राज्यपाल

Sr. Governor Period Special Point

No.
1  The total number of individuals serving as 28
01.11.1956 to Governors so far
Bhograju Pattabhi Sitaramaiya 13.06.1957
 The number of occasions acting Governors 6
were appointed
2
14.06.1957 to  Only governor sworn outside Raj Bhawan Dr. B. P. Sitaramaiah (sworn in at Minto Hall)
Hari Vinayak Pataskar 10.02.1965
 Youngest governor on appointment +
Mrs. Sarla Grewal (61 Y)
3 The 1st female Governor
Kyasamballi Chengalrao Reddy 11.02.1965 to
(K C Reddy) 02.02.1966
 Eldest governor on appointment Ramnaresh Yadav (83 Y)
4
03.02.1966 to  Only governor born in state NN Wanchoo (Satna)
Justice PV Dixit (Acting) 09.02.1966  Only governor born outside Present India Dr. Bhai Mahavir (Lahore)
5  Only Governor recipient of a public title H. V. Pastaskar (Padma Vibhushan)
10.02.1966 to
Kyasamballi Chengalrao Reddy 07.03.1971
 The longest serving full-time Governor H. V. Pataskar (7 yrs. 7 months 27 days)
 The shortest serving full-time Governor Dr. B. P. Sitaramaiya (7 months 12 days)
6 08.03.1971 to
Satyanarayan Sinha 13.10.1977  The longest serving acting Governor O.P. Kohli (16 months 14 days)
7  The shortest serving acting Governor Justice G. P. Singh (6 days)
14.10.1977 to
Niranjan Nath Wanchoo 16.08.1978
 The 1st Governor with Civil Service NN Wanchoo
8 background
17.08.1978 to
Cheppudira Muthana Punacha 29.04.1980
 First Governor to impose President’s rule in S. N. Sinha
9 MP
30.04.1980 to
Dr. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma 25.05.1981  Only Governor with a Chartered Accountancy Rameshwar Thakur
qualification
10  Only Governor who was a medical Dr. B. P. Sitaramaiya
Justice G. P. SIngh (Acting) 26.05.1981 to
Guruprasanna Singh 09.07.1981 practitioner
 Only Governor who didn’t know Hindi K. C. Reddy
11
10.07.1981 to  Only Governor who expired while in office R. P. Gupta & Lalji Tandon
Dr. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma  Governor with a PG degree in science R. P. Gupta and Smt Anandiben Patel
20.09.1983

12  Governors who have been 1. Dr. Bhai Mahavir

21.09.1983 to
Justice G. P. Singh (Acting) Lecturers/Teacher- 5
07.10.1983 2. Rameshwar Thakur

13 3. Ram Naresh Yadav

08.10.1983 to
Dr. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma 14.05.1984 4. Om Prakash Kohli
14 5. Smt. Anandiben Patel
15.05.1984 to
K. M. Chandy 30.11.1987

15
Justice N. D. Ojha (Acting) 01.12.1987 to  Number of Governors with Doctorate 1) Dr. B. D. Sharma
(Narayan Dutta) 29.12.1987
qualification - 3 2) Dr. Bhai Mahavir
3) Dr. Bal Ram Jakhar
16
30.12.1987 to
K. M. Chandy 30.03.1989  Most common academic background Law (7 Governors)

17  Governors who have been Governors of other i. N. N. Wanchoo (Kerala)

31.03.1989 to
Smt. Sarla Grewal 05.02.1990 States - 9 ii. C. M. Punacha (Orissa)
18 iii. Dr. B. D. Sharma (Orissa)
06.02.1990 to
Kunwar Mahmood Ali Khan 23.06.1993 iv. K. M. Chandy (Gujarat)
19 v. Dr. Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (Bihar)
24.06.1993 to vi. Dr. Bal Ram Jakhar (Gujarat)
Dr. Mohd. Shafi Qureshi 21.04.1998
vii. Rameshwar Thakur (Orissa, Andhra
20 Pradesh, Karnataka)
22.04.1998 to viii. Smt Ram Naresh Yadav(-)
Dr. Bhai Mahavir 06.05.2003
ix. Smt Anandiben Patel (Chhattisgarh)
21 x. Lal Ji Tandon (Bihar)
07.05.2003 to
Ram Prakash Gupta 01.05.2004  Only Governor who has been Governor of 3 Shri Rameshwar Thakur:
other States  Orissa
22  Andhra Pradesh
L.J. Shri Krishna Mohan Seth 02.05.2004 to
(Acting) 29.06.2004  Karnataka
23 Dr. Bal Ram Jakhar 30.06.2004 to
29.06.2009  Governors who have been Chief Ministers of  K. C. Reddy (Mysore)
other States - 5
 C. M. Punacha (Koorg)

 Dr. B. D. Sharma (Haryana)

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30.06.2009 to
Rameshwar Thakur 08.09.2011

25
08.09.2011 to
Ram Naresh Yadav 07.09.2016

26
Om Prakash Kohli 08.09.2016 to
(additional charge) 23.01.2018

27
23.01.2018 to
Smt. Anandiben Patel 28.07.2019

28
29.07.2019 to
Late. Shri Lal Ji Tandon 21.07.2020

29
01.07.2020 to
Smt. Anandiben Patel 08.07.2021

30
Mangubhai  Patel

Acting Governors 1. Justice PV Dixit

2. Justice G. P. Singh ( 2 बार )
3. Justice N. D. Ojha
4. L.J. Shri Krishna Mohan Seth
कौन कितनी बार Dr. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma ( 3 बार )
बना K C Reddy
K. M. Chandy ( 2 बार )
Anandiben Patel