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, 48 days) |
[1] | |
| Arunachal Pradesh (list) |
Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik | 
|
16 February 2023 (1 year, 52 days) |
[2] | |
| Assam (list) |
Gulab Chand Kataria | 
|
22 February 2023 (1 year, 46 days) |
[3] | |
| Bihar (list) |
Rajendra Arlekar | 
|
18 February 2023 (1 year, 50 days) |
[4] Archived 24 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine | |
| Chhattisgarh (list) |
Biswabhusan Harichandan | 
|
22 February 2023 (1 year, 46 days) |
[5][permanent dead link] | |
| Goa (list) |
P. S. Sreedharan Pillai | 
|
15 July 2021 (2 years, 268 days) |
[6] Archived 20 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine | |
| Gujarat (list) |
Acharya Devvrat | 
|
22 July 2019 (4 years, 261 days) |
[7] | [3] |
| Haryana (list) |
Bandaru Dattatreya | 
|
15 July 2021 (2 years, 268 days) |
[8] | |
| Himachal Pradesh (list) |
Shiv Pratap Shukla | 
|
18 February 2023 (1 year, 50 days) |
[9] | |
| Jharkhand (list) |
C. P. Radhakrishnan | 
|
18 February 2023 (1 year, 50 days) |
[10] | [4] |
| Karnataka (list) |
Thawar Chand Gehlot | 
|
11 July 2021 (2 years, 272 days) |
[11] | [5] |
| Kerala (list) |
Arif Mohammad Khan | 
|
6 September 2019 (4 years, 215 days) |
[12] | [6] |
| Madhya Pradesh (list) |
Mangubhai C. Patel | 
|
8 July 2021 (2 years, 275 days) |
[13] Archived 28 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine | [7] |
| Maharashtra (list) |
Ramesh Bais | 
|
18 February 2023 (1 year, 50 days) |
[14] | [8] |
| Manipur (list) |
Anusuiya Uikey | 
|
22 February 2023 (1 year, 46 days) |
[15] | |
| Meghalaya (list) |
Phagu Chauhan | 
|
18 February 2023 (1 year, 50 days) |
[16] | |
| Mizoram (list) |
Kambhampati Hari Babu | 
|
6 November 2021 (2 years, 154 days) |
[17] Archived 22 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine | [9] |
| Nagaland (list) |
La. Ganesan | 
|
20 February 2023 (1 year, 48 days) |
[18] | |
| Odisha (list) |
Raghubar Das | 
|
31 October 2023 (160 days) |
[19] | |
| Punjab (list) |
Banwarilal Purohit | 
|
31 August 2021 (2 years, 221 days) |
[20] | |
| Rajasthan (list) |
Kalraj Mishra | 
|
9 September 2019 (4 years, 212 days) |
[21] | [10] |
| Sikkim (list) |
Lakshman Acharya | 
|
16 February 2023 (1 year, 52 days) |
[22] | |
| Tamil Nadu (list) |
R. N. Ravi | 
|
18 September 2021 (2 years, 203 days) |
[23] | |
| Telangana (list) |
C. P. Radhakrishnan (additional charge) |
|
19 March 2024 (20 days) |
[11] | |
| Tripura (list) |
Indrasena Reddy | 
|
26 October 2023 (165 days) |
[24] | |
| Uttar Pradesh (list) |
Anandiben Patel | 
|
29 July 2019 (4 years, 254 days) |
[25] | [12] |
| Uttarakhand (list) |
Gurmit Singh | 
|
15 September 2021 (2 years, 206 days) |
[26] | [13] |
| West Bengal (list) |
C. V. Ananda Bose | 
|
23 November 2022 (1 year, 137 days) |
[27] | [14] |
- See also
- 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
- List of governors-general of India
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Acharya Devvrat takes oath as new Gujarat governor". NDTV. 21 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "C.P. Radhakrishnan takes oath as Jharkhand Governor". The Hindu. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ramesh Bais to take over as Maharashtra Governor as Prez accepts Koshyari's resignation". Deccan Herald. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ Haribabu takes oath as Governor of Mizoram | Guwahati News - Times of India
- ^ "Kalraj Mishra sworn in as Rajasthan Governor". India Today. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Anandiben Patel Takes Oath As Uttar Pradesh Governor". NDTV. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Lt Gen Gurmit Singh sworn-in as Governor of Uttarakhand". Indian Express. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "C. V. Ananda Bose has been appointed as next West Bengal Governor". NDTV. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.