In this post, we list the First Woman who became the Governor in the various Indian States.
First Woman Governors of India
| State | Governor | Year |
|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Sharda Mukherjee | 1977 |
| Chhattisgarh | Anusuiya Uikey | 2019 |
| Goa | Margaret Alva (Additional Charge)* | 2014 |
| Gujarat | Sharda Mukherjee | 1978 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Sheila Kaul | 1995 |
| Jharkhand | Draupadi Murmu | 2015 |
| Karnataka | V. S. Ramadevi | 1999 |
| Kerala | Jyothi Venkatachalam | 1977 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Sarla Grewal | 1989 |
| Maharashtra | Vijayalakshmi Pandit | 1962 |
| Manipur | Najma Heptulla | 2016 |
| Rajasthan | Pratibha Patil | 2004 |
| Tamil Nadu | Fathima Beevi | 1997 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Sarojini Naidu (United Province) | 1947 |
| Uttarakhand | Margaret Alva | 2009 |
| West Bengal | Padmaja Naidu | 1956
|
First Governors of Union Territories
| UT | Governor |
|---|
| Puducherry | Chandrawati
(1990)
|
SideNotes:
- First Governor-general of India – Warren Hastings (1773).
- First Official Governor-general of India – Lord William Bentinck (1833).
- First Governor-general of Independent India – Lord Mountbatten (1947).
- First Indian to become Governor-general of Independent India – C. Rajagopalachari (1948).
- First Woman to become the Governor of the Indian State – Sarojini Naidu.
- First Tribal Woman Governor of an Indian State – Draupadi Murmu.
- * First Full-time Woman Governor of Goa – Mridula Sinha.
- Longest-serving Governor of an Indian State – Padmaja Naidu (11 years, West Bengal).
- Padmaja Naidu – Daughter of Sarojini Naidu.
