List of current Indian governors
In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of Constitution of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states. The governor is appointed by the president of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the president's pleasure.

The governor is de jure head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers, headed by the chief minister, which thus holds de facto executive authority at the state-level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend president's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent. Over the years, the exercise of these discretionary powers have given rise to conflict between the elected chief minister and the union government–appointed governor.[1]
Current governors of all Indian states
The following list consists of the list of the current governors of all the Indian states.[2]
| State (past governors) |
Name | Portrait | Took office (tenure length) |
Profile link | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh (list) |
S. Abdul Nazeer | ![]() |
20 February 2023 (67 days) |
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| Arunachal Pradesh (list) |
Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik | ![]() |
16 February 2023 (71 days) |
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| Assam (list) |
Gulab Chand Kataria | ![]() |
22 February 2023 (65 days) |
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| Bihar (list) |
Rajendra Arlekar | ![]() |
18 February 2023 (69 days) |
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| Chhattisgarh (list) |
Biswabhusan Harichandan | ![]() |
22 February 2023 (65 days) |
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| Goa (list) |
P. S. Sreedharan Pillai | ![]() |
15 July 2021 (1 year, 287 days) |
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| Gujarat (list) |
Acharya Devvrat | ![]() |
22 July 2019 (3 years, 280 days) |
[3] | |
| Haryana (list) |
Bandaru Dattatreya | ![]() |
15 July 2021 (1 year, 287 days) |
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| Himachal Pradesh (list) |
Shiv Pratap Shukla | ![]() |
18 February 2023 (69 days) |
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| Jharkhand (list) |
C. P. Radhakrishnan | ![]() |
18 February 2023 (69 days) |
[4] | |
| Karnataka (list) |
Thawar Chand Gehlot | ![]() |
11 July 2021 (1 year, 291 days) |
[5] | |
| Kerala (list) |
Arif Mohammad Khan | ![]() |
6 September 2019 (3 years, 234 days) |
[6] | |
| Madhya Pradesh (list) |
Mangubhai C. Patel | ![]() |
8 July 2021 (1 year, 294 days) |
[7] | |
| Maharashtra (list) |
Ramesh Bais | ![]() |
18 February 2023 (69 days) |
[8] | |
| Manipur (list) |
Anusuiya Uikey | ![]() |
22 February 2023 (65 days) |
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| Meghalaya (list) |
Phagu Chauhan | ![]() |
18 February 2023 (69 days) |
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| Mizoram (list) |
Kambhampati Hari Babu | ![]() |
19 July 2021 (1 year, 283 days) |
[9] | |
| Nagaland (list) |
La. Ganesan | ![]() |
20 February 2023 (67 days) |
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| Odisha (list) |
Ganeshi Lal | ![]() |
29 May 2018 (4 years, 334 days) |
[10] | |
| Punjab (list) |
Banwarilal Purohit | ![]() |
31 August 2021 (1 year, 240 days) |
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| Rajasthan (list) |
Kalraj Mishra | ![]() |
9 September 2019 (3 years, 231 days) |
[11] | |
| Sikkim (list) |
Lakshman Acharya | ![]() |
16 February 2023 (71 days) |
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| Tamil Nadu (list) |
R. N. Ravi | ![]() |
18 September 2021 (1 year, 222 days) |
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| Telangana (list) |
Tamilisai Soundararajan | ![]() |
8 September 2019 (3 years, 232 days) |
[12] | |
| Tripura (list) |
Satyadev Narayan Arya | ![]() |
14 July 2021 (1 year, 288 days) |
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| Uttar Pradesh (list) |
Anandiben Patel | ![]() |
29 July 2019 (3 years, 273 days) |
[13] | |
| Uttarakhand (list) |
Gurmit Singh | ![]() |
15 September 2021 (1 year, 225 days) |
[14] | |
| West Bengal (list) |
C. V. Ananda Bose | ![]() |
23 November 2022 (156 days) |
[15] |
See also
- List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators
- List of current Indian chief ministers
- List of current Indian chief justices
- List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons
- List of current Indian opposition leaders
- List of female governors and lieutenant governors in India
- List of presidents of India
References
- Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. p. 237, 241–44.
- "Governors" Archived 9 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine. India.gov.in. Retrieved on 29 August 2018.
- "Acharya Devvrat takes oath as new Gujarat governor". NDTV. 21 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- "C.P. Radhakrishnan takes oath as Jharkhand Governor". The Hindu. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- "Thawar Gehlot sworn in as Governor of Karnataka". The Hindu. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- "Arif Mohammed Khan sworn in as Kerala governor". Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- "Mangubhai Patel takes oath as Madhya Pradesh Governor". The Hindu. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- "Bhagat Singh Koshyari sworn in as new governor of Maharashtra". Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- Haribabu takes oath as Governor of Mizoram | Guwahati News - Times of India
- "Ganeshi Lal sworn in as new governor of Odisha". The Hindu. Press Trust of India. 30 May 2018.
- "Kalraj Mishra sworn in as Rajasthan Governor". India Today. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- "Tamil Nadu BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan sworn in as second Telangana Governor". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- "Anandiben Patel Takes Oath As Uttar Pradesh Governor". NDTV. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- "Lt Gen Gurmit Singh sworn-in as Governor of Uttarakhand". Indian Express. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- "Jagdeep Dhankhar takes oath as West Bengal governor". Times of India. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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