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{{Infobox official post
{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor
| post = Governor
| title = Governor
| native_name =
| body = Punjab
| body = Punjab
| insignia = Seal of Punjab.svg
| insignia = Seal of Punjab.svg
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Punjab, India|Emblem of Punjab]]
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Punjab, India|Emblem of Punjab]]
| incumbent = [[Banwarilal Purohit]]
| incumbent = [[Banwarilal Purohit]]
| image = Banwarilal_Purohit.jpg
| image = Banwarilal Purohit.jpg
| incumbentsince = 31 August 2021
| incumbentsince = 31 August 2021
| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Punjab)|Raj Bhavan]]; [[Chandigarh]]
| residence = [[Raj Bhavan, Punjab|Raj Bhavan]], [[Chandigarh]]
| termlength = Five Years
| termlength = Five years;<br/>no restriction on renewal
| Appointed by = [[President of India]]
| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1947|08|15}}
| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1947|08|15}}
| inaugural = [[Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi]]
| inaugural = [[Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi]]
| precursor = [[List of Governors of Punjab (British India)|Governor of Punjab (British India)]]
| precursor = [[#|Governor of East Punjab]]
| website = [http://punjabrajbhavan.gov.in ''Punjabrajbhavan'']
| website = [http://punjabrajbhavan.gov.in ''Punjabrajbhavan'']
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| insigniasize = 90px
}}
}}


This is a '''list of the governors of Punjab''' state in [[India]] since its independence on 15 August 1947. Since 1985, the Governor of Punjab has acted as the [[Administrator of Chandigarh]] as well.
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 [[List of administrators of Chandigarh|administrator of Chandigarh]] as well.

==Rajpramukh {{small|(Governor)}} of PEPSU (1948-1956)==
{{see also|Rajpramukh|Patiala and East Punjab States Union|l2=PEPSU}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html|title=Indian states since 1947|website=Worldstatesmen.org|access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Rajpramukh<br>{{small|(Governor)}}
!Portrait
!colspan=3|Tenure <ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#PEPSU PEPSU]</ref>
!Uparajpramukh<br>{{small|(Lieutenant Governor)}}
!Portrait
!Appointed by
|-
|[[Yadavindra Singh]]
|[[File:Yadvinder Singh Mahendra Bahadur (1971).jpg|75px]]
|15 July 1948
|1 November 1956
|{{age in years and days|1948|07|15|1956|11|01}}
|[[Jagatjit Singh]]
|[[File:Maharaja de kapurthala jagatjit singh.jpg|75px]]
|''[[C. Rajagopalachari]]''
|}


