No. |
Portrait |
Name (born – died) |
Home state |
Tenure in office |
Immediate prior position held |
Appointed by |
From |
To |
Time in office |
1 |
|
Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd.) Governor of Assam (1909–2001) |
Uttar Pradesh |
21 January 1972 |
18 September 1973 |
1 year, 240 days |
Governor of Assam (continued) |
V. V. Giri (President) |
2 |
|
Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd.) Governor of Assam (1912–1998) |
Bihar |
19 September 1973 |
10 August 1981 |
7 years, 325 days |
Governor of Assam (continued) |
3 |
|
Prakash Mehrotra Governor of Assam (1925–1988) |
Uttar Pradesh |
11 August 1981 |
28 March 1984[§] |
2 years, 230 days |
Governor of Assam (continued) |
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (President) |
– |
|
Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court & Acting Governor of Assam (1922–2005) (Acting) |
Uttar Pradesh |
29 March 1984 |
15 April 1984 |
17 days |
Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court and Acting Governor of Assam (continued) |
Zail Singh (President) |
4 |
|
Bhishma Narain Singh Governor of Assam (1933–2018) |
Bihar |
16 April 1984 |
10 May 1989 |
5 years, 24 days |
Governor of Assam (continued) |
5 |
|
Harideo Joshi Governor of Assam (1920–1995) |
Rajasthan |
11 May 1989 |
21 July 1989 |
71 days |
Governor of Assam (continued) |
Ramaswamy Venkataraman (President) |
6 |
|
A. A. Rahim (1920–1995) |
Kerala |
27 July 1989 |
8 May 1990 |
285 days |
Union Minister of State for External Affairs (until 1984) |
7 |
|
Madhukar Dighe (1920–2014) |
Uttar Pradesh |
9 May 1990 |
18 June 1995 |
5 years, 40 days |
Cabinet Minister of Finance, Uttar Pradesh (until 1979) |
8 |
|
M. M. Jacob (1926–2018) |
Kerala |
19 June 1995 |
11 April 2007 |
11 years, 296 days |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Shankar Dayal Sharma (President) |
9 |
|
Banwari Lal Joshi IPS (Retd.) (1936–2017) |
Rajasthan |
12 April 2007 |
28 October 2007 |
199 days |
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi |
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (President) |
– |
|
Shivinder Singh Sidhu IAS (Retd.) Governor of Manipur (1929–2018) (Additional Charge) |
Punjab |
29 October 2007 |
30 June 2008 |
245 days |
Governor of Manipur (continued) |
Pratibha Patil (President) |
10 |
|
Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary IPS (Retd.) (born 1947) |
Assam |
1 July 2008 |
30 June 2013 |
4 years, 364 days |
Chief Information Commissioner, Assam |
11 |
|
Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd.) (born 1948) |
Chandigarh |
1 July 2013 |
6 January 2015 |
1 year, 189 days |
Member, Union Public Service Commission |
Pranab Mukherjee (President) |
– |
|
Keshari Nath Tripathi Governor of West Bengal (1934–2023) (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh |
6 January 2015 |
19 May 2015 |
133 days |
Governor of West Bengal (continued) |
12 |
|
V. Shanmuganathan (born 1949) |
Tamil Nadu |
20 May 2015 |
27 January 2017[§] |
1 year, 252 days |
|
– |
|
Banwarilal Purohit Governor of Assam (born 1940) (Additional Charge) |
Maharashtra |
27 January 2017 |
5 October 2017 |
251 days |
Governor of Assam (continued) |
13 |
|
Ganga Prasad (born 1939) |
Bihar |
5 October 2017 |
25 August 2018 |
324 days |
Member, Bihar Legislative Council |
Ram Nath Kovind (President) |
14 |
|
Tathagata Roy (born 1945) |
West Bengal |
25 August 2018 |
18 December 2019 |
1 year, 115 days |
Governor of Tripura |
– |
|
R. N. Ravi IPS (Retd.) Governor of Nagaland (born 1952) (Acting) |
Bihar |
18 December 2019 |
26 January 2020 |
39 days |
Governor of Nagaland (continued) |
(14) |
|
Tathagata Roy (born 1945) |
West Bengal |
27 January 2020 |
18 August 2020 |
204 days |
Governor of Meghalaya |
15 |
|
Satya Pal Malik (born 1946) |
Uttar Pradesh |
18 August 2020 |
3 October 2022 |
2 years, 46 days |
Governor of Goa |
– |
|
Brigadier (Retd.) B. D. Mishra Governor of Arunachal Pradesh (born 1939) (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh |
4 October 2022 |
13 February 2023 |
132 days |
Governor of Arunachal Pradesh (continued) |
16 |
|
Phagu Chauhan (born 1948) |
Uttar Pradesh |
18 February 2023 |
Incumbent |
1 year, 51 days |
Governor of Bihar |
Droupadi Murmu (President) |