List of Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Indian States and Union Territories

Nov 14, 2025, 17:08 IST

The Governor is the chief executive head of the state and works as the representative of the central Government. At present India has 28 state governors and 8 administrators/LG of Union Territories. This article lists all current governers and lieutenant governers of Indian States.

List of Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Indian States and Union Territories
List of Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Indian States and Union Territories

Former Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das was appointed governor of Odisha, a press communique from Rashtrapati Bhawan said on October 18, 2023. Das will replace incumbent Ganeshi Lal.

Articles 153 to 167 in Part VI of the Indian Constitution deals with the State Executive. The State Executive consists of the Governor, the Chief Minister, the Council of Ministers and the Advocate General of the State.

At present India has 28 state governors and 8 administrators/LG of Union Territories. The Governor is the chief executive head of the state. But like the President of India, he is a nominal executive. The Governor also acts as a representative of the central Government.

In this article, we have provided a list of the current governors of Indian states.

List of Governors of Indian States

State Governor
Andhra Pradesh S. Abdul Nazeer
Arunachal Pradesh Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik
Assam Shri Lakshman Prasad Acharya
Bihar Shri Arif Mohammed Khan
Chhattisgarh Ramen Deka
Goa Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Gujarat Acharaya Devvrat
Haryana Ashim Kumar Ghosh
Himachal Pradesh Shiv Pratap Shukla
Jharkhand Santosh Gangwar
Karnataka Santosh Gangwar
Kerala Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
Madhya Pradesh Mangubhai Chaganbhai Patel
Maharashtra Acharya Devvrat
Manipur Ajay Kumar Bhalla
Meghalaya Chandrashekhar H. Vijayashankar
Mizoram General V K Singh
Nagaland Ajay Kumar Bhalla
Odisha Hari Babu Kambhampati
Punjab Shri Gulab Chand Kataria
Rajasthan Haribhau Kisanrao Bagade
Sikkim Om Prakash Mathur
Tamil Nadu R.N. Ravi
Telangana Jishnu Dev Varma
Tripura Indira Sena Reddy Nallu
Uttar Pradesh Anandiben Patel
Uttarakhand Gurmit Singh
West Bengal C. V. Anada Bose

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List of Lieutenant Governors of Indian Union Territories

Union Territories Lieutenant Governers
Andaman & Nicobar Shri. Devendra Kumar Joshi (Lieutenant Governor)
Chandigarh Shri Gulab Chand Kataria
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Praful Khodabhai Patel
Delhi Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena (Lieutenant Governor)
Jammu and Kashmir Shri Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor)
Lakshadweep Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)
Puducherry K. Kailashnathan
Ladakh Kavinder Gupta

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