List of governors of Uttarakhand

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Governor of Uttarakhand
Seal of Uttarakhand.svg
GurmitSingh.jpg
Incumbent
Gurmit Singh
since 15 September 2021
Government of Uttarakhand
Style His Excellency (within Uttarakhand)
The Honourable (outside Uttarakhand)
Status Head of state
Residence Raj Bhavan, Nainital (summer)
Raj Bhavan, Dehradun (winter)
Nominator Union Government of India
Appointer President of India with confirmation of Prime Minister of India
Term length Five years
Renewable
Inaugural holder Surjit Singh Barnala (2000–2003)
Formation9 November 2000;24 years ago (2000-11-09)
Website Governor of Uttarakhand

The Governor of Uttarakhand is the nominal head of state of the Indian state of Uttarakhand and a representative of the president of India and is appointed by him 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 Uttarakhand Council of Ministers, headed by the chief minister of Uttarakhand, who thus hold de facto executive authority at the state-level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon his or her own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent. The governor of Uttarakhand has their official residences at the Raj Bhavans in Dehradun and Nainital.

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Raj Bhavan retreat at Nainital, Uttarakhand. Governor's House, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India.jpg
Raj Bhavan retreat at Nainital, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand was created on 9 November 2000, when it was carved out from the Himalayan districts of Uttar Pradesh. The first governor of the state was Surjit Singh Barnala who served in office between 2000 and 2003. The current governor is Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh (Retd.) who has been in office since 14 September 2021. As of date, eight individuals have served as the governor of the state including two women - Margaret Alva and Baby Rani Maurya. No governor has till date completed full term in office. Sudarshan Agarwal holds the record of the longest-serving governor with 4 years, 293 days in office.

Qualifications

Article 157 and Article 158 of the Constitution of India specify eligibility requirements for the post of governor. They are as follows:

A governor must:

Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Uttarakhand is the ex-officio Chancellor of the state universities of Uttarakhand. The universities include Kumaun University, Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Doon University, Uttarakhand Open University, Uttarakhand Technical University, Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Uttarakhand Medical Education University, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttarakhand Residential University, Soban Singh Jeena University.

List of rulers

All of these rulers used the title of Nawab from 1722 to 1856:

PortraitTitular NamePersonal NameBirthReignDeath
Saadat Ali Khan I.jpg Burhan ul Mulk Sa'adat Khan
برہان الملک سعادت خان
Saadat Ali Khan I 1680 Nishapur, Khurasan, Safavid dynasty, Persia 1722 – 19 March 17391739
Safdarjung, second Nawab of Awadh, Mughal dynasty. India. early 18th century.jpg Abul-Mansur Khan Safdar Jung
ابو المنصور خان صفدرجنگ
Muhammad Muqim 17081739 – 5 October 17541754
avdh ke nvaab shujaauddaulaa.jpg Shuja-ud-Daula
شجاع الدولہ
Jalal-ud-din Haider Abul-Mansur Khan 17321754 – 26 January 17751775
Asifportrait2 - Asuf ud Daula.jpg Asaf-ud-Daula
آصف الدولہ
Muhammad Yahya Mirza Amani 174826 January 1775 – 20 April 17971798
WazirAliKhan.jpg Asif Jah Mirza Wazir Ali Khan
وزیر علی خان
178021 September 1797 – 21 January 17981817
Saadat Ali Khan II.jpg Yamin-ud-Daula Saadat Ali Khan II
سعادت علی خان
175221 January 1798 – 11 July 18141814
Ghazi-ud-Din Haider Robert Home 1820.jpg Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah
Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah
غازی الدیں حیدر شاہ
176911 July 1814 – 19 October 18271827
Nasir ud din haidar.jpg Abul- Mansur Qutub-ud-din Sulaiman jah Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah
ناصر الدیں حیدر شاہ
180319 October 1827 – 7 July 18371837
MuhammadAliShah.jpg Abul Fateh Moin-ud-din Muhammad Ali Shah
محمّد علی شاہ
17777 July 1837 – 7 May 18421842
AmjadAliShah.jpg Najm-ud-Daula Abul-Muzaffar Musleh-ud-din Amjad Ali Shah
امجد علی شاہ
18017 May 1842 – 13 February 18471847
Vajid Ali Shah.jpg Abul-Mansur Mirza Wajid Ali Shah
واجد علی شاہ
182213 February 1847 – 11 February 18561 September 1887
Begum hazrat mahal.jpg Mohammadi Khanum Begum Hazrat Mahal
بیگم حضرت محل
182011 February 1856 – 5 July1857
Wife of Wajid Ali Shah and mother of Birjis Qadra (in rebellion)
7 April 1879
Birjis Qadra.jpg Ramzan Ali
رمضان علی
Birjis Qadr
بر جیس قدر
18455 July 1857 – 3 March 1858
(in rebellion)
14 August 1893


Governors of Agra (1834–1836)

In 1833 an act of Parliament was passed to constitute a new presidency (province), with its capital at Agra.

