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List of governors of Punjab, India

{{Short description|Head of state of Punjab, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = Governor

| body = Punjab

| insignia = Seal of the Government Of Punjab (Black On White).svg

| insigniacaption = Emblem of Punjab

| incumbent = Gulab Chand Kataria

| image = Gulab Chand Kataria (cropped).jpg

| incumbentsince = 31 July 2024

| style = His Excellency

| residence = Raj Bhavan, Chandigarh

| termlength = At the pleasure of the president

| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1947|08|15}}
({{small|as East Punjab}})
{{start date and years ago|df=yes|1950|01|26}}
({{small|as Punjab}})

| inaugural = Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi

| precursor = Governor of Punjab

| website = [http://punjabrajbhavan.gov.in Punjab Raj Bhavan]

| flag = Flag of India.svg

| flagcaption = Flag of India

| insigniasize = 90px

}}

This is a list of the governors of Punjab state in India since 15 August 1947. Since 1985, the governor of Punjab has acted as the administrator of Chandigarh. There are 32 governors with additional charge.

List of governors

  • {{Color box|#DDEEFF|border=silver}} Governor served in Acting capacity
  • {{Color box|#DDEEEF|border=silver}} Governor holds Additional Charge

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"

! S. No

! Name

!Portrait

! colspan=3|Tenure [http://punjabrajbhavan.gov.in/home/formerGovernors Former Governors of Punjab]

!Nominated by
{{small|(President)}}

colspan=7|Governor of East Punjab (1947–1950)
1

|Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi

|75px

| 15 August 1947

| 26 January 1950

|{{age in years and days|1947|08|15|1950|01|26}}

|L. Mountbatten {{small|(GGI)}}

colspan=7|Governor of Punjab (1950–Present)
1

|Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi

|75px

| 26 January 1950

| 11 March 1953

|{{age in years and days|1950|01|26|1953|03|11}}

|rowspan=3|Rajendra Prasad

2

|Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh

| 75px

| 11 March 1953

| 15 September 1958

|{{age in years and days|1953|03|11|1958|09|15}}

3

| Narahar Vishnu Gadgil

| 75px

| 15 September 1958

| 1 October 1962

|{{age in years and days|1958|09|15|1962|10|1}}

4

| Pattom A. Thanu Pillai

|75px

| 1 October 1962

| 4 May 1964

|{{age in years and days|1962|10|01|1964|05|04}}

|rowspan=4|S. Radhakrishnan

5

| Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim

| 75px

| 4 May 1964

| 1 September 1965

|{{age in years and days|1964|05|04|1965|09|01}}

6

| Ujjal Singh

| 75px

| 1 September 1965

| 26 June 1966

|{{age in years and days|1965|09|01|1966|06|26}}

7

| Dharma Vira

| 75px

| 27 June 1966

| 1 June 1967

|{{age in years and days|1966|06|26|1967|06|01}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF
bgcolor=#DDEEFF|Mehar Singh

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF| 60x60px

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF|1 June 1967

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF|16 October 1967

|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|{{age in years and days|1967|06|01|1967|10|16}}

|rowspan=2|Zakir Husain

8

| Dadappa Chintappa Pavate

|75px

| 16 October 1967

| 21 May 1973

|{{age in years and days|1967|10|16|1973|05|21}}

9

| Mahendra Mohan Choudhry

| 60x60px

| 21 May 1973

| 1 September 1977

|{{age in years and days|1973|05|21|1977|09|01}}

|V. V. Giri

bgcolor=#DDEEFF
bgcolor=#DDEEFF|Ranjit Singh Narula

|bgcolor=#DDEEFF| 60x60px

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF|1 September 1977

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF|24 September 1977

|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|{{age in years and days|1977|09|01|1977|09|24}}

|rowspan=4|Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

10

| Jaisukh Lal Hathi

| 75px

| 24 September 1977

| 26 August 1981

|{{age in years and days|1977|09|24|1981|08|26}}

11

| Aminuddin Ahmad Khan

| 60x60px

| 26 August 1981

| 21 April 1982

|{{age in years and days|1981|08|26|1982|04|21}}

12

| Marri Chenna Reddy

| 75px

| 21 April 1982

| 7 February 1983

|{{age in years and days|1982|04|21|1983|02|07}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF
bgcolor=#DDEEFF|Surjit Singh Sandhawalia