==Governors of Punjab==
==Governors of Punjab==
*{{Color box|#DDEEFF|border=black}} Governor served in Acting capacity
*{{Color box|#DDEEFF|border=silver}} Governor served in Acting capacity
*{{Color box|#DDEEEF|border=black}} Governor holds Additional Charge
*{{Color box|#DDEEEF|border=silver}} Governor holds Additional Charge
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! S. No
! S. No
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!Nominated by <br>{{small|([[President of India|President]])}}
!Nominated by <br>{{small|([[President of India|President]])}}
|-
|-
!colspan=7|Governor of Punjab (1947-1966) (Punjab, Haryana and Himachal)
!colspan=7|Governor of East Punjab (1947–1950)
|-
|-
|1
|1
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|[[File:C. M. Trivedi Official portrait 1947.jpg|75px]]
|[[File:C. M. Trivedi Official portrait 1947.jpg|75px]]
| 15 August 1947
| 15 August 1947
| 26 January 1950
|{{age in years and days|1947|08|15|1950|01|26}}
|''[[Lord Mountbatten|L. Mountbatten]]'' {{small|([[List of governors-general of India|GGI]])}}
|-
!colspan=7|Governor of Punjab (1950–Present)
|-
|1
|[[Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi]]
|[[File:C. M. Trivedi Official portrait 1947.jpg|75px]]
| 26 January 1950
| 11 March 1953
| 11 March 1953
|{{age in years and days|1947|08|15|1953|03|11}}
|{{age in years and days|1950|01|26|1953|03|11}}
|rowspan=3|[[Rajendra Prasad]]
|''[[Lord Mountbatten|L. Mountbatten]]'' {{small|([[List of governors-general of India|GGI]])}}
|-
|-
| 2
| 2
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| 15 September 1958
| 15 September 1958
|{{age in years and days|1953|03|11|1958|09|15}}
|{{age in years and days|1953|03|11|1958|09|15}}
|rowspan=2|[[Rajendra Prasad]]
|-
|-
| 3
| 3
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| 4
| 4
| [[Pattom A. Thanu Pillai]]
| [[Pattom A. Thanu Pillai]]
| [[File:No image available.svg|75px]]
|
| 1 October 1962
| 1 October 1962
| 4 May 1964
| 4 May 1964
|{{age in years and days|1962|10|01|1964|05|04}}
|{{age in years and days|1962|10|01|1964|05|04}}
|rowspan=6|[[S. Radhakrishnan]]
|rowspan=4|[[S. Radhakrishnan]]
|-
|-
| 5
| 5
| [[Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim]]
| [[Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim]]
| [[File:No image available.svg|75px]]
|
| 4 May 1964
| 4 May 1964
| 1 September 1965
| 1 September 1965
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|6
|6
| [[Ujjal Singh]]
| [[Ujjal Singh]]
| [[File:No image available.svg|75px]]
|
| 1 September 1965
| 1 September 1965
| 26 June 1966
| 26 June 1966
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| [[File:Dharma Vir, ICS.jpg|75px]]
| [[File:Dharma Vir, ICS.jpg|75px]]
| 27 June 1966
| 27 June 1966
| ''continued'' {{small|(1 November 1966)}}
|rowspan=3|{{age in years and days|1966|07|27|1967|06|01}}
|-
!colspan=5|Governor of Punjab (Punjab) (1966-Present)
|-
| 7
| [[Dharma Vira]]
| [[File:Dharma Vir, ICS.jpg|75px]]
|''continued'' {{small|(1 November 1966)}}
| 1 June 1967
| 1 June 1967
|{{age in years and days|1966|06|26|1967|06|01}}
|-
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|-
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|[[Mehar Singh]]
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|[[Mehar Singh]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF|
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF|
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| 10
| 10
| [[Jaisukh Lal Hathi]]
| [[Jaisukh Lal Hathi]]
| [[File:Jaisukh lal Hathi.png|75px]]
|
| 24 September 1977
| 24 September 1977
| 26 August 1981
| 26 August 1981
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| 12
| 12
| [[Marri Chenna Reddy]]
| [[Marri Chenna Reddy]]
| [[File:DrMChannaReddy (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|
| 21 April 1982
| 21 April 1982
| 7 February 1983
| 7 February 1983
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| 14
| 14
| [[Bhairab Dutt Pande]]
| [[Bhairab Dutt Pande]]
|
|[[File:Bhairab Dutt Pandey Official portrait 1983.jpg|75px]]
| 10 October 1983
| 10 October 1983
| 3 July 1984
| 3 July 1984
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| 15
| 15
| [[Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala]]
| [[Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala]]
|
| [[File:K. T. Satarawala Official portrait 1984.jpg|75px]]
| 3 July 1984
| 3 July 1984
| 14 March 1985
| 14 March 1985
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| 16
| 16
| [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]]
| [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]]
| [[File:The Union Minister for Human Resource Development Shri Arjun Singh addressing a Press Conference in New Delhi on August 7, 2004.jpg|center|120px]]
|
| 14 March 1985
| 14 March 1985
| 14 November 1985
| 14 November 1985
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| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|[[Hokishe Sema]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|[[Hokishe Sema]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF| [[File:Hokishe Sema Official portrait 1985.jpg|75px]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|14 November 1985
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|14 November 1985
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|26 November 1985
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|26 November 1985
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| 17
| 17
|[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
