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List of current Indian governors, lieutenant governors and administrators

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Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators pose with the Vice President of India on the eve of ‘2021 Governors Conference’, at Vice President's House, in New Delhi in November 2021.

In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of Constitution of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states. The governor is appointed by the president of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the president's pleasure.

The governor is de jure head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers, headed by the chief minister, which thus holds de facto executive authority at the state-level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend president's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent.[1]

Current governors of all Indian states[edit]

The following list consists of the list of the current governors of all the Indian states.[2]

State
(past governors) 		Name Portrait Took office
(tenure length) 		Profile link Ref.
Andhra Pradesh
(list) 		S. Abdul Nazeer 20 February 2023
(1 year, 113 days) 		[1]
Arunachal Pradesh
(list) 		Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik 16 February 2023
(1 year, 117 days) 		[2]
Assam
(list) 		Gulab Chand Kataria 22 February 2023
(1 year, 111 days) 		[3]
Bihar
(list) 		Rajendra Arlekar 18 February 2023
(1 year, 115 days) 		[4] Archived 24 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Chhattisgarh
(list) 		Biswabhusan Harichandan 22 February 2023
(1 year, 111 days) 		[5][permanent dead link]
Goa
(list) 		P. S. Sreedharan Pillai 15 July 2021
(2 years, 333 days) 		[6] Archived 20 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Gujarat
(list) 		Acharya Devvrat 22 July 2019
(4 years, 326 days) 		[7] [3]
Haryana
(list) 		Bandaru Dattatreya 15 July 2021
(2 years, 333 days) 		[8]
Himachal Pradesh
(list) 		Shiv Pratap Shukla 18 February 2023
(1 year, 115 days) 		[9]
Jharkhand
(list) 		C. P. Radhakrishnan 18 February 2023
(1 year, 115 days) 		[10] [4]
Karnataka
(list) 		Thawar Chand Gehlot 11 July 2021
(2 years, 337 days) 		[11] [5]
Kerala
(list) 		Arif Mohammad Khan 6 September 2019
(4 years, 280 days) 		[12] [6]
Madhya Pradesh
(list) 		Mangubhai C. Patel 8 July 2021
(2 years, 340 days) 		[13] Archived 28 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine [7]
Maharashtra
(list) 		Ramesh Bais 18 February 2023
(1 year, 115 days) 		[14] [8]
Manipur
(list) 		Anusuiya Uikey 22 February 2023
(1 year, 111 days) 		[15]
Meghalaya
(list) 		Phagu Chauhan 18 February 2023
(1 year, 115 days) 		[16]
Mizoram
(list) 		Kambhampati Hari Babu 6 November 2021
(2 years, 219 days) 		[17] Archived 22 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Nagaland
(list) 		La. Ganesan 20 February 2023
(1 year, 113 days) 		[18]
Odisha
(list) 		Raghubar Das 31 October 2023
(225 days) 		[19]
Punjab
(list) 		Banwarilal Purohit 31 August 2021
(2 years, 286 days) 		[20]
Rajasthan
(list) 		Kalraj Mishra 9 September 2019
(4 years, 277 days) 		[21] [9]
Sikkim
(list) 		Lakshman Acharya 16 February 2023
(1 year, 117 days) 		[22]
Tamil Nadu
(list) 		R. N. Ravi 18 September 2021
(2 years, 268 days) 		[23]
Telangana
(list) 		C. P. Radhakrishnan (additional charge) 19 March 2024
(85 days) 		[24] [10]
Tripura
(list) 		N. Indrasena Reddy 26 October 2023
(230 days) 		[25]
Uttar Pradesh
(list) 		Anandiben Patel 29 July 2019
(4 years, 319 days) 		[26] [11]
Uttarakhand
(list) 		Gurmit Singh 15 September 2021
(2 years, 271 days) 		[27] [12]
West Bengal
(list) 		C. V. Ananda Bose 23 November 2022
(1 year, 202 days) 		[28] [13]

Current Indian lieutenant governors[edit]

Union territory
(past lieutenant governors) 		Elected legislature Name[14] Portrait Took office
(tenure length) 		Ref
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(list) 		Red XN Devendra Kumar Joshi 8 October 2017
(6 years, 248 days) 		[15]
Delhi
(list) 		Green tickY
(Legislative Assembly) 		Vinai Kumar Saxena 26 May 2022
(2 years, 17 days)
Jammu and Kashmir
(list) 		Green tickY
(Legislative Assembly) 		Manoj Sinha 7 August 2020
(3 years, 310 days) 		[16]
Ladakh
(list) 		Red XN B. D. Mishra 12 February 2023
(1 year, 121 days) 		[17]
Puducherry
(list) 		Green tickY
(Legislative Assembly) 		C. P. Radhakrishnan
(additional charge) 		19 March 2024
(85 days)

Current Indian administrators[edit]

Union territory
(list) 		Portrait Name Assumed office
(Time in office) 		Appointed by Ref.
Chandigarh
(list) 		Banwarilal Purohit 31 August 2021
(2 years, 286 days) 		Ram Nath Kovind [18]
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
(list) 		Praful Khoda Patel 26 January 2020
(4 years, 138 days) 		Ram Nath Kovind [19]
Lakshadweep
(list) 		Praful Khoda Patel
(additional charge) 		5 December 2020
(3 years, 190 days) 		Ram Nath Kovind [20]

See also[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Governors of India.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. p. 237, 241–44.
  2. ^ "Governors" Archived 9 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine. India.gov.in. Retrieved on 29 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Acharya Devvrat takes oath as new Gujarat governor". NDTV. 21 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  4. ^ "C.P. Radhakrishnan takes oath as Jharkhand Governor". The Hindu. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Thawar Gehlot sworn in as Governor of Karnataka". The Hindu. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Arif Mohammed Khan sworn in as Kerala governor". Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Mangubhai Patel takes oath as Madhya Pradesh Governor". The Hindu. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Ramesh Bais to take over as Maharashtra Governor as Prez accepts Koshyari's resignation". Deccan Herald. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Kalraj Mishra sworn in as Rajasthan Governor". India Today. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  10. ^ The Hindu (19 March 2024). "Jharkhand Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan given additional responsibilities of Telangana, Puducherry". Archived from the original on 19 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Anandiben Patel Takes Oath As Uttar Pradesh Governor". NDTV. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Lt Gen Gurmit Singh sworn-in as Governor of Uttarakhand". Indian Express. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  13. ^ "C. V. Ananda Bose has been appointed as next West Bengal Governor". NDTV. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Lt. Governors & Administrators". India.gov.in. Retrieved on 29 August 2018.
  15. ^ "Admiral D K Joshi (Retd.) sworn in as the 13th Lt. Governor of A& N Islands". The Island Reflector. 8 October 2017. Archived from |the original on 22 October 2017.
  16. ^ "Manoj Sinha takes oath as Jammu and Kashmir LG, says dialogue with people will start soon". India Today. 7 August 2020.
  17. ^ "India Political Updates: Resignation of Ladakh L-G R K Mathur accepted, Brig B D Mishra appointed in his place". Deccan Herald. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  18. ^ "V. P. Singh Badnore sworn in as new Punjab Governor". The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  19. ^ Administrator of Daman and Diu Official Website of the Union Territory of Daman and Diu. Retrieved on 21 September 2016.
  20. ^ "'Black Day' to be observed in Lakshadweep as Praful Khoda Patel returns to island". Hindustan Times. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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