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor/Administrator. Given below are these responsibilities in brief:

• Legislative, Judicial, Executive, and Financial powers are laid down for the Governor of a State
• They have the right to address, summon, differ and dissolve the State Legislatures
• In case of unforeseen circumstances, the Governor reserves the right to  make advances from the State Contingency Fund
• The Chief Justice of a State High Court is elected with the consent of the State Governor
• If no political party wins the Lok Sabha election, Governor holds the right to elect the Chief Minister for their states
• In case of constitutional emergency, the President’s rule in a state is acted upon by the Governor
• He can disqualify any member from elections with the consent of the Election Commission
• State Legislators need to lay the state budget keeping the Governor’s opinion in consideration

Governor/Lieutenant Governor/Administrator – Key Points

There are certain points that need to be known with respect to the state Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Administrator in India:

• They are appointed for a tenure of 5 years
• As per the Governor’s Act of 1982, the monthly salary of a Governor is Rs. 1,10,000/-
• The eligibility to become a Governor includes being a citizen of India, age above 35 years, must not hold any office of profit and he/she must not be a member of any state of union territory legislature
• The same Governor can be appointed for more than one state
• The Governor resides in the Raj Bhavan of the state during his/her tenure and is entitled to a fixed pension
• Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to become an Indian state Governor

These are the few pointers that are important with respect to the General Awareness section of the various Government exams.

Facts About Governor of India

Given below are fact related to the Governors of India. Candidates must read them as questions based on these can be asked in the competitive exams.

• Every information related to Governor is mentioned in Article 153 to Article 162 of the Indian Constitution
• Information regarding the eligibility criteria of Governor is mentioned in Articles 157 and 158 of the Indian Constitution
• It was The Governors Committee (1971) that laid the responsibility of administering a state in case of political instability
• The Governors under the Government of India Act 1935 were “by the Raj, of the Raj and for the Raj”.

Sample Questions for Governor of India

Given below are a few sample questions related to the list of Governors in India which may help aspirants analyse the type of questions that may be asked from this topic in the upcoming government exams.

Q 1. Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian state?

Q 2. Who appoints the Governor of a State?

Q 3. Which of the following is not a responsibility of the state Governor? (Here candidates will have to choose the answer from the given options)

Q 4. What is the minimum age for a person to be eligible to become the Governor of a state?

Q 5. Who took over the post of Governor in Uttar Pradesh after Shri Ram Naik? (This may be asked with respect to any other state/UT)

Q 6. Who was the first Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh?

Q 7. Which article of the Indian Constitution provides for a Governor?

Q 8. Who has the authority to remove or replace the Governor of a State?

The questions mentioned above are just for the candidate’s reference. Candidates can refer to these questions and prepare themselves for the recent Government exams

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