In India, an advocate general is a legal advisor to a state government. The post was created by the Constitution of India (vide Article 165) and corresponds to that of Attorney General for India at the union government level. The governor of each state shall appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed as judge of the High Court as the advocate general.
List of advocates general in states +StateAdvocate GeneralArunachal PradeshIndraneel ChaudharyAndhra PradeshDhammalapati Srinivas AssamDevajit SaikiaBiharPrashant Kumar ShahiChhattisgarhPraful BharatGoaDevidas PangamGujaratKamal TrivediHaryanaPawan Kumar Mutneja Himachal PradeshAnup Kumar Rattan Jammu and KashmirD. C. RainaJharkhandRohitashya RoyKarnataka Shashi Kiran ShettyKeralaJaju BabuMadhya PradeshPrashant Singh MaharashtraDr. Birendra Saraf ManipurLenin Singh HijamMeghalayaAmit KumarMizoramBiswajit DebNagalandVikramjit BanerjeeOdishaPitambar AcharyaPunjabManinderjit Singh BediRajasthanShri Rajendra Prasad SikkimBasava Prabhu S. PatilTamil NaduVijay NarayanTelanganaA. Sudarshan ReddyTripuraSiddhartha Shankar Dey Uttar PradeshAjay Kumar MishraUttarakhandS. N. BabulkarWest BengalSurajit Nath Mitra
See also Solicitor General of India Directorate of Prosecution Chief secretary Director general of police Head of Forest Forces
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