List of governors of Punjab, India
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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.
| Governor of Punjab ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ ਰਾਜਪਾਲ | |
|---|---|
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan; Chandigarh |
| Nominator | President of India |
| Appointer | Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court |
| Term length | Five Years |
| Precursor | Governor of Punjab (British India) |
| Inaugural holder | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi |
| Formation | 15 July 1948 |
| Website | Punjabrajbhavan |
List
| S. No | Name | Portrait | Tenure [1] | Nominated by (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor of Punjab (1947-1966) (Punjab, Haryana and Himachal) | ||||||
| 1 | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi |  | 15 August 1947 | 5 May 1952 | 5 years, 208 days | L. Mountbatten (GGI) |
| 5 May 1952 | 11 March 1953 | Rajendra Prasad | ||||
| 2 | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh |  | 11 March 1953 | 15 September 1958 | 5 years, 188 days | |
| 3 | Narahar Vishnu Gadgil | .jpg) | 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 | Sardar Ujjal Singh | 1 September 1965 | 26 June 1966 | 298 days | ||
| 7 | Dharma Vira |  | 27 June 1966 | continued (1 November 1966) | 309 days | |
| Governor of Punjab (Punjab) (1966-Present) | ||||||
| 7 | Dharma Vira | | continued (1 November 1966) | 1 June 1967 | ||
| - | Mehar Singh (Acting) | - | 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 (Acting) | - | 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 (Acting) | - | 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 (Addl. charge) | 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 (Acting) | - | 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 (Addl. charge) | - | 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 (Addl. charge) |  | 22 January 2015 | 22 August 2016 | 1 year, 213 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 28 | Vijayendra Pal Singh Badnore |  | 22 August 2016 | Incumbent | 7 years, 278 days | |
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