List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry

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Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
புதுச்சேரி துணைநிலை ஆளுநர்

పుదుచ్చేరి లెఫ్టినెంట్ గవర్నర్

പുതുച്ചേരി ലെഫ്റ്റനന്റ് ഗവർണർ
Lieutenants-gouverneurs de Pondichéry
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Emblem of Puducherry
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since 7 August 2024
Style His Excellency (formal)
The Honourable (informal)
StatusHead of State (Union Territory)
Reports to President of India
Government of India
Residence Raj Niwas, Puducherry
Appointer President of India on the advice of the Government of India
Term length 5 Years
Inaugural holder S. L. Silam
Formation14 October 1963
(61 years ago) (1963-10-14)

Puducherry (formerly known as "Pondicherry") is a Union Territory of India. Governance and administration of the territory fall under the federal authority.

Contents

List

List of chief governing officers

Commissioners

Governors

In the days of the French East India Company, the title of the top official was most of the time Governor of Pondicherry and General Commander of the French settlements in the East Indies (French : Gouverneur de Pondichéry et Commandant Général des Établissements Français aux Indes Orientales). After 1816, it was Governor of French establishments in India (French : Gouverneur des Établissements Français de l'Inde').

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Quai Dupleix at Strand Road Chandernagor
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Chandernagore Government House and Convent

French India became an Overseas territory (French : territoire d'outre-mer) of France in 1946.

Commissioners

French India de facto transferred to the Republic of India in 1954.

High Commissioners

The first High Commissioner, Kewal Singh was appointed immediately after the Kizhoor referendum on 21 October 1954 as per Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1947. [1] : 964  The Chief Commissioner had the powers of the former French commissioner, but was under the direct control of the Union Government. [2] : 198 

The list of Chief Commissioners is given below [1] : 977 

No.NameTook officeLeft office
1 Kewal Singh 21 October 195416 November 1956
2 M.K. Kripalani [3] : 103 17 November 195627 August 1958
3 Lal Ram Saran Singh [2] : 197 30 August 19588 February 1961
4 Sisir Kumar Dutta [4] 2 May 19611 August 1963
5 K.J. Somasundaram 2 August 196313 October 1963

Chief Commissioner (1954 – 1963)

No.NameTook officeLeft office
2 Mirza Rashid Ali Baig circa 1947November 1949
2 S.K. Banerjee 31 November 1949 [5] June 1950
3 R.K. Tandon 10 June 1950 [6] circa October 1953
4 Kewal Singh circa October 195321 October 1954

After the de facto transfer of French settlements in India, on November 1, 1954, a Chief Commissioner, appointed by Government of India, replaced the last Commissioner of French India , Georges Escargueil. The first High Commissioner, Kewal Singh was appointed immediately after the Kizhoor referendum, on 21 October 1954, as per Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1947. [1] : 964  The Chief Commissioner had the powers of the former French commissioner, but was under the direct control of the Union Government. [2] : 198 

The list of Chief Commissioners is given below. [1] : 977 

No.NamePortraitTook officeLeft officeDe jure
sovereignty		De facto
sovereignty
1 Kewal Singh No image available.svg 21 October 195416 November 1956FranceFrance
(Until Nov 1 1954)
India
(Since Nov 1 1954)
2 M.K. Kripalani [3] : 103  No image available.svg 17 November 195627 August 1958India
3 Lal Ram Saran Singh [2] : 197  No image available.svg 30 August 19588 February 1961
4 Sisir Kumar Dutta [2] : 474–475  No image available.svg 2 May 19611 August 1963France
(Until Aug 16 1962)
India
(Since Aug 16 1962)
5 K.J. Somasundaram [7] : 445  No image available.svg 2 August 196313 October 1963India

Lieutenant Governors

The Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry resides at the Raj Nivas (French : Le Palais du Gouverneur) at the Nehru Park, the former palace of the Governor General of French India. The Central government is more directly involved in the financial well-being of the territory.

After de jure transfer in 1962, the State of Pondicherry is fully and legally integrated into Indian Union. After the formation of Union territory on July 1, 1963, the Lieutenant Governor has replaced High Commissioner in Pondicherry.

Only five Lt. Governors managed to serve more than four years. They are S.L. Silam, B.D.Jatti, B.T. Kulkarni, Rajani Rai and Kiran Bedi. Only S.L. Silam completed his 5-year term. Kiran Bedi is second longest serving Lt. Governor till date. The list of Lt. Governors of Puducherry is given below. [1] : 977 

