First Woman Governor of Various Indian States

In this post, we list the First Woman who became the Governor in the various Indian States.

First Woman Governors of India

StateGovernorYear
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

UTGovernor
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.