| # | Portrait | Name(born – died) | Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer(President) |
| From | To | Time in office |
| 1 | | Jairamdas Daulatram(1891–1979 | Maharashtra | 15 August1947 | 11 January1948 | 149 days | Lord Mountbatten(Governor-General) |
| 2 | | Madhav Shrihari Aney(1880–1968) | Maharashtra | 12 January1948 | 14 June1952 | 4 years, 154 days |
| 3 | | R. R. Diwakar(1894–1990) | Karnataka | 15 June1952 | 5 July1957 | 5 years, 20 days | Rajendra Prasad |
| 4 | | Zakir Husain(1897–1969) | Andhra Pradesh | 6 July1957 | 11 May1962[‡] | 4 years, 309 days |
| 5 | | M. A. Ayyangar(1891–1978) | Andhra Pradesh | 12 May1962 | 6 December1967 | 5 years, 208 days |
| 6 | | Nityanand Kanungo(1900–1988) | Orissa | 7 December1967 | 20 January1971 | 3 years, 44 days | Zakir Husain |
| – | | JusticeUjjal Narayan SinhaChief Justice, Patna High Court(Acting) | Bihar | 21 January1971 | 31 January1971 | 10 days | V. V. Giri |
| 7 | | Dev Kant Barooah(1914–1996) | Assam | 1 February1971 | 4 February1973 | 2 years, 3 days |
| 8 | | Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare(1916–1988) | Maharashtra | 4 February1973 | 15 June1976[§] | 3 years, 132 days |
| 9 | | Jagannath Kaushal(1915–2001) | Chandigarh | 16 June1976 | 31 January1979 | 2 years, 229 days | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| – | | JusticeKrishna Ballabh Narayan Singh(1922–1999)Chief Justice, Patna High Court(Acting) | Bihar | 31 January1979 | 19 September1979 | 231 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 10 | | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai(1921–2016) | National Capital Territory of Delhi | 20 September1979 | 15 March1985 | 5 years, 176 days |
| 11 | | Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah(1921–1983) | Andhra Pradesh | 15 March1985 | 25 February1988[§] | 2 years, 347 days | Zail Singh |
| 12 | | Govind Narayan Singh(1920–2005) | Madhya Pradesh | 26 February1988 | 24 January1989[‡] | 333 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| – | | JusticeDipak Kumar Sen(born 1927)Chief Justice, Patna High Court(Acting) | West Bengal | 24 January1989 | 28 January1989 | 4 days |
| – | | R. D. PradhanIAS (Retd)(1928–2020)Governor of Arunachal Pradesh(Additional Charge) | Maharashtra | 29 January1989 | 2 March1989 | 32 days |
| 13 | | Jagannath Pahadia(1932–2021) | Rajasthan | 3 March1989 | 2 February1990[‡] | 336 days |
| – | | JusticeGangadhar Ganesh SohaniChief Justice, Patna High Court(Acting) | Madhya Pradesh | 2 February1990 | 16 February1990 | 14 days |
| 14 | | Mohammad Yunus Saleem(1912–2004) | Uttar Pradesh | 16 February1990 | 30 December1990 | 317 days |
| – | | B. Satya Narayan Reddy(1927–2012)Governor of Uttar Pradesh(Acting) | Andhra Pradesh | 30 December1990 | 8 January1991 | 9 days |
| 14 | | Mohammad Yunus Saleem(1912–2004) | Uttar Pradesh | 9 January1991 | 13 February1991[‡] | 35 days |
| – | | B. Satya Narayan Reddy(1927–2012)Governor of Uttar Pradesh(Additional Charge) | Andhra Pradesh | 14 February1991 | 18 March1991 | 32 days |
| 15 | | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi(1928–2016) | Jammu and Kashmir | 19 March1991 | 13 August1993[§] | 2 years, 147 days |
| (10) | | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai(1921–2016) | National Capital Territory of Delhi | 14 August1993 | 26 April1998 | 4 years, 255 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 16 | | Sunder Singh Bhandari(1921–2005) | Rajasthan | 27 April1998 | 15 March1999[§] | 322 days | K. R. Narayanan |
| – | | JusticeBrij Mohan Lal(1937–2001)Chief Justice, Patna High Court(Acting) | National Capital Territory of Delhi | 15 March1999 | 5 October1999 | 204 days |
| – | | Suraj Bhan(1928–2006)Governor of Uttar Pradesh(Additional Charge) | Haryana | 6 October1999 | 22 November1999 | 47 days |
| 17 | | Vinod Chandra PandeIAS (Retd)(1938–2005) | Uttar Pradesh | 23 November1999 | 12 June2003[§] | 3 years, 201 days |
| 18 | | Justice (Retd)Mandagadde Rama Jois(1931–2021) | Karnataka | 12 June2003 | 31 October2004[‡] | 1 year, 141 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| – | | Ved MarwahIPS (Retd)(1934–2020)Governor of Jharkhand(Additional Charge) | National Capital Territory of Delhi | 1 November2004 | 4 November2004 | 3 days |
| 19 | | Buta Singh(1934–2021) | Punjab | 5 November2004 | 29 January2006[‡] | 1 year, 85 days |
| – | | Gopalkrishna GandhiIAS (Retd)(born 1945)Governor of West Bengal(Additional Charge) | National Capital Territory of Delhi | 31 January2006 | 21 June2006 | 141 days |
| 20 | | R. S. Gavai(1929–2015) | Maharashtra | 22 June2006 | 9 July2008[§] | 2 years, 17 days |
| 21 | | R. L. Bhatia(1920–2021) | Punjab | 10 July2008 | 28 June2009 | 353 days | Pratibha Patil |
| 22 | | Devanand Konwar(1934–2020) | Assam | 29 June2009 | 21 March2013[§] | 3 years, 265 days |
| 23 | | D. Y. Patil(born 1935) | Maharashtra | 22 March2013 | 26 November2014 | 1 year, 249 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
| – | | Keshari Nath Tripathi(1934–2023)Governor of West Bengal(Additional Charge) | Uttar Pradesh | 27 November2014 | 15 August2015 | 261 days |
| 24 | | Ram Nath Kovind(born 1945) | Uttar Pradesh | 16 August2015 | 20 June2017[‡] | 1 year, 308 days |
| – | | Keshari Nath Tripathi(1934–2023)Governor of West Bengal(Additional Charge) | Uttar Pradesh | 20 June2017 | 29 September2017 | 101 days |
| 25 | | Satya Pal Malik(1946–2025) | Uttar Pradesh | 30 September2017 | 22 August2018[§] | 326 days | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 26 | | Lalji Tandon(1935–2020) | Uttar Pradesh | 23 August2018 | 28 July2019[§] | 339 days |
| 27 | | Phagu Chauhan(born 1948) | Uttar Pradesh | 29 July2019 | 16 February2023[§] | 3 years, 202 days |
| 28 | | Rajendra Arlekar(born 1954) | Goa | 17 February2023 | 1 January2025[§] | 1 year, 319 days | Droupadi Murmu |
| 29 | | Arif Mohammad Khan(born 1951) | Uttar Pradesh | 2 January2025 | Incumbent | 306 days |