List of governors of Haryana
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This is a list of governors of the Indian state of Haryana, which was carved out from Punjab on 1 November 1966.
Infobox
Style
His Excellency
Residence
Lok Bhavan; Chandigarh
Appointer
President of India
Term length
At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder
Dharma Vira
Formation
1 November 1966 (1966-11-01)
Website
https://lokbhavan.haryana.gov.in
Tables
· List
Time in office
Time in office
#
From
Name
(born – died)
Time in office
Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
(1893–1980)
Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
(1893–1980)
#
1
Name
(born – died)
Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
(1893–1980)
Home state
Bombay Presidency
Tenure in office
15 August
1947
Tenure in office
26 January
1950
Tenure in office
2 years, 164 days
Appointer
(President)
Lord Mountbatten
(Governor-General)
Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
(1893–1980)
Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
(1893–1980)
#
(1)
Name
(born – died)
Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
(1893–1980)
Home state
Bombay Presidency
Tenure in office
26 January
1950
Tenure in office
11 March
1953
Tenure in office
3 years, 44 days
Appointer
(President)
Rajendra Prasad
Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
(1901–1994)
Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
(1901–1994)
#
2
Name
(born – died)
Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
(1901–1994)
Home state
Bihar
Tenure in office
11 March
1953
Tenure in office
15 September
1958
Tenure in office
5 years, 188 days
Narhar Vishnu Gadgil
(1896–1966)
Narhar Vishnu Gadgil
(1896–1966)
#
3
Name
(born – died)
Narhar Vishnu Gadgil
(1896–1966)
Home state
Madhya Pradesh
Tenure in office
15 September
1958
Tenure in office
1 October
1962
Tenure in office
4 years, 16 days
Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
(1885–1970)
Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
(1885–1970)
#
4
Name
(born – died)
Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
(1885–1970)
Home state
Kerala
Tenure in office
1 October
1962
Tenure in office
4 May
1964[§]
Tenure in office
1 year, 216 days
Appointer
(President)
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim
(1889–1968)
Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim
(1889–1968)
#
5
Name
(born – died)
Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim
(1889–1968)
Home state
Uttar Pradesh
Tenure in office
4 May
1964
Tenure in office
1 September
1965
Tenure in office
1 year, 120 days
Ujjal Singh
(1895–1983)
Ujjal Singh
(1895–1983)
#
6
Name
(born – died)
Ujjal Singh
(1895–1983)
Home state
Punjab
Tenure in office
1 September
1965
Tenure in office
26 June
1966[§]
Tenure in office
298 days
Dharma Vira
ICS (Retd)
(1906–2000)
Dharma Vira
ICS (Retd)
(1906–2000)
#
7
Name
(born – died)
Dharma Vira
ICS (Retd)
(1906–2000)
Home state
Uttar Pradesh
Tenure in office
27 June
1966
Tenure in office
1 June
1967[§]
Tenure in office
339 days
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) | Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| Governor of East Punjab | |||||||
| 1 | | Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (1893–1980) | Bombay Presidency | 15 August 1947 | 26 January 1950 | 2 years, 164 days | Lord Mountbatten (Governor-General) |
| Governor of Punjab | |||||||
| (1) | | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (1893–1980) | Bombay Presidency | 26 January 1950 | 11 March 1953 | 3 years, 44 days | Rajendra Prasad |
| 2 | | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (1901–1994) | Bihar | 11 March 1953 | 15 September 1958 | 5 years, 188 days | |
| 3 | | Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (1896–1966) | Madhya Pradesh | 15 September 1958 | 1 October 1962 | 4 years, 16 days | |
| 4 | | Pattom A. Thanu Pillai (1885–1970) | Kerala | 1 October 1962 | 4 May 1964[§] | 1 year, 216 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 5 | | Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim (1889–1968) | Uttar Pradesh | 4 May 1964 | 1 September 1965 | 1 year, 120 days | |
| 6 | | Ujjal Singh (1895–1983) | Punjab | 1 September 1965 | 26 June 1966[§] | 298 days | |
| 7 | | Dharma Vira ICS (Retd) (1906–2000) | Uttar Pradesh | 27 June 1966 | 1 June 1967[§] | 339 days | |
· List
Time in office
Time in office
