Governors of India - GK Notes in PDF

Your preparation for any competitive exam, be it SSC CGL, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBSP PO,
LIC AAO, Railways RRB etc., is incomplete without having good knowledge in Current
Affairs & General Knowledge. Very often, you will see that the test setters will challenge
your knowledge of Polity & General Awareness. You may be asked to recall the
Governors of India, who have been deployed in all states of India.
These Governors of India are the constitutional heads of each of the twenty-nine states.
Governors of Indian States are appointed by the President of India for a term of five
years, and hold office at the President's pleasure. The governor is the figurative head of
the state government which means that all its executive actions are taken in the
governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected
council of ministers, headed by the chief minister.
While the 29 states are ruled by Governors (Get Complete list of States, Union
Territories & Capitals in PDF Here), the seven Union Territories are ruled by
Lieutenant-Governors or Administrators. Read on to find more about Governors in
India. Dont forget to download these Static GK notes on Governors of India in PDF
format!
Given below, is the list of all the Governors of India (States & Union Territories).

States & Governors of India

Andhra Pradesh E.S.L. Narasimhan
Arunachal Pradesh Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa

Assam Padmanabha Acharya

Bihar Ram Nath Kovind
Chhattisgarh Balram Das Tandon
Goa Mridula Sinha
Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli
Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki
Himachal Pradesh Acharya Dev Vrat
Jammu and Kashmir Narinder Nath Vohra
Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu
Karnataka Vajubhai Vala
Kerala P. Sathasivam
Madhya Pradesh Ram Naresh Yadav
Maharashtra C. Vidyasagar Rao
Manipur V. Shanmugan8than
Mizoram Nirbhay Sharma
Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya
Odisha S.C. Jamir
Punjab Kaptan Singh Solanki
Rajasthan Kalyan Singh
Sikkim Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
Tamil Nadu K. Rosaiah
Telangana E.S.L. Narasimhan
Tripura Tathagata Roy
Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik
Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul
West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi

Union Territories & Lieutenant-Governors

Andamans & Nicobar Islands A.K. Singh
Delhi Najeeb Jung
Puducherry Kiran Bedi

Union Territories & Administrators

Chandigarh Kaptan Singh Solanki
Dadra & Nagar Haveli Ashish Kundra
Daman & Diu Ashish Kundra
Lakshadweep Vijay Kumar

Some Trivia about Governors of India

Sarojini Naidu was the first female Governor of an Indian State. She governed
United Provinces of Agra & Oudh (now Uttar Pradesh) from 15 August 1947 to
2 March 1949.

Padmaja Naidu, daughter of Sarojini Naidu, was the longest serving Governor of
a state with a serving tenure of 11 years in West Bengal.

Draupadi Murmu is the first woman governor of Jharkhand.

Dr. A.K. Kidwai is the longest serving Governor of India, serving as Governors for
Bihar, West Bengal and Haryana.

Articles 157 and 158 of the Constitution of India deal with eligibility requirements
of a Governor of India.

The eligibility criteria are:

o Citizenship of India.
o 35 years of age or more.
o Not an MP or MLA.
o Not a holder of any other office of profit.

List of Chief Ministers of Indian States: Click here