|[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
|[[File:Shankar Dayal Sharma Official portrait 1985.jpg|75px]]
| [[File:Shankar Dayal Sharma.jpg|75px]]
| 26 November 1985
| 26 November 1985
| 2 April 1986
| 2 April 1986
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| 18
| 18
|[[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]
|[[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]
|
|[[File:Sidharth Shankar Ray Official portrait 1986.jpg|75px]]
| 2 April 1986
| 2 April 1986
| 8 December 1989
| 8 December 1989
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| 19
| 19
|[[Nirmal Mukarji|Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee]]
|[[Nirmal Mukarji|Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee]]
|
|[[File:Nirmal Kumar Mukherji Official portrait 1989.jpg|75px]]
|8 December 1989
|8 December 1989
| 14 June 1990
| 14 June 1990
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| 20
| 20
| [[Virendra Verma]]
| [[Virendra Verma]]
|
| [[File:Varinder Verma Official portrait 1990.jpg|75px]]
| 14 June 1990
| 14 June 1990
| 18 December 1990
| 18 December 1990
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| 21
| 21
| [[Om Prakash Malhotra]]
| [[Om Prakash Malhotra]]
| [[File:Om-prakash-Mhalotra.jpg|75px]]
|
| 18 December 1990
| 18 December 1990
| 7 August 1991
| 7 August 1991
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| 22
| 22
| [[Surendra Nath]]
| [[Surendra Nath]]
|
| [[File:Surendra Nath Official portrait 1991.jpg|75px]]
| 7 August 1991
| 7 August 1991
| 9 July 1994
| 9 July 1994
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|bgcolor=#DDEEFF| -
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF| -
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|[[Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar]]
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|[[Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar]]
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF| [[File:S. P. Kurdukar Official portrait 1994.jpg|75px]]
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|10 July 1994
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|10 July 1994
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|18 September 1994
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF|18 September 1994
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|23
|23
|[[B. K. N. Chhibber|Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber]]
|[[B. K. N. Chhibber|Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber]]
|
| [[File:B. K. N. Chibber Official portrait 1994.jpg|75px]]
| 18 September 1994
| 18 September 1994
| 27 November 1999
| 27 November 1999
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| 24
| 24
|[[J. F. R. Jacob|Jack Farj Rafael Jacob]]
|[[J. F. R. Jacob|Jack Farj Rafael Jacob]]
| [[File:J. F. R. Jacob Official portrait 1999.jpg|75px]]
| [[File:JFR Jacob.jpg|75px]]
| 27 November 1999
| 27 November 1999
| 8 May 2003
| 8 May 2003
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| 25
| 25
| [[Om Prakash Verma]]
| [[Om Prakash Verma]]
|
| [[File:Om Prakash Verma Official portrait 2003.jpg|75px]]
| 8 May 2003
| 8 May 2003
| 3 November 2004
| 3 November 2004
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|bgcolor=#DDEEEF| -
|bgcolor=#DDEEEF| -
|bgcolor=#DDEEEF|[[Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai]]
|bgcolor=#DDEEEF|[[Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|[[File:A. R. Kidwai Official portrait 2004.jpg|75px]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|3 November 2004
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|3 November 2004
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|16 November 2004
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|16 November 2004
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| 26
| 26
| [[Sunith Francis Rodrigues]]
| [[Sunith Francis Rodrigues]]
| [[File:S. F. Rodriques Official portrait 2004.jpg|75px]]
| [[File:General Sunith Francis Rodrigues.jpg|75px]]
| 16 November 2004
| 16 November 2004
| 22 January 2010
| 22 January 2010
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| 27
| 27
| [[Shivraj Patil|Shivraj Vishwanath Patil]]
| [[Shivraj Patil|Shivraj Vishwanath Patil]]
| [[File:Shivraj Patil Official portrait 2010.jpg|75px]]
| [[File:Shivraj Patil.jpg|75px]]
| 22 January 2010
| 22 January 2010
| 22 January 2015
| 22 January 2015
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| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|[[Kaptan Singh Solanki]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|[[Kaptan Singh Solanki]]
|bgcolor=#DDEEEF|[[File:Kaptansingh Solanki Official portrait 2015.jpg|75px]]
|bgcolor=#DDEEEF| [[File:Kaptan Singh Solanki.png|75px]]
|bgcolor=#DDEEEF| 22 January 2015
|bgcolor=#DDEEEF| 22 January 2015
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|22 August 2016
| bgcolor=#DDEEEF|22 August 2016
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| 28
| 28
|[[V. P. Singh Badnore|Vijayendra Pal Singh Badnore]]
|[[V. P. Singh Badnore|Vijayendra Pal Singh Badnore]]
|[[File:V. P. Singh Badnore Official portrait 2016.png|75px]]
| [[File:V P Singh Badnore.JPG|75px]]
|22 August 2016
|22 August 2016
|30 August 2021
|30 August 2021
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|[[Banwarilal Purohit]]
|[[Banwarilal Purohit]]
|11 September 2021
|11 September 2021
|''Incumbent''
|'''Incumbent'''
|{{age in years and days|2021|09|11}}
|{{age in years and days|2021|09|11}}
|}