#
From
Name
(born – died)
Time in office
Dharma Vira
ICS (Retd)
(1906–2000)
Governor of Punjab
Dharma Vira
ICS (Retd)
(1906–2000)
Governor of Punjab
#
1
Name
(born – died)
Dharma Vira
ICS (Retd)
(1906–2000)
Governor of Punjab
Home state
Uttar Pradesh
Tenure in office
1 November
1966
Tenure in office
14 September
1967[§]
Tenure in office
317 days
Appointer
(President)
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
ICS (Retd)
(1904–1976)
Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
ICS (Retd)
(1904–1976)
#
2
Name
(born – died)
Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
ICS (Retd)
(1904–1976)
Home state
West Bengal
Tenure in office
15 September
1967
Tenure in office
26 March
1976[†]
Tenure in office
8 years, 193 days
Appointer
(President)
Zakir Husain
Justice
Ranjit Singh Narula
(1908–2005)
(Additional charge)
Justice
Ranjit Singh Narula
(1908–2005)
(Additional charge)
#
3
Name
(born – died)
Justice
Ranjit Singh Narula
(1908–2005)
(Additional charge)
Home state
Punjab
Tenure in office
27 March
1976
Tenure in office
13 August
1976
Tenure in office
139 days
Appointer
(President)
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Jaisukh Lal Hathi
(1909–1982)
Jaisukh Lal Hathi
(1909–1982)
#
4
Name
(born – died)
Jaisukh Lal Hathi
(1909–1982)
Home state
Gujarat
Tenure in office
14 August
1976
Tenure in office
23 September
1977[§]
Tenure in office
1 year, 40 days
Harcharan Singh Brar
(1922–2009)
Harcharan Singh Brar
(1922–2009)
#
5
Name
(born – died)
Harcharan Singh Brar
(1922–2009)
Home state
Punjab
Tenure in office
24 September
1977
Tenure in office
9 December
1979[‡]
Tenure in office
2 years, 76 days
Appointer
(President)
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Justice
Surjit Singh Sandhawalia
(1925–2007)
(Additional charge)
Justice
Surjit Singh Sandhawalia
(1925–2007)
(Additional charge)
#
6
Name
(born – died)
Justice
Surjit Singh Sandhawalia
(1925–2007)
(Additional charge)
Home state
Punjab
Tenure in office
10 December
1979
Tenure in office
27 February
1980
Tenure in office
79 days
Ganpatrao Devji Tapase
(1909–1992)
Ganpatrao Devji Tapase
(1909–1992)
#
7
Name
(born – died)
Ganpatrao Devji Tapase
(1909–1992)
Home state
Maharashtra
Tenure in office
28 February
1980
Tenure in office
13 June
1984
Tenure in office
4 years, 106 days
S. M. H. Burney
IAS (Retd)
(1924–2014)
S. M. H. Burney
IAS (Retd)
(1924–2014)
#
8
Name
(born – died)
S. M. H. Burney
IAS (Retd)
(1924–2014)
Home state
Uttar Pradesh
Tenure in office
14 June
1984
Tenure in office
21 February
1988
Tenure in office
3 years, 252 days
Appointer
(President)
Zail Singh
Hari Anand Barari
IPS (Retd)
(1924–2014)
Hari Anand Barari
IPS (Retd)
(1924–2014)
#
9
Name
(born – died)
Hari Anand Barari
IPS (Retd)
(1924–2014)
Home state
West Bengal
Tenure in office
22 February
1988
Tenure in office
6 February
1990[‡]
Tenure in office
1 year, 349 days
Appointer
(President)
Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Dhanik Lal Mandal
(1932–2022)
Dhanik Lal Mandal
(1932–2022)
#
10
Name
(born – died)
Dhanik Lal Mandal
(1932–2022)
Home state
Bihar
Tenure in office
7 February
1990
Tenure in office
13 June
1995
Tenure in office
5 years, 126 days
Mahabir Prasad
(1939–2010)
Mahabir Prasad
(1939–2010)
#
11
Name
(born – died)
Mahabir Prasad
(1939–2010)
Home state
Uttar Pradesh
Tenure in office
14 June
1995
Tenure in office
18 June
2000
Tenure in office
5 years, 4 days
Appointer
(President)
Shankar Dayal Sharma
Babu Parmanand
(1932–2008)
Babu Parmanand
(1932–2008)
#
12
Name
(born – died)
Babu Parmanand
(1932–2008)
Home state
Jammu and Kashmir
Tenure in office
19 June
2000
Tenure in office
1 July
2004[‡]
Tenure in office
4 years, 12 days
Appointer
(President)
K. R. Narayanan
Justice (Retd)
Om Prakash Verma
(1937–2015)
(Additional charge)
Justice (Retd)
Om Prakash Verma
(1937–2015)
(Additional charge)
#
13
Name
(born – died)
Justice (Retd)
Om Prakash Verma
(1937–2015)
(Additional charge)
Home state
Uttar Pradesh
Tenure in office
2 July
2004
Tenure in office
7 July
2004
Tenure in office
5 days
Appointer
(President)
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
(1921–2016)
Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
(1921–2016)
#
14
Name
(born – died)
Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
(1921–2016)
Home state
National Capital Territory of Delhi
Tenure in office
7 July
2004
Tenure in office
27 July
2009
Tenure in office
5 years, 20 days
