List of Governors in India PDF- States & Union Territories Governors

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List of Governors in 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.

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

The table given below gives the state-wise list of Governors in 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:

State	Current Governor	Took Over The Post On	First State Governor of Independent India
Andhra Pradesh	Shri Biswa Bhusan Harichandan	July 24, 2019	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Arunachal Pradesh	Brig. (Dr.) B. D. Mishra (Retd.)	October 3, 2017	Bhishma Narain Singh
Assam	Prof. Jagdish Mukhi	October 1, 2017	Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari
Bihar	Shri Phagu Chauhan	July 29, 2019	Jairamdas Daulatram
Chhattisgarh	Sushri Anusuiya Uikey	July 29, 2019	D.N. Sahay
Goa	Shri Satya Pal Malik	November 3, 2019	Major General K.P. Candeth
Gujarat	Shri Acharya Dev Vrat	July 22, 2019	Mehdi Nawaz Jung
Haryana	Shri Satyadeo Narayan Arya	August 25, 2018	Shri Dharma Vira
Himachal Pradesh	Shri Bandaru Dattatraya	September 11, 2019	S. Chakravarti
Jharkhand	Shrimati Droupadi Murmu	May 18, 2015	Prabhat Kumar
Karnataka	Shri Vajubhai Vala	September 1, 2014	Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
Kerala	Shri Arif Mohammed Khan	September 6, 2019	Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
Madhya Pradesh	Shri Lal Ji Tandon	July 29, 2019	Dr. Pattahbhi Sitaramayya
Maharashtra	Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari	September 5, 2019	Raja Sir Maharaj Singh
Manipur	Dr. Najma Heptulla	August 21, 2016	B. K. Nehru
Meghalaya	Shri Tathagata Roy	January 27, 2020	Braj Kumar Nehru
Mizoram	Shri P.S. Sreedharan Pillai	November 5, 2019	S.P. Mukherjee
Nagaland	Shri R. N. Ravi	August 1, 2019	Vishnu Sahay
Odisha	Prof. Ganeshi Lal	May 29, 2018	Dr. Kailash Nath Katju
Punjab	Shri V.P. Singh Badnore	August 22, 2016	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Rajasthan	Shri Kalraj Mishra	September 9, 2019	Raj Pramukh Sawai Sh. Mansingh
Sikkim	Shri Ganga Prasad	August 26, 2018	B.B. Lal
Tamil Nadu	Shri Banwarilal Purohit	October 6, 2017	Maharaja Shri Sir Krishna Kumarsingji Bhavsingji
Telangana	Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan	September 8, 2019	E.S.L. Narasimhan
Tripura	Shri Ramesh Bais	July 29, 2019	B.K. Nehru
Uttar Pradesh	Smt. Anandiben Patel	July 29, 2019	Sarojini Naidu
Uttarakhand	Smt. Baby Rani Maurya	August 26, 2018	Surjit Singh Barnala
West Bengal	Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar	July 30, 2019	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	Lieutenant Governor (LG)/ Administrator	Took Over the Post on
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Admiral D.K. Joshi (LG)	October 8, 2017
Chandigarh	Shri V.P. Singh Badnore (Administrator)	August 22, 2016
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)	January 26, 2020
The Government of NCT of Delhi	Shri Anil Baijal (LG)	December 31, 2016
Jammu & Kashmir	Shri Girish Chandra Murmu (LG)	October 31, 2019
Ladakh	Shri Radha Krishna Mathur (LG)	October 31, 2019
Lakshadweep	Shri Dineshwar Sharma (Administrator)	November 3, 2019
Puducherry	Dr. Kiran Bedi (LG)	May 29, 2016

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 Governors in India – States & Union Territories Governors

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 Governors in 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 Governors in 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 Government exams 2020.

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