No.NamePortraitTook officeLeft officeDuration
1 S.L. Silam [a] No image available.svg 14 Oct 196313 Oct 19684 years, 365 days
2 B.D. Jatti B.D Jatti (cropped).png 14 Oct 19687 Nov 19724 years, 24 days
3 Chhedilal Chhedilal.jpg 8 Nov 197229 Aug 19763 years, 295 days
4 B.T. Kulkarni No image available.svg 30 Aug 197631 Oct 19804 years, 62 days
5 Ram Kishore Vyas No image available.svg 1 Nov 198015 Apr 1981165 days
- Sri Sadiq Ali [b] No image available.svg 16 Apr 198126 Jul 1981101 days
6 R.N. Haldipur No image available.svg 27 Jul 198114 May 1982291 days
7 K.M. Chandy Prof.K.M.Chandy.jpg 15 May 19825 Aug 19831 year, 82 days
8 Kona Prabhakara Rao No image available.svg 2 Sep 198317 Jun 1984289 days
- S.L. Khurana [b] No image available.svg 18 Jun 198430 Sep 1984104 days
9 Tribhuvan Prasad Tewary No image available.svg 1 Oct 198421 Jun 19883 years, 264 days
10 Ranjit Singh Dyal No image available.svg 22 Jun 198819 Feb 19901 year, 242 days
11 Chandrawati No image available.svg 19 Feb 199018 Dec 1990302 days
12 Har Swarup Singh No image available.svg 19 Dec 199005 Feb 19932 years, 48 days
- Bishma Narain Singh [b] 06 Feb 199331 May 19932 years, 84 days
- Marri Channa Reddy [b] DrMChannaReddy (cropped).jpg 31 May 19931 May 19951 year, 335 days
13 Rajendra Kumari Bajpai Rajendra Kumari Bajpai Lok Sabha photo.jpg 2 May 199522 Apr 19982 years, 355 days
14 Rajani Rai No image available.svg 23 Apr 199829 Jul 20024 years, 97 days
15 K. R. Malkani No image available.svg 31 Jul 200227 Oct 20031 year, 88 days
- P.S. Rama Mohan Rao [b] No image available.svg 27 Oct 20035 Jan 200470 days
16 Nagendra Nath Jha No image available.svg 5 Jan 20046 Jul 2004183 days
17 M. M. Lakhera Lieutenant General M.M. Lakhera (cropped).jpg 7 Jul 200418 Jul 20062 years, 11 days
18 Mukut Mithi Mukut Mithi.jpg 19 Jul 200612 Mar 20081 year, 237 days
19 Bhopinder Singh No image available.svg 15 Mar 200822 Jul 2008129 days
20 Govind Singh Gurjar Govind Singh Gurjar.JPG 23 Jul 20086 Apr 2009257 days
- Surjit Singh Barnala [c] H E Shri Surjit Singh Barnala.jpg 9 Apr 200927 Jul 2009109 days
21 Iqbal Singh Iqbal Singh (politician).jpg 27 Jul 20099 Jul 20133 years, 347 days
22 Virendra Kataria Virendra Kataria Ji at Agra.jpg 10 Jul 201311 Jul 20141 year, 1 day
23 A. K. Singh [8] The Lt. Governor of Puducherry, Lt. Gen. A.K. Singh in New Delhi on June 15, 2015 (cropped).jpg 12 Jul 201426 May 20161 year, 319 days
24 Kiran Bedi [9] Dr. Kiran Bedi in 2017 (cropped).jpg 28 May 201616 Feb 20214 years, 264 days
- Tamilisai Soundararajan
(additional charge)		 Tamilisai Soundarajan with President Kovind (cropped).jpg 18 Feb 202118 March 2024 [10] 3 years, 30 days
- C.P. Radhakrishnan
(additional charge)
[d] 		Governor of Jharkhand Radhakrishnan.jpg 20 March 20246 August 2024134 days
25 Kuniyil Kailashnathan [11] K Kailashnathan.jpg 7 August 2024Incumbent1 year, 3 days

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ T. SIVASANKAR – Addl. Charge during leave period
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Governor of Tamil Nadu, Additional Charge
  3. ↑ Appointed as Administrator of Puducherry
  4. ↑ Governor of Jharkhand and Telangana, Additional Charge

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature". G. C. Malhotra. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 2004. ISBN   9788120004009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Statesman's Year-Book 1960: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations". S. Steinberg. MACMILLAN&Co.LTD, London. 1960. ISBN   9780230270893.{{cite web}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. 1 2 "Civil Affairs". Monthly Journal of Local Govt. and Public Administration in India. 1958.
  4. ↑ "The Statesman's Year-Book 1963: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations". S. Steinberg. MACMILLAN&Co.LTD, London. 1963. pp. 474–475. ISBN   9780230270923.{{cite web}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  5. ↑ S., Geetha (2008). "V. Political Manoeuvres and the Barren Years of Indo-French Relations". Society and politics in French India: merger and anti-merger alignments in the Mid-Twentieth century (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). Pondicherry University. p. 214. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Ajit K Neogy (2021). Decolonization of French India: Liberation movement and Indo-French relations 1947-1954. Pondicherry: Institut français de Pondichéry. p. 163. ISBN   9791036566608.
  7. ↑ "The Statesman's Year-Book 1964-65: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations". S. Steinberg. Springer. 2016. ISBN   9780230270930.
  8. ↑ "Puducherry L-G Kataria sacked". Indian Express . 11 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  9. ↑ Cities (29 May 2016). "Kiran Bedi assumes charge as LG of Puducherry". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  10. ↑ The Hindu (18 March 2024). "Tamilisai, Telangana Governor and Puducherry Lt. Governor, resigns to contest Lok Sabha polls". Archived from the original on 18 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "Kailashnathan sworn-in as Lt. Governor of Puducherry". The Hindu. 7 August 2024. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 7 August 2024.
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