List of governors of Punjab, India

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Governor of Punjab
Seal of the Government Of Punjab (Black On White).svg
Flag of India.svg
Gulab Chand Kataria (cropped).jpg
since 31 July 2024
Style His Excellency
Residence Raj Bhavan, Chandigarh
Term length At the pleasure of the president
Precursor Governor of Punjab
Inaugural holder Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Formation15 August 1947;77 years ago (1947-08-15)
(as East Punjab )
26 January 1950;75 years ago (1950-01-26)
(as Punjab )
Website Punjab Raj Bhavan

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.

Contents

List

Legend
Color key
#PortraitName
(born died)
Home stateTenure in officeAppointer
(President)
FromToTime in office
Governor of East Punjab
1 C. M. Trivedi Official portrait 1947.jpg Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
(1893–1980)
Bombay Presidency 15 August
1947
26 January
1950
2 years, 164 days Lord Mountbatten
(Governor-General)
Governor of Punjab
(1) C. M. Trivedi Official portrait 1947.jpg Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
(1893–1980)
Bombay Presidency 26 January
1950
11 March
1953
3 years, 44 days Rajendra Prasad
2 Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh.png Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
(1901–1994)
Bihar 11 March
1953
15 September
1958
5 years, 188 days
3 Narahar Vishnu Gadgil Official portrait 1958.jpg Narhar Vishnu Gadgil
(1896–1966)
Madhya Pradesh 15 September
1958
1 October
1962
4 years, 16 days
4 Pattom A. Thanu Pillai.jpg Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
(1885–1970)
Kerala 1 October
1962
4 May
1964 [§] [α]
1 year, 216 days Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
5 Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim.jpg Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim
(1889–1968)
Uttar Pradesh 4 May
1964
1 September
1965
1 year, 120 days
6 Sardar Ujjal Singh portrait.jpg Ujjal Singh
(1895–1983)
Punjab 1 September
1965
26 June
1966 [§] [β]
298 days
7 Dharma Vir, ICS.jpg Dharma Vira
ICS (Retd)
(1906–2000)
Uttar Pradesh 27 June
1966
1 June
1967 [§] [γ]
339 days
No image (male).svg Justice
Mehar Singh
Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court
(Acting)
Punjab 1 June
1967
16 October
1967
137 days Zakir Husain
8 No image (male).svg Dadappa Chintappa Pavate
(1899–1978)
Karnataka 16 October
1967
21 May
1973
5 years, 217 days
9 No image (male).svg Mahendra Mohan Choudhry
(1908–1982)
Assam 21 May
1973
1 September
1977
4 years, 103 days V. V. Giri
No image (male).svg Justice
Ranjit Singh Narula
(1908–2005)
Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court

(Acting)
Punjab 1 September
1977
24 September
1977
23 days Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
10 Jaisukh lal Hathi.png Jaisukh Lal Hathi
(1909–1982)
Gujarat 24 September
1977
26 August
1981
3 years, 336 days
11 No image (male).svg Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan
(1911–1983)
Rajasthan 26 August
1981
21 April
1982
238 days
12 DrMChannaReddy (cropped).jpg Marri Chenna Reddy
(1919–1996)
Andhra Pradesh 21 April
1982
7 February
1983
292 days
No image (male).svg Justice
Surjit Singh Sandhawalia
(1925–2007)
Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court

(Acting)
Punjab 7 February
1983
21 February
1983
14 days Zail Singh
13 Anant Sharma Lok Sabha photo.jpg Anant Prasad Sharma
(1919–1988)
Bihar 21 February
1983
10 October
1983 [§] [γ]
231 days
14 No image (male).svg Bhairab Dutt Pande
ICS (Retd)
(1917–2009)
Uttar Pradesh 10 October
1983
3 July
1984
267 days
15 No image (male).svg Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala
(1916–2001)
Maharashtra 3 July
1984
14 March
1985 [‡]
254 days
16 The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Arjun Singh briefing the Media after two day meeting of the National Monitoring Committee on Minorities Education, in New Delhi on July 12, 2006 (cropped).jpg Arjun Singh
(1930–2011)
Madhya Pradesh 14 March
1985
14 November
1985 [‡]
245 days
Hokishe Sema portrait.jpg Hokishe Sema
(1921–2007)
Governor of Himachal Pradesh

