List of governors of Punjab, India

This is a list of the governors of Punjab state in India since its partition on 15 August 1947. Since 1985, the governor of Punjab has acted as the administrator of Chandigarh as well.

Governor of Punjab
Incumbent
Banwarilal Purohit
since 31 August 2021
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Chandigarh
Term lengthFive years;
no restriction on renewal
PrecursorGovernor of East Punjab
Inaugural holderChandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Formation15 August 1947; 76 years ago (1947-08-15)
WebsitePunjabrajbhavan

Governors of Punjab

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  •   Governor served in Acting capacity
  •   Governor holds Additional Charge
S. NoNamePortraitTenure [1]Nominated by
(President)
Governor of East Punjab (1947–1950)
1Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi 15 August 194726 January 19502 years, 164 daysL. Mountbatten (GGI)
Governor of Punjab (1950–Present)
1Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi 26 January 195011 March 19533 years, 44 daysRajendra Prasad
2Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh 11 March 195315 September 19585 years, 188 days
3Narahar Vishnu Gadgil 15 September 19581 October 19624 years, 16 days
4Pattom A. Thanu Pillai 1 October 19624 May 19641 year, 216 daysS. Radhakrishnan
5Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim 4 May 19641 September 19651 year, 120 days
6Ujjal Singh 1 September 196526 June 1966298 days
7Dharma Vira 27 June 19661 June 1967340 days
-Mehar Singh1 June 196716 October 1967137 daysZakir Husain
8Dadappa Chintappa Pavate16 October 196721 May 19735 years, 217 days
9Mahendra Mohan Choudhry21 May 19731 September 19774 years, 103 daysV. V. Giri
-Ranjit Singh Narula1 September 197724 September 197723 daysNeelam Sanjiva Reddy
10Jaisukh Lal Hathi 24 September 197726 August 19813 years, 336 days
11Aminuddin Ahmad Khan26 August 198121 April 1982238 days
12Marri Chenna Reddy 21 April 19827 February 1983292 days
-Surjit Singh Sandhawalia7 February 198321 February 198314 daysZail Singh
13Anant Prasad Sharma21 February 198310 October 1983231 days
14Bhairab Dutt Pande10 October 19833 July 1984267 days
15Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala3 July 198414 March 1985254 days
16Arjun Singh
14 March 198514 November 1985245 days
-Hokishe Sema14 November 198526 November 198512 days
17Shankar Dayal Sharma 26 November 19852 April 1986127 days
18Siddhartha Shankar Ray2 April 19868 December 19893 years, 250 days
19Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee8 December 198914 June 1990188 daysR. Venkataraman
20Virendra Verma14 June 199018 December 1990187 days
21Om Prakash Malhotra 18 December 19907 August 1991232 days
22Surendra Nath7 August 19919 July 19942 years, 336 days
-Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar10 July 199418 September 199470 daysShankar Dayal Sharma
23Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber18 September 199427 November 19995 years, 70 days
24Jack Farj Rafael Jacob 27 November 19998 May 20033 years, 162 daysK. R. Narayanan
25Om Prakash Verma8 May 20033 November 20041 year, 179 daysA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
-Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai3 November 200416 November 200413 days
26Sunith Francis Rodrigues 16 November 200422 January 20105 years, 67 days
27Shivraj Vishwanath Patil 22 January 201022 January 20155 years, 0 daysPratibha Patil
-Kaptan Singh Solanki 22 January 201522 August 20161 year, 213 daysPranab Mukherjee
28Vijayendra Pal Singh Badnore 22 August 201630 August 20215 years, 8 days
-Banwarilal Purohit 31 August 202111 September 202111 daysRam Nath Kovind
29Banwarilal Purohit11 September 2021Incumbent2 years, 278 days

Rajpramukh of PEPSU (1948–1956)

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Source:[2]

Rajpramukh
(Governor)
PortraitTenure [3]Uparajpramukh
(Lieutenant Governor)
PortraitAppointed by
Yadavindra Singh 15 July 19481 November 19568 years, 109 daysJagatjit Singh C. Rajagopalachari

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Former Governors of Punjab
  2. ^ "Indian states since 1947". Worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. ^ PEPSU
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