List of current Indian governors explained

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.^[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	Name	Portrait	Took office	Profile link
Andhra Pradesh	Syed Abdul Nazeer			https://rajbhavan.ap.gov.in/rajbvn/governor.aspx
Arunachal Pradesh	Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik			https://arunachalgovernor.nic.in/html/profile.htm
Assam	Lakshman Acharya			https://www.rajbhavanassam.gov.in/excellency.html
Bihar	Rajendra Arlekar			https://governor.bih.nic.in/governor.html
Chhattisgarh	Ramen Deka
Goa				https://www.rajbhavan.goa.gov.in/present-governor
Gujarat	Acharya Devvrat			https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in/honorable-governors/honorable-governors-english.aspx	^[3]
Haryana	Bandaru Dattatreya			https://haryanarajbhavan.gov.in/whoswho/shri-bandaru-dattatraya/
Himachal Pradesh	Shiv Pratap Shukla			https://himachalrajbhavan.nic.in/governor.html
Jharkhand	Santosh Gangwar			http://rajbhavanjharkhand.nic.in/the_governer.html
Karnataka	Thawar Chand Gehlot			https://rajbhavan.karnataka.gov.in/27/hon%27ble-governor-bio-data/en	^[4]
Kerala				http://www.rajbhavan.kerala.gov.in/index.php/the-governor/governor-profile	^[5]
Madhya Pradesh	Mangubhai C. Patel			http://www.governor.mp.gov.in/honorable-governorMCP.aspx	^[6]
Maharashtra	C. P. Radhakrishnan			https://rajbhavan-maharashtra.gov.in/en/governors-profile/	^[7]
Manipur	Lakshman Acharya			https://www.rajbhavanassam.gov.in/excellency.html	https://rajbhavanmanipur.nic.in/governorprofile.html
Meghalaya	C. H. Vijayashankar			http://meggovernor.gov.in/present_gov.html
Mizoram					https://rajbhavan.mizoram.gov.in/page/governor-profile
Nagaland	La. Ganesan			https://rajbhavan.nagaland.gov.in/governors-profile/
Odisha	Raghubar Das			https://www.rajbhavanodisha.gov.in/view/profile.php
Punjab	Gulab Chand Kataria			https://punjabrajbhavan.gov.in/home/governor
Rajasthan	Haribhau Bagade			https://rajbhawan.rajasthan.gov.in/content/rajbhawan/en/knowthegovernor.html
Sikkim	Om Prakash Mathur
Tamil Nadu	R. N. Ravi			https://www.tnrajbhavan.gov.in/Profile.htm
Telangana	Jishnu Dev Varma			^[8]	^[9]
Tripura				https://rajbhavan.tripura.gov.in/gov_profile
Uttar Pradesh	Anandiben Patel			http://upgovernor.gov.in/en/page/profile	^[10]
Uttarakhand	Gurmit Singh			https://governoruk.gov.in/our-governor-bioprofile-of-honble-governor-uttarakhand/	^[11]
West Bengal	C. V. Ananda Bose			http://rajbhavankolkata.gov.in/html/ourgovernor.html	^[12]

See also

• List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators
• List of current Indian chief ministers, List of current Indian deputy chief ministers
• List of current Indian chief justices
• List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons
• List of current Indian opposition leaders
• List of female governors in India,List of female lieutenant governors and administrators in India
• List of presidents of India
• List of governors-general of India

Notes and References

1. [Durga Das Basu]
2. https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/whos-who/governors "Governors"
3. Web site: Acharya Devvrat takes oath as new Gujarat governor. 2019-07-21. NDTV. 2019-07-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20190902070737/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/acharya-devvrat-takes-oath-as-new-gujarat-governor-2073313. 2 September 2019. live.
4. News: Thawar Gehlot sworn in as Governor of Karnataka . 1 August 2021 . The Hindu . 11 July 2021 . en-IN.
5. Web site: Arif Mohammed Khan sworn in as Kerala governor. 6 September 2019.
6. News: Mangubhai Patel takes oath as Madhya Pradesh Governor . 1 August 2021 . The Hindu . 8 July 2021 . en-IN.
7. News: 12 February 2023 . Ramesh Bais to take over as Maharashtra Governor as Prez accepts Koshyari's resignation . 12 February 2023 . Deccan Herald.
8. Web site: Today . Telangana . 2024-07-28 . Jishnu Dev Varma is new Governor of Telangana; Radhakrishnan moves to Maharashtra . 2024-07-27 . Telangana Today . en.
9. News: The Hindu . 19 March 2024 . Jharkhand Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan given additional responsibilities of Telangana, Puducherry . https://web.archive.org/web/20240319080335/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/jharkhand-governor-cp-radhakrishnan-given-additional-responsibilities-of-telangana-puducherry/article67967271.ece . 19 March 2024 . 19 March 2024 . en-IN.
10. Web site: Anandiben Patel Takes Oath As Uttar Pradesh Governor. NDTV. 29 July 2019.
11. Web site: Lt Gen Gurmit Singh sworn-in as Governor of Uttarakhand. 15 September 2021 . Indian Express. 15 September 2021.
12. Web site: C. V. Ananda Bose has been appointed as next West Bengal Governor. 17 November 2022. 18 November 2022. NDTV.