#NameTook officeLeft officeRemarks
1Sir C. T. Metcalfe 14 November 183420 March 1835-
2 W. Blunt 20 March 18351 December 1835-
3 A. Ross 1 December 18351 June 1836-
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Lieutenant-Governors of the North-Western Provinces of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal (1835–1878)

The Government of India Act of 1833 had intended that there be four presidencies comprising India – that of Fort William in Bengal, Bombay, Madras and Agra. The new Presidency of Agra was be created from the Ceded and Conquered Provinces of the Bengal Presidency. However the presidency was never fully created. Instead a new Act of Parliament in 1835, dissolved the new presidency and established the lieutenant-governorship of North-Western Provinces within the Bengal Presidency. The lieutenant governorship was finally separated from the Bengal Presidency in 1878 and merged with the Oudh Province which had been a Chief Commissioner's Province under the direct supervision of the Indian Government till then and the office of the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal was abolished.

No.NamePortraitTook officeLeft officeAppointer
(Governor-General of India)
1 Sir C. T. Metcalfe Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe by George Chinnery.jpg 1 June 18361 June 1838 The Earl of Auckland
2 T. C. Robertson Sin foto q.png 4 February 184031 December 1842
3 Sir G. R. Clerk Sin foto q.png 30 June 184322 December 1843 The Lord Ellenborough
4 James Thomason James Thomason.png 22 December 184310 October 1853
5 J. R. Colvin Hon. John Russell Colvin (1807-1857) - 697.jpg 7 November 18539 September 1857 The Earl of Dalhousie
6 Colonel H. Fraser Sin foto q.png 30 September 18579 February 1858 The Viscount Canning
7 Sir G. F. Edmonstone Sin foto q.png 19 January 185927 February 1863
8 The Hon. Edmund Drummond Sin foto q.png 7 March 186310 March 1868 The Earl of Elgin
9 Sir William Muir Sir William Muir by Charles McBride.jpg 10 March 18687 April 1874 Sir John Lawrence
10 Sir John Strachey John Strachey (civil servant) (cropped).jpg 7 April 187426 July 1876 The Lord Northbrook
11 Sir G. E. W. Couper G E W Couper.jpg 26 July 187615 February 1877 The Lord Lytton
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Chief commissioners of Oudh (1856–1877)

In 1856, the office was created.

#NameTook officeLeft officeRemarks
1Major General Sir James Outram 1 February 18568 May 1856
2 Colville Coverly Jackson 8 May 185621 March 1857Officiating
3Major General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence 21 March 18575 July 1857Killed at Lucknow, July, 1857
4Major John Sherbroke Banks 5 July 185711 September 1857Killed at Lucknow, July, 1857
5Lieut General Sir James Outram 11 September 18573 April 1858
6 Robert Montgomery 3 April 185815 February 1859
7 Charles John Wingfield 15 February 185920 April 1860
8Lieutenant Colonel Lousada Barrow 20 April 18604 April 1861Officiating
9 George Udny Yule 4 April 186126 August 1865Officiating
10 Robert Henry Davies 26 August 186517 March 1866Officiating
11 John Strachey 17 March 186624 May 1868
12 Robert Henry Davies 24 May 186818 January 1871Officiating, Confirmed 9 March 1868
13Major General Lousada Barrow 18 January 187120 April 1871
14Sir George Couper 20 April 187115 March 1875Officiating, Confirmed 9 December 1873
15 John Forbes David Inglis 15 March 187515 February 1877Officiating, until 15 November 1875 and from 26 July 1876 to 15 February 1877

Lieutenant-governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh (1877–1902)

In 1877 the office of lieutenant governor was combined with that of Chief Commissioner of Oudh, which had existed since 1857, in the same person.

Lieutenant-governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (1902–1921)

In 1902, the province was renamed the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. With the new name, the former commissionership was abolished.

Governors of United Provinces (1921–1950)

