राज्यपाल

Sr. Governor Period Special Point

No.
1  The total number of individuals serving as 28
Bhograju Pattabhi Sitaramaiya
01.11.1956 to Governors so far
13.06.1957
 The number of occasions acting Governors 6
were appointed
2
Hari Vinayak Pataskar
14.06.1957 to  Only governor sworn outside Raj Bhawan Dr. B. P. Sitaramaiah (sworn in at Minto Hall)
10.02.1965
 Youngest governor on appointment +
Mrs. Sarla Grewal (61 Y)
3 The 1st female Governor
Kyasamballi Chengalrao Reddy 11.02.1965 to
(K C Reddy) 02.02.1966
 Eldest governor on appointment Ramnaresh Yadav (83 Y)
4
03.02.1966 to  Only governor born in state NN Wanchoo (Satna)
Justice PV Dixit (Acting) 09.02.1966
 Only governor born outside Present India Dr. Bhai Mahavir (Lahore)
5  Only Governor recipient of a public title H. V. Pastaskar (Padma Vibhushan)
10.02.1966 to
Kyasamballi Chengalrao Reddy 07.03.1971  The longest serving full-time Governor H. V. Pataskar (7 yrs. 7 months 27 days)
 The shortest serving full-time Governor Dr. B. P. Sitaramaiya (7 months 12 days)
6 08.03.1971 to
Satyanarayan Sinha 13.10.1977
 The longest serving acting Governor O.P. Kohli (16 months 14 days)
7
14.10.1977 to  The shortest serving acting Governor Justice G. P. Singh (6 days)
Niranjan Nath Wanchoo 16.08.1978

8  The 1st Governor with Civil Service NN Wanchoo

17.08.1978 to
Cheppudira Muthana Punacha 29.04.1980 background

9
30.04.1980 to  First Governor to impose President’s rule in S. N. Sinha
Dr. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma 25.05.1981 MP
 Only Governor with a Chartered Accountancy Rameshwar Thakur
10
Justice G. P. SIngh (Acting) 26.05.1981 to qualification
Guruprasanna Singh 09.07.1981
 Only Governor who was a medical Dr. B. P. Sitaramaiya
11 practitioner
10.07.1981 to  Only Governor who didn’t know Hindi K. C. Reddy
Dr. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma 20.09.1983
 Only Governor who expired while in office R. P. Gupta & Lalji Tandon
12  Governor with a PG degree in science R. P. Gupta and Smt Anandiben Patel
21.09.1983 to
Justice G. P. Singh (Acting) 07.10.1983
 Governors who have been 1. Dr. Bhai Mahavir
Lecturers/Teacher- 5 2. Rameshwar Thakur
13
08.10.1983 to 3. Ram Naresh Yadav
Dr. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
14.05.1984
4. Om Prakash Kohli
14 5. Smt. Anandiben Patel
15.05.1984 to
K. M. Chandy 30.11.1987

15
 Number of Governors with Doctorate 1) Dr. B. D. Sharma
Justice N. D. Ojha (Acting) 01.12.1987 to
(Narayan Dutta) 29.12.1987 qualification - 3 2) Dr. Bhai Mahavir
3) Dr. Bal Ram Jakhar
16
30.12.1987 to
K. M. Chandy 30.03.1989  Most common academic background Law (7 Governors)

17  Governors who have been Governors of other i. N. N. Wanchoo (Kerala)

31.03.1989 to
Smt. Sarla Grewal 05.02.1990 States - 9 ii. C. M. Punacha (Orissa)
iii. Dr. B. D. Sharma (Orissa)
18 06.02.1990 to
Kunwar Mahmood Ali Khan 23.06.1993
iv. K. M. Chandy (Gujarat)
v. Dr. Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (Bihar)
19
24.06.1993 to vi. Dr. Bal Ram Jakhar (Gujarat)
Dr. Mohd. Shafi Qureshi 21.04.1998 vii. Rameshwar Thakur (Orissa, Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka)
20
22.04.1998 to viii. Smt Ram Naresh Yadav(-)
Dr. Bhai Mahavir
06.05.2003 ix. Smt Anandiben Patel (Chhattisgarh)
x. Lal Ji Tandon (Bihar)
21
07.05.2003 to
Ram Prakash Gupta 01.05.2004  Only Governor who has been Governor of 3 Shri Rameshwar Thakur:
other States  Orissa
22  Andhra Pradesh
L.J. Shri Krishna Mohan Seth 02.05.2004 to
(Acting) 29.06.2004  Karnataka

23
 Governors who have been Chief Ministers of  K. C. Reddy (Mysore)
30.06.2004 to
Dr. Bal Ram Jakhar other States - 5  C. M. Punacha (Koorg)
29.06.2009
 Dr. B. D. Sharma (Haryana)
24  R. P. Gupta (U.P.)
 Ram Naresh Yadav (U.P.)
30.06.2009 to
Rameshwar Thakur 08.09.2011  Governors who have been both Governors  C. M. Punacha
and CMs of other States - 3 o Governor - Orissa

25 o CM - Coorg (Mysore)
08.09.2011 to
Ram Naresh Yadav 07.09.2016  Dr. B. D. Sharma
o Governor - Orissa
26
Om Prakash Kohli 08.09.2016 to o CM - Haryana
(additional charge) 23.01.2018
 Smt. Anandiben Patel
27 o Governor (Acting) – Chattisgarh
23.01.2018 to
Smt. Anandiben Patel 28.07.2019 o CM – Gujrat

28  Only Governor who has been Speaker of the Dr. Bal Ram Jakhar (7th and 8th Lok Sabha)
29.07.2019 to
Late. Shri Lal Ji Tandon 21.07.2020 Lok Sabha

29  Only Governors who recieved State and Smt Anandi Ben Patel
01.07.2020 to
Smt. Anandiben Patel 08.07.2021 National Level Best Teacher Award-
30
Mangubhai Patel  Number of Governors who were members of  Dr. B. P. Sitaramaiya
the Constituent Assembly - 4  H. V. Pataskar
 K. C. Reddy
Acting Governors 1. Justice PV Dixit  C. M. Punacha
2. Justice G. P. Singh ( 2 बार )
3. Justice N. D. Ojha  Governors who have authored books - 4  Dr. B. P. Sitaramaiya
4. L.J. Shri Krishna Mohan Seth  Dr. Bal Ram Jakhar
कौन ककतनी बार Dr. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma ( 3 बार )  Ram Naresh Yadav
बना K C Reddy
 Smt. Anandiben Patel
K. M. Chandy ( 2 बार )
Anandiben Patel
 Governor authoring the maximum number of Dr. B. P. Sitaramaiya (14)
books
 Governors who have edited/published  Dr. B. P. Sitaramaiya
magazines  K. C. Reddy
 K. M. Chandy

 Only Governor having received an  Smt. S. Grewal (British Council, for London
international scholarship School of Economics)

 Months in which maximum number of  May and Oct: 3

Governors were born