This is a list of the governors of Punjab state in India since 15 August 1947. Since 1985, the governor of Punjab has acted as the administrator of Chandigarh. There are 37 governors in total.
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Legend Died in office Transferred Resigned/removed
Color key indicates acting/additional charge indicates position vacant
# Portrait Name(borndied) Home state Tenure in office Appointer(President) From To Time in office Governor of East Punjab 1 Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Bombay Presidency 1947 1950 Lord Mountbatten Governor of Punjab 1 Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Bombay Presidency 1950 1953 Rajendra Prasad 2 Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh Bihar 1953 1958 3 Narhar Vishnu Gadgil Madhya Pradesh 1958 1962 4 Pattom A. Thanu Pillai Kerala 1962 1964 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 5 Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim Uttar Pradesh 1964 1965 6 Ujjal Singh Punjab 1965 1966 7 Dharma Vira Uttar Pradesh 1966 1967 8 Mehar Singh(Acting) Punjab 1967 1967 Zakir Husain 9 Dadappa Chintappa Pavate Karnataka 1967 1973 10 Mahendra Mohan Choudhry Assam 1973 1977 V. V. Giri 11 Ranjit Singh Narula(Acting) Punjab 1977 1977 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 12 Jaisukh Lal Hathi Gujarat 1977 1981 13 Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan Rajasthan 1981 1982 14 Marri Chenna Reddy Andhra Pradesh 1982 1983 15 Surjit Singh Sandhawalia(Acting) Punjab 1983 1983 Zail Singh 16 Anant Prasad Sharma Bihar 1983 1983 17 Bhairab Dutt Pande Uttar Pradesh 1983 1984 18 Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala Maharashtra 1984 1985 19 Arjun Singh Madhya Pradesh 1985 1985 20 Hokishe Sema(Additional Charge) Nagaland 1985 1985 21 Shankar Dayal Sharma Madhya Pradesh 1985 1986 22 Siddhartha Shankar Ray West Bengal 1986 1989 23 Nirmal Kumar Mukarji National Capital Territory of Delhi 1989 1990 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 24 Virendra Verma Uttar Pradesh 1990 1990 25 Om Prakash Malhotra Jammu and Kashmir 1990 1991 26 Surendra Nath National Capital Territory of Delhi 1991 1994 27 Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar(Acting) Maharashtra 1994 1994 Shankar Dayal Sharma 28 B. K. N. Chhibber Punjab 1994 1999 29 J. F. R. Jacob West Bengal 1999 2003 K. R. Narayanan 30 Om Prakash Verma Uttar Pradesh 2003 2004 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 31 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai(Additional Charge) National Capital Territory of Delhi 2004 2004 32 Sunith Francis Rodrigues Maharashtra 2004 2010 33 Shivraj Patil 2010 2015 Pratibha Patil 34 Kaptan Singh Solanki Madhya Pradesh 2015 2016 Pranab Mukherjee 35 V. P. Singh BadnoreRajasthan 2016 2021 36Banwarilal Purohit(Additional charge till 11 September 2021) 2021 2024Ram Nath Kovind Position Vacant 2024 2024 37 Gulab Chand Kataria Rajasthan 2024 Incumbent Droupadi Murmu
Oath Main, [Apna Naam], parmatma di sauh khanda han (ya sachche dil nal iqrar karda han) ke main sachche dil nal te poori imandari nal Punjab de Governor (Rajpal) de ohde de farz nibhavanga (ya ohde de kamma nu poora karanga) te apni poori kabliyat nal sanvidhan (Constitution) te kanoon di rakhya, hifazat te bachaav karanga, te main Punjab de lokan di seva te bhalaai vich hamesha laggya rahanga
See also Punjab, India Chief Minister of Punjab Governor (Indian states)
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