Governor of Nagaland | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan; Kohima |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
Inaugural holder | Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd.) |
Formation | 1 December 1963 |
Website | rajbhavan |
The governor of Nagaland is the head of state of Nagaland. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The current governor is Ajay Kumar Bhalla.
The governor enjoys many different types of powers:
# | Portrait | Name (born –died) | Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
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From | To | Time in office | |||||
1 | ![]() | Vishnu Sahay ICS (Retd) (1901–1989) | Uttar Pradesh | 1 December 1963 [α] | 16 April 1968 | 4 years, 137 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
2 | ![]() | Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001) | Uttar Pradesh | 17 April 1968 [β] | 18 September 1973 | 5 years, 154 days | Zakir Husain |
3 | ![]() | Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd) (1912–1998) | Bihar | 19 September 1973 [γ] | 9 August 1981 | 7 years, 324 days | V. V. Giri |
4 | ![]() | S. M. H. Burney IAS (Retd) (1924–2014) | Uttar Pradesh | 10 August 1981 [δ] | 12 June 1984 [§] [ε] | 2 years, 307 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
5 | ![]() | General K. V. Krishna Rao (Retd) PVSM (1923–2016) | Andhra Pradesh | 13 June 1984 [δ] | 19 July 1989 [§] [ζ] | 5 years, 36 days | Zail Singh |
6 | ![]() | Gopal Singh (1917–1990) | Punjab | 20 July 1989 | 3 May 1990 [‡] | 287 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
7 | ![]() | M. M. Thomas (1916–1996) | Kerala | 9 May 1990 | 12 April 1992 [‡] | 1 year, 339 days | |
– | ![]() | Lokanath Misra (1921–2009) Governor of Assam (Additional Charge) | Orissa | 13 April 1992 | 1 October 1993 | 1 year, 171 days | |
– | ![]() | Lieutenant General V. K. Nayar (Retd) PVSM SM (d. 2015) Governor of Manipur (Additional Charge) | – | 2 October 1993 | 4 August 1994 | 306 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
8 | ![]() | Oudh Narayan Shrivastava IPS (Retd) (born 1935) | Madhya Pradesh | 23 December 1994 | 11 November 1996 [§] [η] | 4 years, 343 days | |
9 | ![]() | Om Prakash Sharma IPS (Retd) | Punjab | 12 November 1996 | 27 January 2002 | 5 years, 76 days | |
10 | ![]() | Shyamal Datta IPS (Retd) (born 1941) | West Bengal | 28 January 2002 | 2 February 2007 | 5 years, 5 days | K. R. Narayanan |
11 | ![]() | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022) | Kerala | 3 February 2007 | 28 July 2009 [§] [θ] | 2 years, 175 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
– | ![]() | Gurbachan Jagat IPS (Retd) (born 1942) Governor of Manipur (Additional Charge) | Chandigarh | 28 July 2009 | 14 Oct 2009 | 78 days | Pratibha Patil |
12 | ![]() | Nikhil Kumar IPS (Retd) (born 1941) | Bihar | 15 October 2009 | 20 March 2013 [§] [ι] | 3 years, 156 days | |
13 | ![]() | Ashwani Kumar IPS (Retd) (1950–2020) | Himachal Pradesh | 21 March 2013 | 1 July 2014 [‡] | 1 year, 102 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
– | ![]() | Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd) (born 1948) Governor of Meghalaya (Additional Charge) | Chandigarh | 2 July 2014 | 19 July 2014 | 17 days | |
14 | ![]() | Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (1931–2023) | Karnataka | 19 July 2014 | 31 July 2019 | 5 years, 12 days | |
15 | ![]() | R. N. Ravi IPS (Retd) (born 1952) | Bihar | 1 August 2019 | 17 September 2021 [§] [κ] | 2 years, 16 days | Ram Nath Kovind |
– | ![]() | Jagdish Mukhi (born 1942) Governor of Assam (Additional Charge) | Delhi | 17 September 2021 | 19 February 2023 | 1 year, 155 days | |
16 | ![]() | La. Ganesan (1945–2025) | Tamil Nadu | 20 February 2023 | 15 August 2025 [†] | 2 years, 176 days | Droupadi Murmu |
– | ![]() | Ajay Kumar Bhalla IAS (Retd) (born 1960) Governor of Manipur (Additional Charge) | Punjab | 25 August 2025 | incumbent | 2 days | |
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