(Additional Charge)
Nagaland 14 November
1985
26 November
1985
12 days
17 Shri Shankar Dayal Sharma.jpg Shankar Dayal Sharma
(1918–1999)
Madhya Pradesh 26 November
1985
2 April
1986 [§] [δ]
127 days
18 SiddharthaShankarRay.png Siddhartha Shankar Ray
(1920–2010)
West Bengal 2 April
1986
8 December
1989 [‡]
3 years, 250 days
19 No image (male).svg Nirmal Kumar Mukarji
IAS (Retd)
(1921–2002)
Delhi 8 December
1989
14 June
1990 [‡]
188 days Ramaswamy Venkataraman
20 Virendra Verma Lok Sabha photo.jpg Virendra Verma
(1916–2009)
Uttar Pradesh 14 June
1990
18 December
1990 [§] [ε]
187 days
21 Om-prakash-Mhalotra.jpg General
Om Prakash Malhotra (Retd)
PVSM
(1922–2015)
Jammu and Kashmir 18 December
1990
7 August
1991 [‡]
232 days
22 No image (male).svg Surendra Nath
IPS (Retd)
(1926–1994)
Delhi 7 August
1991
9 July
1994 [†]
2 years, 336 days
No image (male).svg Justice
Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar
(born 1935)
Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court

(Acting)
Maharashtra 10 July
1994
18 September
1994
70 days Shankar Dayal Sharma
23 B. K. N. Chhibber (cropped).jpg Lieutenant General
B. K. N. Chhibber (Retd)
PVSM AVSM VSM
(born 1936)
Punjab 18 September
1994
27 November
1999
5 years, 70 days
24 JFR Jacob.jpg Lieutenant General
J. F. R. Jacob (Retd)
PVSM
(1921–2016)
West Bengal 27 November
1999
8 May
2003
3 years, 162 days K. R. Narayanan
25 Justice Om Prakash Verma, Governor (cropped).jpg Justice (Retd)
Om Prakash Verma
(1937–2015)
Uttar Pradesh 8 May
2003
3 November
2004 [‡]
1 year, 179 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
A. R. Kidwai in 2009 (cropped).jpg Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
(1921–2016)
Governor of Haryana

(Additional Charge)
Delhi 3 November
2004
16 November
2004
13 days
26 General Sunith Francis Rodrigues.jpg General
Sunith Francis Rodrigues (Retd)
PVSM VSM
(1933–2022)
Maharashtra 16 November
2004
22 January
2010
5 years, 67 days
27 Shivraj Patil in pensive mood at the inauguration of the one day Seminar on "The Role of Media in Bringing Parliament Closer to the People".jpg Shivraj Patil
(born 1935)
Maharashtra 22 January
2010
22 January
2015
5 years, 0 days Pratibha Patil
Kaptan Singh Solanki (cropped).jpg Kaptan Singh Solanki
(born 1939)
Governor of Haryana

(Additional Charge)
Madhya Pradesh 22 January
2015
22 August
2016
1 year, 213 days Pranab Mukherjee
28 V. P. Singh Badnore (cropped).jpg V. P. Singh Badnore
(born 1948)
Rajasthan 22 August
2016
30 August
2021
5 years, 8 days
Banwarilal Purohit in 2023.jpg Banwarilal Purohit
(born 1940)
Governor of Tamil Nadu,
until 17 September 2021
Maharashtra 31 August
2021
11 September
2021
2 years, 334 days Ram Nath Kovind
2911 September
2021
30 July
2024
30 Gulab Chand Kataria (cropped).jpg Gulab Chand Kataria
(born 1944)
Rajasthan 31 July
2024
Incumbent360 days Droupadi Murmu
  1. Transferred as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh
  2. Transferred as the Governor of Tamil Nadu
  3. 1 2 Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
  4. Transferred as the Governor of Maharashtra
  5. Transferred as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh

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