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List of governors of Manipur

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List of governors of Manipur

The Governor of Manipur is the constitutional head of state of the Indian state of Manipur. The governor is appointed by the president of India. Though all official affairs of the state are administered and carried out in the name of the governor, the real executive power rests with the chief minister who is a member of the legislative assembly and is the leader of the majority party in the house. The official residence of the governor is Lok Bhavan. The position of the governor of Manipur came into existence in January 1972. The first governor to be appointed was Braj Kumar Nehru, then Governor of Assam who also served as the governor of the other north-eastern states of Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Tripura. The current governor is Ajay Kumar Bhalla who has been in office since January 2025.

Infobox

Style
His Excellency
Residence
Lok Bhavan; Imphal
Appointer
President of India
Term length
At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder
B. K. Nehru
Formation
21 January 1972 (1972-01-21)

Tables

· List
Time in office
Time in office
#
From
Name (born – died)
Time in office
Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001)
Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001)
#
1
Name (born – died)
Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001)
Home state
Uttar Pradesh
Tenure in office
21 January 1972
Tenure in office
20 September 1973
Tenure in office
1 year, 242 days
Appointer (President)
V. V. Giri
Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd) (1912–1998)
Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd) (1912–1998)
#
2
Name (born – died)
Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd) (1912–1998)
Home state
Bihar
Tenure in office
21 September 1973
Tenure in office
11 August 1981
Tenure in office
7 years, 323 days
S. M. H. Burney IAS (Retd) (1924–2014)
S. M. H. Burney IAS (Retd) (1924–2014)
#
3
Name (born – died)
S. M. H. Burney IAS (Retd) (1924–2014)
Home state
Uttar Pradesh
Tenure in office
11 August 1981
Tenure in office
11 June 1984[§]
Tenure in office
2 years, 305 days
Appointer (President)
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
General K. V. Krishna Rao (Retd) PVSM (1923–2016)
General K. V. Krishna Rao (Retd) PVSM (1923–2016)
#
4
Name (born – died)
General K. V. Krishna Rao (Retd) PVSM (1923–2016)
Home state
Andhra Pradesh
Tenure in office
11 June 1984
Tenure in office
10 July 1989[§]
Tenure in office
5 years, 29 days
Appointer (President)
Zail Singh
Chintamani Panigrahi (1922–2000)
Chintamani Panigrahi (1922–2000)
#
5
Name (born – died)
Chintamani Panigrahi (1922–2000)
Home state
Orissa
Tenure in office
10 July 1989
Tenure in office
19 March 1993[‡]
Tenure in office
3 years, 252 days
Appointer (President)
Ramaswamy Venkataraman
K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) (Additional Charge)
K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) (Additional Charge)
#
6
Name (born – died)
K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) (Additional Charge)
Home state
Andhra Pradesh
Tenure in office
20 March 1993
Tenure in office
30 August 1993[§]
Tenure in office
163 days
Appointer (President)
Shankar Dayal Sharma
Lieutenant General V. K. Nayar (Retd) PVSM SM (d. 2015)
Lieutenant General V. K. Nayar (Retd) PVSM SM (d. 2015)
#
7
Name (born – died)
Lieutenant General V. K. Nayar (Retd) PVSM SM (d. 2015)
Home state
–
Tenure in office
30 August 1993
Tenure in office
22 December 1994[‡]
Tenure in office
1 year, 114 days
Oudh Narayan Shrivastava IPS (Retd) (born 1935) (Additional charge till 11 November 1996)
Oudh Narayan Shrivastava IPS (Retd) (born 1935) (Additional charge till 11 November 1996)
#
8
Name (born – died)
Oudh Narayan Shrivastava IPS (Retd) (born 1935) (Additional charge till 11 November 1996)
Home state
Madhya Pradesh
Tenure in office
23 December 1994
Tenure in office
1 December 1999
Tenure in office
4 years, 343 days
Ved Marwah IPS (Retd) (1934–2020)
Ved Marwah IPS (Retd) (1934–2020)
#
9
Name (born – died)
Ved Marwah IPS (Retd) (1934–2020)
Home state
National Capital Territory of Delhi
