Governors of Indian States & Union Territories 2022
List of newly appointed Governors and LG’s of Indian States & Union Territories. As we all know that Static Awareness is an essential part of all SSC, Railways, and Banking and Insurance exams. In many exams questions based on the recently appointed Governors & Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Indian States & Union Territories were asked. 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.
Today, we provide you List of Governors of Indian States & Union Territories. This List of Governors of Indian States is important and useful for upcoming competitive exams.
List of Governors of Indian States & Union Territories
The Governors and Lieutenant governors are appointed by the President of India. The Governors and Lieutenant governors are executive heads of the states and the union territories respectively. There are 28 states and 8 union territories in India.
| States | Current Governor | First Governor of State after Independence | First Women Governor |
| Andhra Pradesh | Biswa Bhusan Harichandan | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | Sharda Mukherjee |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Brig. (Dr.) B. D. Mishra (Retd.) | Bhishma Narain Singh | – |
| Assam | Prof. Jagdish Mukhi | Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari | – |
| Bihar | Phagu Chauhan | Jairamdas Daulatram | – |
| Chhattisgarh | Anusuiya Uikey | D. N. Sahay | Anusuiya Uikey |
| Goa | P.S. 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 | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar | S. Chakravarti | Sheila Kaul |
| Jharkhand | Ramesh Bais | 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 | Bhagat Singh Koshyari | Sir John Colville | Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| Manipur | La. Ganesan | B. K. Nehru | Najma Heptulla |
| Meghalaya | Satya Pal Malik | Braj Kumar Nehru | – |
| Mizoram | Dr. Kambhampati Haribabu | S.P.Mukherjee | – |
| Nagaland | Prof. Jagdish Mukhi | Vishnu Sahay | – |
| Odisha | Ganeshi Lal | Dr. Kailash Nath Katju | – |
| Punjab | Banwarilal Purohit | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | – |
| Rajasthan | Kalraj Mishra | Gurumukh Nihal singh | Pratibha Patil |
| Sikkim | Ganga Prasad | B.B. Lal | – |
| Tamil Nadu | R. N. Ravi | General Sir Archibald Edward Nye | Fathima Beevi |
| Telangana | Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan | E. S. L. Narasimhan | – |
| Tripura | Satyadeo Narain 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, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd.) | Surjit Singh Barnala | – |
| West Bengal | Jagdeep Dhankhar | Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari | Padmaja Naidu |
Lieutenant Governor/Administrators of Union Territories of India
The post of Lieutenant Governors in a Union Territory is the same as that of a Governor in any State. The Lieutenant Governor is appointed by the President of India for a tenure of five years. There are a total of 8 Union Territories in India and given below is the list of Lieutenant Governor and Administrators for these Union Territories along with the dates they took over the post:
| Union Territories | Current Lieutenant Governor/Administrators | First Lieutenant Governor |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Admiral (Retd) Devendra Kumar Joshi (LG) | – |
| Chandigarh | Shri Banwarilal Purohit (Administrator) | – |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu (Merged into single UT as on 26 January 2020) | Praful Khoda Patel (Admin) | – |
| Delhi | Anil Baijal (LG) | Aditya Nath Jha |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Manoj Sinha (LG) | |
| Lakshadweep | Praful Khoda Patel (Admin) | – |
| Puducherry | Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan (Addl. Charge) (Lieutenant Governor) | S.L. Silam |
| Ladakh | Radha Krishna Mathur (LG) |
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Facts About Governors of Indian States & Union Territories:-
- Every information related to Governor is mentioned in Article 153 to Article 162 in the Indian Constitution.
- Information regarding the eligibility criteria of Governor is mentioned in Article 157 and 158 of the Indian Constitution
- It was The Governors Committee (1971) which laid the responsibility of administering a state in case of political instability
- The Governors under the Government of India Act 1935 were “by the Raj, of the Raj and for the Raj”.
- Sarojini Naidu was the first female Governor of an Indian State. As a result, she governed United Provinces of Agra & Oudh (now Uttar Pradesh) from 15 August 1947 – 2 March 1949.
- Padmaja Naidu, daughter of Sarojini Naidu, was the longest-serving Governor of a state with a serving tenure of 11 years in West Bengal.
- Draupadi Murmu is the first woman governor of Jharkhand.
- A.K. Kidwai is the longest-serving Governor, serving as Governors for Bihar, West Bengal, and Haryana.
- Articles 157 and 158 of the Constitution of India deal with the eligibility requirements of a Governor of India.
- The Eligibility Criteria to be a Governor in India are Citizenship of India, 35 years of age or more, Not an MP or MLA, Not a holder of any other office of profit.
- First governor-general of Bengal: Warren Hastings
- First governor-general of India: Lord William Bentinck
- First Viceroy of India: Lord Canning
- Last Viceroy of British India: Lord Mountbatten
- First governor general of Independent India: Lord Mountbatten
- First Indian governor-general of Independent India: C. Rajagopalachari
- The first female to become the governor of the Indian state: Sarojini Naidu
- Longest-serving governor of a state: Padmaja Naidu (11 years in West Bengal)