==Rajpramukh of PEPSU (1948–1956)==
{{see also|Rajpramukh|Patiala and East Punjab States Union|l2=PEPSU}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html|title=Indian states since 1947|website=Worldstatesmen.org|access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Rajpramukh<br>{{small|(Governor)}}
!Portrait
!colspan=3|Tenure <ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#PEPSU PEPSU]</ref>
!Uparajpramukh<br>{{small|(Lieutenant Governor)}}
!Portrait
!Appointed by
|-
|[[Yadavindra Singh]]
|[[File:Yadvinder Singh Mahendra Bahadur (1971).jpg|75px]]
|15 July 1948
|1 November 1956
|{{age in years and days|1948|07|15|1956|11|01}}
|[[Jagatjit Singh]]
|[[File:Maharaja de kapurthala jagatjit singh.jpg|75px]]
|''[[C. Rajagopalachari]]''
|}
|}


Latest revision as of 16:15, 14 May 2024

Governor of Punjab
Emblem of Punjab
Flag of India
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

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.

Governors of Punjab

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  •   Governor served in Acting capacity
  •   Governor holds Additional Charge
S. No Name Portrait Tenure [1] Nominated by
(President)
Governor of East Punjab (1947–1950)
1 Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi 15 August 1947 26 January 1950 2 years, 164 days L. Mountbatten (GGI)
Governor of Punjab (1950–Present)
1 Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi 26 January 1950 11 March 1953 3 years, 44 days Rajendra Prasad
2 Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh 11 March 1953 15 September 1958 5 years, 188 days
3 Narahar Vishnu Gadgil 15 September 1958 1 October 1962 4 years, 16 days
4 Pattom A. Thanu Pillai 1 October 1962 4 May 1964 1 year, 216 days S. Radhakrishnan
5 Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim 4 May 1964 1 September 1965 1 year, 120 days
6 Ujjal Singh 1 September 1965 26 June 1966 298 days
7 Dharma Vira 27 June 1966 1 June 1967 340 days
- Mehar Singh 1 June 1967 16 October 1967 137 days Zakir Husain
8 Dadappa Chintappa Pavate 16 October 1967 21 May 1973 5 years, 217 days
9 Mahendra Mohan Choudhry 21 May 1973 1 September 1977 4 years, 103 days V. V. Giri
- Ranjit Singh Narula 1 September 1977 24 September 1977 23 days Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
10 Jaisukh Lal Hathi 24 September 1977 26 August 1981 3 years, 336 days
11 Aminuddin Ahmad Khan 26 August 1981 21 April 1982 238 days
12 Marri Chenna Reddy 21 April 1982 7 February 1983 292 days
- Surjit Singh Sandhawalia 7 February 1983 21 February 1983 14 days Zail Singh
13 Anant Prasad Sharma 21 February 1983 10 October 1983 231 days
14 Bhairab Dutt Pande 10 October 1983 3 July 1984 267 days
15 Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala 3 July 1984 14 March 1985 254 days
16 Arjun Singh
14 March 1985 14 November 1985 245 days
- Hokishe Sema 14 November 1985 26 November 1985 12 days
17 Shankar Dayal Sharma 26 November 1985 2 April 1986 127 days
18 Siddhartha Shankar Ray 2 April 1986 8 December 1989 3 years, 250 days
19 Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee 8 December 1989 14 June 1990 188 days R. Venkataraman
20 Virendra Verma 14 June 1990 18 December 1990 187 days
21 Om Prakash Malhotra 18 December 1990 7 August 1991 232 days
22 Surendra Nath 7 August 1991 9 July 1994 2 years, 336 days
- Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar 10 July 1994 18 September 1994 70 days Shankar Dayal Sharma
23 Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber 18 September 1994 27 November 1999 5 years, 70 days
24 Jack Farj Rafael Jacob 27 November 1999 8 May 2003 3 years, 162 days K. R. Narayanan
25 Om Prakash Verma 8 May 2003 3 November 2004 1 year, 179 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai 3 November 2004 16 November 2004 13 days
26 Sunith Francis Rodrigues 16 November 2004 22 January 2010 5 years, 67 days
27 Shivraj Vishwanath Patil 22 January 2010 22 January 2015 5 years, 0 days Pratibha Patil
- Kaptan Singh Solanki 22 January 2015 22 August 2016 1 year, 213 days Pranab Mukherjee
28 Vijayendra Pal Singh Badnore 22 August 2016 30 August 2021 5 years, 8 days
- Banwarilal Purohit 31 August 2021 11 September 2021 11 days Ram Nath Kovind
29 Banwarilal Purohit 11 September 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 318 days

Rajpramukh of PEPSU (1948–1956)

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See also: Rajpramukh and PEPSU

Source:[2]

Rajpramukh
(Governor) 		Portrait Tenure [3] Uparajpramukh
(Lieutenant Governor) 		Portrait Appointed by
Yadavindra Singh 15 July 1948 1 November 1956 8 years, 109 days Jagatjit Singh C. Rajagopalachari

See also

[edit]

References

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