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF| 60x60px

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF|7 February 1983

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF|21 February 1983

|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|{{age in years and days|1983|02|07|1983|02|21}}

|rowspan=8|Zail Singh

13

| Anant Prasad Sharma

| 79x79px

| 21 February 1983

| 10 October 1983

|{{age in years and days|1983|02|21|1983|10|10}}

14

| Bhairab Dutt Pande

|60x60px

| 10 October 1983

| 3 July 1984

|{{age in years and days|1983|10|10|1984|07|03}}

15

| Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala

| 60x60px

| 3 July 1984

| 14 March 1985

|{{age in years and days|1984|07|03|1985|03|14}}

16

| Arjun Singh

|

| 14 March 1985

| 14 November 1985

|{{age in years and days|1985|03|14|1985|11|14}}

bgcolor=#DDEEEF
bgcolor=#DDEEEF|Hokishe Sema

| bgcolor=#DDEEEF| 60x60px

| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|14 November 1985

| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|26 November 1985

|bgcolor=#DDEEEF|{{age in years and days|1985|11|14|1985|11|26}}

17

|Shankar Dayal Sharma

| 75px

| 26 November 1985

| 2 April 1986

|{{age in years and days|1985|11|26|1986|04|02}}

18

|Siddhartha Shankar Ray

|82x82px

| 2 April 1986

| 8 December 1989

|{{age in years and days|1986|04|02|1989|12|08}}

19

|Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee

|60x60px

|8 December 1989

| 14 June 1990

|{{age in years and days|1989|12|08|1990|06|14}}

|rowspan=4|R. Venkataraman

20

| Virendra Verma

|60x60px

| 14 June 1990

| 18 December 1990

|{{age in years and days|1990|06|14|1990|12|18}}

21

| Om Prakash Malhotra

| 75px

| 18 December 1990

| 7 August 1991

|{{age in years and days|1990|12|18|1991|08|07}}

22

| Surendra Nath

|60x60px

| 7 August 1991

| 9 July 1994

|{{age in years and days|1991|08|07|1994|07|09}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF| -

|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar

|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|60x60px

|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|10 July 1994

|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|18 September 1994

|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|{{age in years and days|1994|07|10|1994|09|18}}

|rowspan=2|Shankar Dayal Sharma

23

|Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber

|60x60px

| 18 September 1994

| 27 November 1999

|{{age in years and days|1994|09|18|1999|11|27}}

24

|Jack Farj Rafael Jacob

| 75px

| 27 November 1999

| 8 May 2003

|{{age in years and days|1999|11|27|2003|05|08}}

|K. R. Narayanan

25

| Om Prakash Verma

|60x60px

| 8 May 2003

| 3 November 2004

|{{age in years and days|2003|05|08|2004|11|03}}

|rowspan=3|A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

bgcolor=#DDEEEF|

|bgcolor=#DDEEEF|Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai

| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|75px

| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|3 November 2004

| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|16 November 2004

|bgcolor=#DDEEEF|{{age in years and days|2004|11|03|2004|11|16}}

26

| Sunith Francis Rodrigues

| 75px

| 16 November 2004

| 22 January 2010

|{{age in years and days|2004|11|16|2010|01|22}}

27

| Shivraj Vishwanath Patil

| 75px

| 22 January 2010

| 22 January 2015

|{{age in years and days|2010|01|22|2015|01|22}}

|Pratibha Patil

bgcolor=#DDEEEF
bgcolor=#DDEEEF|Kaptan Singh Solanki

|bgcolor=#DDEEEF| 75px

|bgcolor=#DDEEEF| 22 January 2015

| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|22 August 2016

|bgcolor=#DDEEEF|{{age in years and days|2015|01|22|2016|08|22}}

|rowspan=2|Pranab Mukherjee

28

|Vijayendra Pal Singh Badnore

| 75px

|22 August 2016

|30 August 2021

|{{age in years and days|2016|08|22|2021|08|30}}

bgcolor=#DDEEEF| -

|bgcolor=#DDEEEF|Banwarilal Purohit

|rowspan=2|75px

|bgcolor=#DDEEEF|31 August 2021

|bgcolor=#DDEEEF|11 September 2021

|bgcolor=#DDEEEF|{{age in years and days|2021|08|31|2021|09|11}}

|rowspan=2|Ram Nath Kovind

29

|Banwarilal Purohit

|11 September 2021

|30 July 2024

|{{age in years and days|2021|09|11|2024|07|30}}

30

|Gulab Chand Kataria

|75px

|31 July 2024

|Incumbent

|{{age in years and days|2024|07|31}}

|Droupadi Murmu

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{cite web|url=http://punjabgovt.nic.in/government/MeetGovernor.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216063602/http://punjabgovt.nic.in/government/MeetGovernor.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2007|title=Welcome to Official Web site of Punjab, India|date=16 February 2007|access-date=5 February 2019}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://punjabgovt.nic.in/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925022739/http://punjabgovt.nic.in/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 September 2011|title=Welcome to Punjab Government Website, INDIA|date=25 September 2011|access-date=5 February 2019}}

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