Jagannath Pahadia
(1932–2021)
Jagannath Pahadia
(1932–2021)
#
15
Name
(born – died)
Jagannath Pahadia
(1932–2021)
Home state
Rajasthan
Tenure in office
27 July
2009
Tenure in office
26 July
2014
Tenure in office
4 years, 364 days
Appointer
(President)
Pratibha Patil
Kaptan Singh Solanki
(born 1939)
Kaptan Singh Solanki
(born 1939)
#
16
Name
(born – died)
Kaptan Singh Solanki
(born 1939)
Home state
Madhya Pradesh
Tenure in office
27 July
2014
Tenure in office
25 August
2018[§]
Tenure in office
4 years, 29 days
Appointer
(President)
Pranab Mukherjee
Satyadev Narayan Arya
(born 1939)
Satyadev Narayan Arya
(born 1939)
#
17
Name
(born – died)
Satyadev Narayan Arya
(born 1939)
Home state
Bihar
Tenure in office
25 August
2018
Tenure in office
6 July
2021[§]
Tenure in office
2 years, 315 days
Appointer
(President)
Ram Nath Kovind
Bandaru Dattatreya
(born 1947)
Bandaru Dattatreya
(born 1947)
#
18
Name
(born – died)
Bandaru Dattatreya
(born 1947)
Home state
Telangana
Tenure in office
7 July
2021
Tenure in office
20 July
2025
Tenure in office
4 years, 13 days
Ashim Kumar Ghosh
(born 1944)
Ashim Kumar Ghosh
(born 1944)
#
19
Name
(born – died)
Ashim Kumar Ghosh
(born 1944)
Home state
West Bengal
Tenure in office
21 July
2025
Tenure in office
Incumbent
Tenure in office
307 days
Appointer
(President)
Droupadi Murmu
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) | Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | | Dharma Vira ICS (Retd) (1906–2000) Governor of Punjab | Uttar Pradesh | 1 November 1966 | 14 September 1967[§] | 317 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 2 | | Birendra Narayan Chakraborty ICS (Retd) (1904–1976) | West Bengal | 15 September 1967 | 26 March 1976[†] | 8 years, 193 days | Zakir Husain |
| 3 | | Justice Ranjit Singh Narula (1908–2005) (Additional charge) | Punjab | 27 March 1976 | 13 August 1976 | 139 days | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| 4 | | Jaisukh Lal Hathi (1909–1982) | Gujarat | 14 August 1976 | 23 September 1977[§] | 1 year, 40 days | |
| 5 | | Harcharan Singh Brar (1922–2009) | Punjab | 24 September 1977 | 9 December 1979[‡] | 2 years, 76 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 6 | | Justice Surjit Singh Sandhawalia (1925–2007) (Additional charge) | Punjab | 10 December 1979 | 27 February 1980 | 79 days | |
| 7 | | Ganpatrao Devji Tapase (1909–1992) | Maharashtra | 28 February 1980 | 13 June 1984 | 4 years, 106 days | |
| 8 | | S. M. H. Burney IAS (Retd) (1924–2014) | Uttar Pradesh | 14 June 1984 | 21 February 1988 | 3 years, 252 days | Zail Singh |
| 9 | | Hari Anand Barari IPS (Retd) (1924–2014) | West Bengal | 22 February 1988 | 6 February 1990[‡] | 1 year, 349 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 10 | | Dhanik Lal Mandal (1932–2022) | Bihar | 7 February 1990 | 13 June 1995 | 5 years, 126 days | |
| 11 | | Mahabir Prasad (1939–2010) | Uttar Pradesh | 14 June 1995 | 18 June 2000 | 5 years, 4 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 12 | | Babu Parmanand (1932–2008) | Jammu and Kashmir | 19 June 2000 | 1 July 2004[‡] | 4 years, 12 days | K. R. Narayanan |
| 13 | | Justice (Retd) Om Prakash Verma (1937–2015) (Additional charge) | Uttar Pradesh | 2 July 2004 | 7 July 2004 | 5 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 14 | | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (1921–2016) | National Capital Territory of Delhi | 7 July 2004 | 27 July 2009 | 5 years, 20 days | |
| 15 | | Jagannath Pahadia (1932–2021) | Rajasthan | 27 July 2009 | 26 July 2014 | 4 years, 364 days | Pratibha Patil |
| 16 | | Kaptan Singh Solanki (born 1939) | Madhya Pradesh | 27 July 2014 | 25 August 2018[§] | 4 years, 29 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 17 | | Satyadev Narayan Arya (born 1939) | Bihar | 25 August 2018 | 6 July 2021[§] | 2 years, 315 days | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 18 | | Bandaru Dattatreya (born 1947) | Telangana | 7 July 2021 | 20 July 2025 | 4 years, 13 days | |
| 19 | | Ashim Kumar Ghosh (born 1944) | West Bengal | 21 July 2025 | Incumbent | 307 days | Droupadi Murmu |
References
- Transferred as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh
- Transferred as the Governor of Tamil Nadu
- Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
- Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
- Transferred as the Governor of Punjab
- Transferred as the Governor of Tripura