List of current Indian governors
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 act upon his or her own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President's rule, or reserve bills for the President's assent. Over the years, the exercise of these discretionary powers have given rise to conflict between the elected chief minister and the union government–appointed governor.[1]
Current Indian governors
| State (past governors) |
Name[2] | Portrait | Took office (tenure length) |
Appointed by | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh (list) |
Biswabhusan Harichandan | 
|
24 July 2019 (5 years, 172 days) |
Ram Nath Kovind | [3] |
| Arunachal Pradesh (list) |
B. D. Mishra | ,_Shri_Alphons_Kannanthanam_meeting_the_Governor_of_Arunachal_Pradesh,_Brigadier_(Retd.)_(Dr.)_B.D._Mishra,_in_New_Delhi_on_July_31,_2018_(cropped).JPG)
|
3 October 2017 (7 years, 101 days) |
[4] | |
| Assam (list) |
Jagdish Mukhi | .JPG)
|
10 October 2017 (7 years, 94 days) |
[5] | |
| Bihar (list) |
Phagu Chauhan | 
|
29 July 2019 (5 years, 167 days) |
[6] | |
| Chhattisgarh (list) |
Anusuiya Uikey | ,_Mo_Tribal_Affairs,_Ms._Anusuiya_Uikey_addressing_a_press_conference,_in_New_Delhi_on_September_24,_2018_(1)_(cropped).JPG)
|
29 July 2019 (5 years, 167 days) |
[7] | |
| Goa (list) |
P. S. Sreedharan Pillai | 
|
15 July 2021 (3 years, 181 days) |
||
| Gujarat (list) |
Acharya Devvrat | .jpg)
|
22 July 2019 (5 years, 174 days) |
[8] | |
| Haryana (list) |
Bandaru Dattatreya | _International_Labour_Organization,_Ms._Deborah_Greenfield_meeting_the_Minister_of_State_for_Labour_and_Employment_(Independent_Charge),_Shri_Bandaru_Dattatreya,_in_New_Delhi_(cropped).jpg)
|
15 July 2021 (3 years, 181 days) |
||
| Himachal Pradesh (list) |
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar | 
|
13 July 2021 (3 years, 183 days) |
[9] | |
| Jharkhand (list) |
Ramesh Bais | 
|
14 July 2021 (3 years, 182 days) |
||
| Karnataka (list) |
Thawar Chand Gehlot | .JPG)
|
11 July 2021 (3 years, 185 days) |
[10] | |
| Kerala (list) |
Arif Mohammad Khan | 
|
6 September 2019 (5 years, 128 days) |
[11] | |
| Madhya Pradesh (list) |
Mangubhai C. Patel | .jpg)
|
8 July 2021 (3 years, 188 days) |
[12] | |
| Maharashtra (list) |
Bhagat Singh Koshyari | 
|
5 September 2019 (5 years, 129 days) |
[13] | |
| Manipur (list) |
La. Ganesan | 27 August 2021 (3 years, 138 days) |
|||
| Meghalaya (list) |
Satya Pal Malik | .JPG)
|
19 August 2020 (4 years, 146 days) |
||
| Mizoram (list) |
Kambhampati Hari Babu | 19 July 2021 (3 years, 177 days) |
[14] | ||
| Nagaland (list) |
Jagdish Mukhi (additional charge) |
|
TBD | ||
| Odisha (list) |
Ganeshi Lal | 
|
29 May 2018 (6 years, 228 days) |
[15] | |
| Punjab (list) |
Banwarilal Purohit | .jpg)
|
31 August 2021 (3 years, 134 days) |
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| Rajasthan (list) |
Kalraj Mishra | .jpg)
|
9 September 2019 (5 years, 125 days) |
[16] | |
| Sikkim (list) |
Ganga Prasad | .jpg)
|
26 August 2018 (6 years, 139 days) |
[17] | |
| Tamil Nadu (list) |
R. N. Ravi | 
|
TBD | ||
| Telangana (list) |
Tamilisai Soundararajan | 
|
8 September 2019 (5 years, 126 days) |
[18] | |
| Tripura (list) |
Satyadev Narayan Arya | 
|
14 July 2021 (3 years, 182 days) |
||
| Uttar Pradesh (list) |
Anandiben Patel | ,_Finance_and_Corporate_Affairs,_Smt._Nirmala_Sitharaman,_in_New_Delhi_on_June_10,_2014_(cropped).jpg)
|
29 July 2019 (5 years, 167 days) |
[19] | |
| Uttarakhand (list) |
Gurmit Singh | TBD | |||
| West Bengal (list) |
Jagdeep Dhankhar | File:Jagdeep Dhankar profile.jpg | 30 July 2019 (5 years, 166 days) |
[20] |
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Governors of India.
- List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators
- List of current Indian chief ministers
- List of current Indian chief justices
- List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons
- List of current Indian opposition leaders
- List of female governors and lieutenant governors in India
- List of presidents of India
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Governors" Archived 9 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine. India.gov.in. Retrieved on 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Biswabhusan Hari takes oath as new Andhra Pradesh governor". Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ Samudra Gupta Kashyap. "Brigadier BD Mishra sworn-in as Arunachal Pradesh governor" Archived 22 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine. The Indian Express. 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Jagdish Mukhi sworn in as governor of Assam" Archived 22 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Hindustan Times. Press Trust of India. 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Phagu Chauhan sworn-in as Bihar governor". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Anusuiya Uikey takes oath as governor of Chhattisgarh". India Today. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Acharya Devvrat takes oath as new Gujarat governor". NDTV. 21 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Rajendra Arlekar takes oath as new Himachal Pradesh Governor". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Thawar Gehlot sworn in as Governor of Karnataka". The Hindu. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Arif Mohammed Khan sworn in as Kerala governor". Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Mangubhai Patel takes oath as Madhya Pradesh Governor". The Hindu. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Bhagat Singh Koshyari sworn in as new governor of Maharashtra". Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/dr-k-haribabu-takes-oath-as-governor-of-mizoram/articleshow/84553462.cms
- ^ "Ganeshi Lal sworn in as new governor of Odisha". The Hindu. Press Trust of India. 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Kalraj Mishra sworn in as Rajasthan Governor". India Today. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Ganga Prasad sworn in as Sikkim Governor" Archived 26 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 26 August 2018.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan sworn in as second Telangana Governor". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Anandiben Patel Takes Oath As Uttar Pradesh Governor". NDTV. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Jagdeep Dhankhar takes oath as West Bengal governor". Times of India. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.