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.

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. Over the years, the exercise of these discretionary powers have given rise to conflict between the elected chief minister and the union government–appointed governor.[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) 		Name Portrait Took office
(tenure length) 		Profile link Ref.
Andhra Pradesh
(list) 		S. Abdul Nazeer 20 February 2023
(146 days) 		[1]
Arunachal Pradesh
(list) 		Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik 16 February 2023
(150 days) 		[2]
Assam
(list) 		Gulab Chand Kataria 22 February 2023
(144 days) 		[3]
Bihar
(list) 		Rajendra Arlekar 18 February 2023
(148 days) 		[4]
Chhattisgarh
(list) 		Biswabhusan Harichandan 22 February 2023
(144 days) 		[5]
Goa
(list) 		P. S. Sreedharan Pillai 15 July 2021
(2 years, 1 day) 		[6]
Gujarat
(list) 		Acharya Devvrat 22 July 2019
(3 years, 359 days) 		[7] [3]
Haryana
(list) 		Bandaru Dattatreya 15 July 2021
(2 years, 1 day) 		[8]
Himachal Pradesh
(list) 		Shiv Pratap Shukla 18 February 2023
(148 days) 		[9]
Jharkhand
(list) 		C. P. Radhakrishnan 18 February 2023
(148 days) 		[10] [4]
Karnataka
(list) 		Thawar Chand Gehlot 11 July 2021
(2 years, 5 days) 		[11] [5]
Kerala
(list) 		Arif Mohammad Khan 6 September 2019
(3 years, 313 days) 		[12] [6]
Madhya Pradesh
(list) 		Mangubhai C. Patel 8 July 2021
(2 years, 8 days) 		[13] [7]
Maharashtra
(list) 		Ramesh Bais 18 February 2023
(148 days) 		[14] [8]
Manipur
(list) 		Anusuiya Uikey 22 February 2023
(144 days) 		[15]
Meghalaya
(list) 		Phagu Chauhan 18 February 2023
(148 days) 		[16]
Mizoram
(list) 		Kambhampati Hari Babu 19 July 2021
(1 year, 362 days) 		[17] [9]
Nagaland
(list) 		La. Ganesan 20 February 2023
(146 days) 		[18]
Odisha
(list) 		Ganeshi Lal 29 May 2018
(5 years, 48 days) 		[19] [10]
Punjab
(list) 		Banwarilal Purohit 31 August 2021
(1 year, 319 days) 		[20]
Rajasthan
(list) 		Kalraj Mishra 9 September 2019
(3 years, 310 days) 		[21] [11]
Sikkim
(list) 		Lakshman Acharya 16 February 2023
(150 days) 		[22]
Tamil Nadu
(list) 		R. N. Ravi 18 September 2021
(1 year, 301 days) 		[23]
Telangana
(list) 		Tamilisai Soundararajan 8 September 2019
(3 years, 311 days) 		[24] [12]
Tripura
(list) 		Satyadev Narayan Arya 14 July 2021
(2 years, 2 days) 		[25]
Uttar Pradesh
(list) 		Anandiben Patel 29 July 2019
(3 years, 352 days) 		[26] [13]
Uttarakhand
(list) 		Gurmit Singh 15 September 2021
(1 year, 304 days) 		[27] [14]
West Bengal
(list) 		C. V. Ananda Bose 23 November 2022
(235 days) 		[28] [15]

See also

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References

  1. ^ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. p. 237, 241–44.
  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.
  4. ^ "C.P. Radhakrishnan takes oath as Jharkhand Governor". The Hindu. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Thawar Gehlot sworn in as Governor of Karnataka". The Hindu. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Arif Mohammed Khan sworn in as Kerala governor". Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Mangubhai Patel takes oath as Madhya Pradesh Governor". The Hindu. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Ramesh Bais to take over as Maharashtra Governor as Prez accepts Koshyari's resignation". Deccan Herald. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  9. ^ Haribabu takes oath as Governor of Mizoram | Guwahati News - Times of India
  10. ^ "Ganeshi Lal sworn in as new governor of Odisha". The Hindu. Press Trust of India. 30 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Kalraj Mishra sworn in as Rajasthan Governor". India Today. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Tamil Nadu BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan sworn in as second Telangana Governor". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Anandiben Patel Takes Oath As Uttar Pradesh Governor". NDTV. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Lt Gen Gurmit Singh sworn-in as Governor of Uttarakhand". Indian Express. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  15. ^ "C. V. Ananda Bose has been appointed as next West Bengal Governor". NDTV. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

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