Governors of India: Statewise-List (2020)

Governors of India (2020)

This post lists all the current Governors of all 28 States and 8 Union Territories in India.

Current Governors' of States

StateGovernor
 Andhra Pradesh Biswabhusan Harichandan
 Arunachal Pradesh B.D. Mishra
 Assam Jagdish Mukhi
 Bihar Phagu Chauhan
 Chhattisgarh Anusuiya Uikey
 Goa Satya Pal Malik
 Gujarat Acharya Devvrat
 Haryana Satyadev Narayan Arya
 Himachal Pradesh Bandaru Dattatreya
 Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu
 Karnataka Vajubhai Vala
 Kerala Arif Mohammad Khan
 Madhya Pradesh Lalji Tandon (died in Office)
 Anandiben Patel (Addl.Charge)
 Maharashtra C. Vidyasagar Rao
 Manipur Najma Heptulla
 Meghalaya Tathagata Roy
 Mizoram P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
 Nagaland R.N. Ravi
 Odisha Ganeshi Lal
 Punjab V.P. Singh Badnore
 Rajasthan Kalraj Mishra
 Sikkim Ganga Prasad
 Tamil Nadu Banwarilal Purohit
 Telangana  Tamilisai Soundararajan
 Tripura Ramesh Bais
 Uttar Pradesh Anandiben Patel
 Uttarakhand Baby Rani Maurya
 West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar

Current Governors' of Union Territories

UTOfficialDesignation
Andaman & Nicobar IslandsDevendra Kumar JoshiLieutenant Governor
 Chandigarh V.P. Singh Badnore Administrator
 Dadra-Nagar Haveli
 Daman-Diu 		 Praful PatelAdministrator
 Delhi (NCT) Anil Baijal Lieutenant Governor
 Ladakh Radha Krishna MathurLieutenant Governor
 Lakshadweep  Farooq KhanAdministrator
 Jammu & Kashmir Girish Chandra MurmuLieutenant Governor
 Puducherry  Kiran BediLieutenant Governor

SideNotes:

  • NCT – National Capital Territory
  • First Governor-general of India – Warren Hastings
  • First Official Governor-general of India – Lord William Bentinck
  • First Governor-general of Independent India – Lord Mountbatten
  • First Indian to become Governor-general of Independent India – C. Rajagopalachari
  • First Woman to become the Governor of the Indian State – Sarojini Naidu
  • Longest-serving Governor of an Indian State – Padmaja Naidu (11 years, West Bengal)
    • Padmaja Naidu – Daughter of Sarojini Naidu