#NamePortraitTook officeLeft office
Governors of United Provinces of British India
(3 January 1921 – 1 April 1937)
1 Harcourt Butler Harcourt Butler.jpg 3 January 192121 December 1922
- Ludovic Charles Porter Ludovic Charles Porter.jpg 21 December 192224 December 1922
2 William Sinclair Marris Sir-William-Sinclair-Marris2.jpg 24 December 192213 August 1926
-Samuel Perry O'Donnell13 August 19261 December 1926
(2) William Sinclair Marris Sir-William-Sinclair-Marris2.jpg 1 December 192614 January 1928
3 Alexander Phillips Muddiman Alexander Muddiman.jpg 15 January 192817 June 1928
4 William Malcolm Hailey 10 August 192821 December 1928
22 April 192916 October 1930
-George Bancroft Lambert16 October 193019 April 1931
(4) William Malcolm Hailey 19 April 19316 April 1933
- Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari MuhammadSaidKhan.jpg 8 April 193327 November 1933
(4) William Malcolm Hailey 27 November 19335 December 1934
5 Harry Graham Haig 6 December 19341 April 1937
Governors of United Provinces
(1 April 1937 – 25 January 1950)
5 Harry Graham Haig 1 April 193716 May 1938
17 September 19386 December 1939
6Maurice Garnier Hallett7 December 19396 December 1945
7 Francis Verner Wylie 7 December 194514 August 1947
8 Sarojini Naidu Sarojini Naidu 1964 stamp of India.jpg 15 August 19472 March 1949
-Justice B.B Malik3 March 19491 May 1949
9 Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi 2 May 194925 January 1950

List of governors of Uttar Pradesh

#NamePortraitTook officeLeft office
Governors of Uttar Pradesh (26 January 1950–Present)
1 Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi  26 January 19501 June 1952
2 Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi 1988 stamp of India.jpg 2 June 19529 June 1957
3 Varahgiri Venkat Giri V.V.Giri.jpg 10 June 195730 June 1960
4 Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, 1952.jpg 1 July 196015 April 1962
5 Bishwanath Das Biswanath-Das.jpg 16 April 196230 April 1967
6 Dr. Bezwada Gopala Reddy Bezawada Gopal Reddy.png 1 May 196730 June 1972
Justice Shashi Kant Varma 1 July 197213 November 1972
7 Akbar Ali Khan  14 November 197224 October 1974
8 Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy 25 October 19741 October 1977
9 Ganpatrao Devji Tapase  2 October 197727 February 1980
10 Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh.png 28 February 198031 March 1985
11 Mohammed Usman Arif  31 March 198511 February 1990
12 B. Satya Narayan Reddy  12 February 199025 May 1993
13 Motilal Vora Motilal Vora.jpg 26 May 19933 May 1996
Mohammad Shafi Qureshi  3 May 199619 July 1996
14 Romesh Bhandari  19 July 199617 March 1998
Mohammad Shafi Qureshi  17 March 199819 April 1998
15 Suraj Bhan  20 April 19989 November 2000

List of governors

Key
No.PortraitName
(born died)
Home stateTenure in officeImmediate prior position heldAppointed by
FromToTime in office
1 Surjit Singh Barnala, 2008.png Surjit Singh Barnala
(1925–2017)
Punjab 9 November
2000
7 January
2003
2 years, 59 days Union Cabinet Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers (until 1999) K. R. Narayanan
(President)
2 Sudarshan Agarwal 2004.jpg Sudarshan Agarwal
(1931–2019)
Punjab 8 January
2003
28 October
2007
4 years, 293 daysMember, National Human Rights Commission A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(President)
3 Banwari Lal Joshi.jpg Banwari Lal Joshi
IPS (Retd.)
(1936–2017)
Rajasthan 29 October
2007
5 August
2009
1 year, 280 days Governor of Meghalaya Pratibha Patil
(President)
4 The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Shri Somnath Chatterjee addressing at the inauguration of the Orientation Programme for the media persons accredited to the press gallery of Lok Sabha, in New Delhi on July 28, 2006 (cropped).jpg Margaret Alva
(born 1942)
Karnataka 6 August
2009
14 May
2012
2 years, 282 daysGeneral Secretary, All India Congress Committee
5 Aziz Qureshi at valedictory function of the 89th Foundation Course for All India Services, at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (cropped).jpg Aziz Qureshi
(born 1941)
Madhya Pradesh 15 May
2012
7 January
2015
2 years, 237 days Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (until 1989)
6 Governor of Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul (cropped).jpg Krishan Kant Paul
IPS (Retd.)
(born 1948)
Chandigarh 8 January
2015
21 August
2018
3 years, 225 days Governor of Meghalaya Pranab Mukherjee
(President)
7 Baby Rani Maurya (cropped).jpg Baby Rani Maurya
(born 1956)
Uttar Pradesh 26 August
2018
14 September
2021 [§]
3 years, 19 daysMember, Uttar Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Ram Nath Kovind
(President)
8 GurmitSingh.jpg Lieutenant General (Retd.)
Gurmit Singh
PVSM UYSM AVSM VSM
(born 1956)
Punjab 15 September
2021
Incumbent3 years, 185 days Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems and Training) (until 2016)

Timeline

Gurmit Singh (general)Baby Rani MauryaKrishan Kant PaulAziz QureshiMargaret AlvaBanwari Lal JoshiSudarshan AgarwalSurjit Singh BarnalaList of governors of Uttarakhand

See also

References