List of Governors
List of Governors

List of Governors of Indian States & Union Territories

President Droupadi Murmu appointed 13 new Governors while accepting the resignations of Bhagat Singh Koshyari as Governor of Maharashtra and of Radha Krishnan Mathur as Lt. Governor of Ladakh on 12 February 2023. Updated Current Governors of the Indian States & Union Territories 2023.Welcome to the LST online Current Affairs & GK section. If you are preparing for Banking Exam and IBPS PO/Clerk, RRB PO/Clerk, SBI PO/Clerk, LIC AAO, SBI PO/Clerk, NABARD Grade A/B, SSC, Railway, FCI, CWC, and other competitive exams, you will come across a section on the Current Affairs & GK. The list of Current Governors of Indian States & Union Territories is a very important topic for competitive exams.

There are 28 states and 8 union territories in India. The Governors and Lieutenant governors (LG) are appointed by the President of India. The Governors and Lieutenant governors are executive heads of the states and the union territories respectively.

Current Governors of States in India 2023 (Updated)

Today, we provide you with the concise List of Governors of Indian States & Union Territories. This List of Governors of Indian States is important and useful for upcoming competitive exams. As per previous years’ exam trend, 3-4 questions are generally asked from this topic so we have compiled the List of Governors of the Indian States & Union Territory 2023.

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States Current Governor First Governor of State after Independence First Women Governor
Andhra Pradesh S. Abdul Nazeer Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Sharda Mukherjee
Arunachal Pradesh Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik, (Retired) Bhishma Narain Singh
Assam Gulab Chand Kataria Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari
Bihar Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar Jairamdas Daulatram
Chhattisgarh Justice (Retd) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan D. N. Sahay Anusuiya Uikey
Goa PS Sreedharan Pillai Maj Gen K. P. Candeth (Military Governor)
Gujarat Acharya Dev Vrat Mehdi Nawaz Jung Sharda Mukherjee
Haryana Bandaru Dattatraya Dharma Vira
Himachal Pradesh Shiv Pratap Shukla S. Chakravarti Sheila Kaul
Jharkhand C P Radhakrishnan Parbhat kumar Draupadi Murmu
Karnataka Thaawarchand Gehlot Jayachamaraja Wodeyar V. S. Ramadevi
Kerala Arif Mohammed Khan Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Jyothi Venkatachalam
Madhya Pradesh Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya Sarla Grewal
Maharashtra Ramesh Bais Sir John Colville Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Manipur Anusuiya Uikey B. K. Nehru Najma Heptulla
Meghalaya Phagu Chauhan Braj Kumar Nehru
Mizoram Hari Babu Kambhampati S.P.Mukherjee
Nagaland La. Ganesan Vishnu Sahay
Odisha Prof. Ganeshi Lal Dr. Kailash Nath Katju
Punjab Banwarilal Purohit Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Rajasthan Kalraj Mishra Gurumukh Nihal singh Pratibha Patil
Sikkim Lakshman Prasad Acharya B.B. Lal
Tamil Nadu R.N.Ravi General Sir Archibald Edward Nye Fathima Beevi
Telangana Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan E. S. L. Narasimhan
Tripura Satyadev Narayan Arya B. K. Nehru
Uttar Pradesh Anandi Ben Patel Sarojini Naidu (United Province), Sri Hormasji Peroshaw Mody (When renamed as Uttar Pradesh) Sarojini Naidu (United Province)
Uttarakhand Lt Gen Gurmit Singh Surjit Singh Barnala
West Bengal Dr. C.V. Ananda Bose Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari Padmaja Naidu

Lieutenant Governor/Administrators of Union Territories of India

Union Territories Current Lieutenant Governor/Administrators
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Admiral D K Joshi (Lieutenant Governor)
Chandigarh Shri Banwarilal Purohit (Administrator)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)
Delhi Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena (Lieutenant Governor)
Jammu & Kashmir Shri Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor)
Lakshadweep Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)
Puducherry Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan (Addl. Charge) (Lieutenant Governor)
Ladakh Brig (Dr) B D Mishra (Retd)

How are Governors appointed?

  • Article 153 of the Constitution says “There shall be a Governor for each State.”

  • According to Article 155 “the Governor of a State shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal”.

  • Under Article 156, “the Governor shall hold office during the pleasure of the President”, but his term shall be five years.

  • Articles 157 and 158 lay down the qualifications and terms of office of the Governor.

  • The Governor must be a citizen of India and must have completed 35 years of age.

  • The Governor should not be a member of Parliament or State Legislature, and should not hold any other office of profit.

  • The position of Governor is envisaged as a political head who has to act on the advice of the Council of Ministers of the State.

Related Constitutional Articles

  • Article 153– Governors of states

  • Article 154– Executive power of state

  • Article 155– Appointment of Governor

  • Article 156– Term of office of Governor

  • Article 157– Qualifications for appointment as Governor

  • Article 158– Conditions of Governor’s office

  • Article 159– Oath or affirmation by the Governor

  • Article 160– Discharge of the functions of the Governor in certain contingencies

  • Article 161– Power of the Governor to grant pardons and others

  • Article 162– Extent of executive power of state

  • Article 163– Council of ministers to aid and advise the Governor


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