List of current Indian governors

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Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators pose with the Vice President of India on the eve of '2021 Governors Conference', at Vice President's House, in New Delhi in November 2021. Governor's Conference 2021.jpg
Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators pose with the Vice President of India on the eve of ‘2021 Governors Conference’, at Vice President's House, in New Delhi in November 2021.

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.

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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. [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)		NamePortraitTook office
(tenure length)		Profile linkRef.
Andhra Pradesh
(list)		 S. Abdul Nazeer The Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Justice (Retd.) S. Abdul Nazeer called on the President of India.jpg 20 February 2023
(1 year, 54 days)
Arunachal Pradesh
(list)		 Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik.jpg 16 February 2023
(1 year, 58 days)
Assam
(list)		 Gulab Chand Kataria Gulab Chand Kataria Minister.jpg 22 February 2023
(1 year, 52 days)
Bihar
(list)		 Rajendra Arlekar Rajendra Arlekar.jpg 18 February 2023
(1 year, 56 days)		 Archived 24 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Chhattisgarh
(list)		 Biswabhusan Harichandan The Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Biswabhusan Harichandan.jpg 22 February 2023
(1 year, 52 days)		 [ permanent dead link ]
Goa
(list)		 P. S. Sreedharan Pillai PS Sreedharan Pillai.jpg 15 July 2021
(2 years, 274 days)		 Archived 20 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Gujarat
(list)		 Acharya Devvrat The Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Acharya Devvrat calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on July 29, 2016 (cropped).jpg 22 July 2019
(4 years, 267 days)		 [3]
Haryana
(list)		 Bandaru Dattatreya The ILO Deputy Director General (Policy) International Labour Organization, Ms. Deborah Greenfield meeting the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg 15 July 2021
(2 years, 274 days)
Himachal Pradesh
(list)		 Shiv Pratap Shukla Shivpratap Shukla.jpg 18 February 2023
(1 year, 56 days)
Jharkhand
(list)		 C. P. Radhakrishnan Governor of Jharkhand Radhakrishnan.jpg 18 February 2023
(1 year, 56 days)		 [4]
Karnataka
(list)		 Thawar Chand Gehlot The Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Himachal Pradesh, Shri Rajiv Saizal calling on the Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot, in New Delhi on April 25, 2018 (cropped).JPG 11 July 2021
(2 years, 278 days)		 [5]
Kerala
(list)		 Arif Mohammad Khan Governor Arif Mohammad Khan.jpg 6 September 2019
(4 years, 221 days)		 [6]
Madhya Pradesh
(list)		 Mangubhai C. Patel Mangubhai C. Patel (cropped).jpg 8 July 2021
(2 years, 281 days)		 Archived 28 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine [7]
Maharashtra
(list)		 Ramesh Bais Ramesh Bais in 2024.jpg 18 February 2023
(1 year, 56 days)		 [8]
Manipur
(list)		 Anusuiya Uikey The Vice President, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST), Mo Tribal Affairs, Ms. Anusuiya Uikey addressing a press conference, in New Delhi on September 24, 2018 (1) (cropped).JPG 22 February 2023
(1 year, 52 days)
Meghalaya
(list)		 Phagu Chauhan Phagu Chauhan.jpg 18 February 2023
(1 year, 56 days)
Mizoram
(list)		 Kambhampati Hari Babu K. Hari Babu.jpg 6 November 2021
(2 years, 160 days)		 Archived 22 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Nagaland
(list)		 La. Ganesan La Ganesan Ji (cropped).jpg 20 February 2023
(1 year, 54 days)
Odisha
(list)		 Raghubar Das Raghuvar Das.jpg 31 October 2023
(166 days)
Punjab
(list)		 Banwarilal Purohit The Governor of Assam, Shri Banwarilal Purohit calling on the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley, in New Delhi on August 30, 2016 (cropped).jpg 31 August 2021
(2 years, 227 days)
Rajasthan
(list)		 Kalraj Mishra The Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Kalraj Mishra calling on the Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari, in New Delhi on November 13, 2015 (cropped).jpg 9 September 2019
(4 years, 218 days)		 [9]
Sikkim
(list)		 Lakshman Acharya Lakshman Prasad Acharya.jpg 16 February 2023
(1 year, 58 days)
Tamil Nadu
(list)		 R. N. Ravi R.N. Ravi.jpg 18 September 2021
(2 years, 209 days)
Telangana
(list)		 C. P. Radhakrishnan (additional charge) Governor of Jharkhand Radhakrishnan.jpg 19 March 2024
(26 days)		 [10]
Tripura
(list)		 Indrasena Reddy Indrasena Reddy.jpg 26 October 2023
(171 days)
Uttar Pradesh
(list)		 Anandiben Patel The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Smt. Anandiben Patel meeting the Minister of State for Commerce & Industry (Independent Charge), Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, in New Delhi on June 10, 2014 (cropped).jpg 29 July 2019
(4 years, 260 days)		 [11]
Uttarakhand
(list)		 Gurmit Singh GurmitSingh.jpg 15 September 2021
(2 years, 212 days)		 [12]
West Bengal
(list)		 C. V. Ananda Bose C. V. Ananda Bose.jpg 23 November 2022
(1 year, 143 days)		 [13]

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  2. ↑ "Governors" Archived 9 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine . India.gov.in. Retrieved on 29 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Acharya Devvrat takes oath as new Gujarat governor". NDTV. 21 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
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  6. ↑ "Arif Mohammed Khan sworn in as Kerala governor" . Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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