Tenure in office
2 December 1999
Tenure in office
12 June 2003[§]
Tenure in office
3 years, 192 days
Appointer (President)
K. R. Narayanan
Arvind Dave IPS (Retd) (born 1940)
Arvind Dave IPS (Retd) (born 1940)
#
10
Name (born – died)
Arvind Dave IPS (Retd) (born 1940)
Home state
Uttar Pradesh
Tenure in office
13 June 2003
Tenure in office
5 August 2004
Tenure in office
1 year, 53 days
Appointer (President)
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Shivinder Singh Sidhu IAS (Retd) (1929–2018)
Shivinder Singh Sidhu IAS (Retd) (1929–2018)
#
11
Name (born – died)
Shivinder Singh Sidhu IAS (Retd) (1929–2018)
Home state
Punjab
Tenure in office
6 August 2004
Tenure in office
22 July 2008[§]
Tenure in office
3 years, 351 days
Gurbachan Jagat IPS (Retd) (born 1942)
Gurbachan Jagat IPS (Retd) (born 1942)
#
12
Name (born – died)
Gurbachan Jagat IPS (Retd) (born 1942)
Home state
Chandigarh
Tenure in office
23 July 2008
Tenure in office
28 July 2013
Tenure in office
5 years, 5 days
Appointer (President)
Pratibha Patil
Ashwani Kumar IPS (Retd) (1950–2020) (Additional Charge)
Ashwani Kumar IPS (Retd) (1950–2020) (Additional Charge)
#
13
Name (born – died)
Ashwani Kumar IPS (Retd) (1950–2020) (Additional Charge)
Home state
Himachal Pradesh
Tenure in office
29 July 2013
Tenure in office
30 December 2013
Tenure in office
154 days
Appointer (President)
Pranab Mukherjee
Vinod Kumar Duggal IAS (Retd) (born 1944)
Vinod Kumar Duggal IAS (Retd) (born 1944)
#
14
Name (born – died)
Vinod Kumar Duggal IAS (Retd) (born 1944)
Home state
Punjab
Tenure in office
31 December 2013
Tenure in office
14 September 2014[‡]
Tenure in office
257 days
Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd) (born 1948) (Additional Charge)
Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd) (born 1948) (Additional Charge)
#
15
Name (born – died)
Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd) (born 1948) (Additional Charge)
Home state
Chandigarh
Tenure in office
16 September 2014
Tenure in office
15 May 2015
Tenure in office
241 days
Syed Ahmed (1943–2015)
Syed Ahmed (1943–2015)
#
16
Name (born – died)
Syed Ahmed (1943–2015)
Home state
Maharashtra
Tenure in office
16 May 2015
Tenure in office
27 September 2015[†]
Tenure in office
134 days
V. Shanmuganathan (born 1949) (Additional Charge)
V. Shanmuganathan (born 1949) (Additional Charge)
#
17
Name (born – died)
V. Shanmuganathan (born 1949) (Additional Charge)
Home state
Tamil Nadu
Tenure in office
30 September 2015
Tenure in office
20 August 2016
Tenure in office
325 days
Najma Heptulla (born 1940)
Najma Heptulla (born 1940)
#
18
Name (born – died)
Najma Heptulla (born 1940)
Home state
Madhya Pradesh
Tenure in office
21 August 2016
Tenure in office
1 May 2018
Tenure in office
1 year, 253 days
Jagdish Mukhi (born 1942) (Acting)
Jagdish Mukhi (born 1942) (Acting)
#
19
Name (born – died)
Jagdish Mukhi (born 1942) (Acting)
Home state
National Capital Territory of Delhi
Tenure in office
2 May 2018
Tenure in office
30 May 2018
Tenure in office
28 days
Appointer (President)
Ram Nath Kovind
Najma Heptulla (born 1940)
Najma Heptulla (born 1940)
#
(18)
Name (born – died)
Najma Heptulla (born 1940)
Home state
Madhya Pradesh
Tenure in office
31 May 2018
Tenure in office
26 June 2019
Tenure in office
1 year, 26 days
Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (1931–2023) (Acting)
Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (1931–2023) (Acting)
#
20
Name (born – died)
Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (1931–2023) (Acting)
Home state
Karnataka
Tenure in office
27 June 2019
Tenure in office
22 July 2019
Tenure in office
25 days
Najma Heptulla (born 1940)
Najma Heptulla (born 1940)
#
(18)
Name (born – died)
Najma Heptulla (born 1940)
Home state
Madhya Pradesh
Tenure in office
23 July 2019
Tenure in office
11 August 2021
Tenure in office
2 years, 19 days
Ganga Prasad Chaurasia (born 1939) (Additional Charge)
Ganga Prasad Chaurasia (born 1939) (Additional Charge)
#
21
Name (born – died)
Ganga Prasad Chaurasia (born 1939) (Additional Charge)
Home state
Bihar
Tenure in office
12 August 2021
Tenure in office
26 August 2021
Tenure in office
14 days
La. Ganesan (1945–2025)
La. Ganesan (1945–2025)
#
22
Name (born – died)
