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 |
Comparison between the National Emergency (352) and President’s Rule (356)
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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