The governor of Himachal Pradesh (ISO: Himachal Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla) is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Kavinder Gupta is the 32nd of Himachal Pradesh since 10th March 2026.
Out of the 32 governors (except the present one) of the state only three have been able to complete their full terms: S. Chakravarti (1971–77), Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje (2003–08) and Urmila Singh (2010–15).
Lieutenant Governors
# Portrait Name Took office Left office Duration 1 Maj. Gen.K. S. Himmatsinhji Jadeja (Retd.) 1 March 1952 31 December 1954 2 Rai Bajrang Bahadur Singh 1 January 1955 13 August 1963 3 Bhagawan Sahay 14 August 1963 25 February 1966 4 ICS V. Viswanathan (Retd) 26 February 1966 6 May 1967 5 Om Parkash 7 May 1967 15 May 1967 6 Lt. Gen.K. Bhadur Singh (Retd.) 16 May 1967 24 January 1971
Governors
Legend Died in office Transferred Resigned/removed
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# Portrait Name(borndied) Home state Tenure in office Appointer(President) From To Time in office 1 S. Chakravarti 1971 1977 V. V. Giri 2 Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan Rajasthan 1977 1981 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 3 Ashoknath Banerji West Bengal 1981 1983 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 4 Hokishe Sema Nagaland 1983 1986 Zail Singh 5 Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai(Acting) Gujarat 1986 1986 6 Rustom K. S. Ghandhi Maharashtra 1986 1987 7 S. M. H. Burney(Acting) Uttar Pradesh 1987 1988 Ramaswamy Venkataraman (6) Rustom K. S. Ghandhi Maharashtra 1988 1989 8 Hari Anand Barari(Acting) West Bengal 1989 1990 (6) Rustom K. S. Ghandhi Maharashtra 1990 1990 9 B. Rachaiah Karnataka 1990 1990 10 Virendra Verma Uttar Pradesh 1990 1993 11 Surendra Nath(Additional Charge) National Capital Territory of Delhi 1993 1993 Shankar Dayal Sharma 12 Bali Ram Bhagat Bihar 1993 1993 13 Gulsher Ahmed Madhya Pradesh 1993 1993 (11) Surendra Nath National Capital Territory of Delhi 1993 1994 14 Viswanathan Ratnam(Acting) Tamil Nadu 1994 1994 15 Sudhakarrao Naik Maharashtra 1994 1995 16 Mahabir Prasad(Additional Charge) Uttar Pradesh 1995 1995 17 Sheila Kaul Uttar Pradesh 1995 1996 (16) Mahabir Prasad(Additional Charge) Uttar Pradesh 1996 1997 18 V. S. Ramadevi Andhra Pradesh 1997 1999 19 Vishnu Kant Shastri West Bengal 1999 2000 K. R. Narayanan 20 Suraj Bhan Haryana 2000 2003 21 Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje Madhya Pradesh 2003 2008 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 22 Prabha Rau Maharashtra 2008 2010 Pratibha Patil 23 Urmila Singh Madhya Pradesh 2010 2015 24 Kalyan Singh(Additional Charge) Uttar Pradesh 2015 2015 Pranab Mukherjee 25 Acharya Dev Vrat Haryana 2015 2019 26 Kalraj Mishra Uttar Pradesh 2019 2019 Ramnath Kovind 27 Bandaru Dattatreya Telangana 2019 2021 28 Rajendra Arlekar Goa 2021 2023 29 Shiv Pratap Shukla Uttar Pradesh 2023 2026 Droupadi Murmu30 Kavinder Gupta (born 1960)Jammu and Kashmir 2026Incumbent
Oath Main, [Name], Ishwar ki shapath leta hoon (ya nishtha se pratigya karta hoon) ki main sachhe mann se Governor (Rajyapal) ke roop mein [State Name] ke pad ka karyabhar sambhalunga (ya zimmedari uthaunga). Main apni poori kabiliyat se Samvidhan (Constitution) aur kanoon (Law) ki raksha, suraksha aur bachaav karunga, aur main apne aap ko [State Name] ki janta ki seva aur kalyan (well-being) mein samarpit karunga." See also
Himachal Pradesh Governors of India Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Government of Himachal Pradesh
References
External links
H.P.Vidhan Sabha-Past Governor's