Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Indian States
The Governors of Indian states 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 29 states and 7 union territories in India.
8 Historical Important Facts
| S.No | Fact | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First governor general of Bengal | Warren Hastings |
| 2 | First governor general of India | Lord William Bentinck |
| 3 | First Viceroy of India | Lord Canning |
| 4 | Last governor general of British India | Lord Mountbatten |
| 5 | First governor general of Independent India | Lord Mountbatten |
| 6 | First Indian governor-general of Independent India | C. Rajagopalachari |
| 7 | The first female to become the governor of Indian state | Sarojini Naidu |
| 8 | Longest serving governor of a state | Padmaja Naidu (11 years in WB) |
Current Governors of States in India Nov 2018
| States | Current Governor | First Governor of State after Independence | First Women Governor |
| Andhra Pradesh | E. S. L. Narasimhan | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | Sharda Mukherjee |
| Arunachal Pradesh | B.D. Mishra | Bhishma Narain Singh | – |
| Assam | Jagdish Mukhi | Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari | – |
| Bihar | Lalji Tandon | Jairamdas Daulatram | – |
| Chhattisgarh | Anandiben Patel
(Additional Charge) |
D. N. Sahay | – |
| Goa | Mridula Sinha | Maj Gen K. P. Candeth (Military Governor) | – |
| Gujarat | Om Prakash Kohli | Mehdi Nawaz Jung | Sharda Mukherjee |
| Haryana | Satyadev Narayan Arya | Dharma Vira | – |
| Himachal Pradesh | Acharya Dev Vrat | S. Chakravarti | Sheila Kaul |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Satya Pal Malik | Karan Singh | – |
| Jharkhand | Draupadi Murmu | Parbhat kumar | Draupadi Murmu |
| Karnataka | Vajubhai Vala | Jayachamaraja Wodeyar | V. S. Ramadevi |
| Kerala | P. Sathasivam | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao | Jyothi Venkatachalam |
| Madhya Pradesh | Anandiben Patel | Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya | Sarla Grewal |
| Maharashtra | C. Vidyasagar Rao | Sir John Colville | Vijayalakshmi Pandit |
| Manipur | Najma Heptulla | B. K. Nehru | Najma Heptulla |
| Meghalaya | Tathagata Roy | Braj Kumar Nehru | – |
| Mizoram | Kummanam Rajasekharan | S.P.Mukherjee | – |
| Nagaland | Padmanabha Acharya | Vishnu Sahay | – |
| Odisha | Ganeshi Lal | Dr. Kailash Nath Katju | – |
| Punjab | V. P. Singh Badnore | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | – |
| Rajasthan | Kalyan Singh | Gurumukh Nihal singh | Pratibha Patil |
| Sikkim | Ganga Prasad | B.B. Lal | – |
| Tamil Nadu | Banwarilal Purohit | General Sir Archibald Edward Nye | Fathima Beevi |
| Telangana | E. S. L. Narasimhan
(Additional Charge) |
E. S. L. Narasimhan | – |
| Tripura | Kaptan Singh Solanki | B. K. Nehru | – |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ram Naik | Sarojini Naidu (United Province), Sri Hormasji Peroshaw Mody (When renamed as Uttar Pradesh) | Sarojini Naidu (United Province) |
| Uttarakhand | Baby Rani Maurya | Surjit Singh Barnala | – |
| West Bengal | Keshari Nath Tripathi | Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari | Padmaja Naidu |
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Current Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories of India
| Union Territories | Current LG | First LG | First Woman LG |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Admiral (Retd) Devendra Kumar Joshi | – | – |
| Chandigarh | V. P. Singh Badnore | – | – |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Praful Khoda Patel
(Additional Charge) |
– | – |
| Daman and Diu | Praful Khoda Patel | – | – |
| Delhi | Anil Baijal | Aditya Nath Jha | – |
| Lakshadweep | Farooq Khan | – | – |
| Puducherry | Kiran Bedi | S.L. Silam | Chandrawati |
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