La. Ganesan (1945–2025)
Home state
Tamil Nadu
Tenure in office
27 August 2021
Tenure in office
21 February 2023[§]
Tenure in office
1 year, 178 days
Anusuiya Uikey (born 1957)
Anusuiya Uikey (born 1957)
#
23
Name (born – died)
Anusuiya Uikey (born 1957)
Home state
Madhya Pradesh
Tenure in office
22 February 2023
Tenure in office
29 July 2024
Tenure in office
1 year, 158 days
Appointer (President)
Droupadi Murmu
Lakshman Prasad Acharya (born 1954) (Additional Charge)
Lakshman Prasad Acharya (born 1954) (Additional Charge)
#
24
Name (born – died)
Lakshman Prasad Acharya (born 1954) (Additional Charge)
Home state
Uttar Pradesh
Tenure in office
31 July 2024
Tenure in office
2 January 2025
Tenure in office
155 days
Ajay Kumar Bhalla IAS (Retd.) (born 1960)
Ajay Kumar Bhalla IAS (Retd.) (born 1960)
#
25
Name (born – died)
Ajay Kumar Bhalla IAS (Retd.) (born 1960)
Home state
Punjab
Tenure in office
3 January 2025
Tenure in office
Incumbent
Tenure in office
1 year, 137 days
#
Portrait
Name (born – died)
Home state
Tenure in office
Appointer (President)
From
To
Time in office
1
Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001)
Uttar Pradesh
21 January 1972
20 September 1973
1 year, 242 days
V. V. Giri
2
Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd) (1912–1998)
Bihar
21 September 1973
11 August 1981
7 years, 323 days
3
S. M. H. Burney IAS (Retd) (1924–2014)
Uttar Pradesh
11 August 1981
11 June 1984[§]
2 years, 305 days
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
4
General K. V. Krishna Rao (Retd) PVSM (1923–2016)
Andhra Pradesh
11 June 1984
10 July 1989[§]
5 years, 29 days
Zail Singh
5
Chintamani Panigrahi (1922–2000)
Orissa
10 July 1989
19 March 1993[‡]
3 years, 252 days
Ramaswamy Venkataraman
6
K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) (Additional Charge)
Andhra Pradesh
20 March 1993
30 August 1993[§]
163 days
Shankar Dayal Sharma
7
Lieutenant General V. K. Nayar (Retd) PVSM SM (d. 2015)
–
30 August 1993
22 December 1994[‡]
1 year, 114 days
8
Oudh Narayan Shrivastava IPS (Retd) (born 1935) (Additional charge till 11 November 1996)
Madhya Pradesh
23 December 1994
1 December 1999
4 years, 343 days
9
Ved Marwah IPS (Retd) (1934–2020)
National Capital Territory of Delhi
2 December 1999
12 June 2003[§]
3 years, 192 days
K. R. Narayanan
10
Arvind Dave IPS (Retd) (born 1940)
Uttar Pradesh
13 June 2003
5 August 2004
1 year, 53 days
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
11
Shivinder Singh Sidhu IAS (Retd) (1929–2018)
Punjab
6 August 2004
22 July 2008[§]
3 years, 351 days
12
Gurbachan Jagat IPS (Retd) (born 1942)
Chandigarh
23 July 2008
28 July 2013
5 years, 5 days
Pratibha Patil
13
Ashwani Kumar IPS (Retd) (1950–2020) (Additional Charge)
Himachal Pradesh
29 July 2013
30 December 2013
154 days
Pranab Mukherjee
14
Vinod Kumar Duggal IAS (Retd) (born 1944)
Punjab
31 December 2013
14 September 2014[‡]
257 days
15
Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd) (born 1948) (Additional Charge)
Chandigarh
16 September 2014
15 May 2015
241 days
16
Syed Ahmed (1943–2015)
Maharashtra
16 May 2015
27 September 2015[†]
134 days
17
V. Shanmuganathan (born 1949) (Additional Charge)
Tamil Nadu
30 September 2015
20 August 2016
325 days
18
Najma Heptulla (born 1940)
Madhya Pradesh
21 August 2016
1 May 2018
1 year, 253 days
19
Jagdish Mukhi (born 1942) (Acting)
National Capital Territory of Delhi
2 May 2018
30 May 2018
28 days
Ram Nath Kovind
(18)
Najma Heptulla (born 1940)
Madhya Pradesh
31 May 2018
26 June 2019
1 year, 26 days
20
Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (1931–2023) (Acting)
Karnataka
27 June 2019
22 July 2019
25 days
(18)
Najma Heptulla (born 1940)
Madhya Pradesh
23 July 2019
11 August 2021
2 years, 19 days
21
Ganga Prasad Chaurasia (born 1939) (Additional Charge)
Bihar
12 August 2021
26 August 2021
14 days
22
La. Ganesan (1945–2025)
Tamil Nadu
27 August 2021
21 February 2023[§]
1 year, 178 days
23
Anusuiya Uikey (born 1957)
Madhya Pradesh
22 February 2023
29 July 2024
1 year, 158 days
Droupadi Murmu
24
Lakshman Prasad Acharya (born 1954) (Additional Charge)
Uttar Pradesh
31 July 2024
2 January 2025
155 days
25
Ajay Kumar Bhalla IAS (Retd.) (born 1960)
Punjab
3 January 2025
Incumbent
1 year, 137 days

References

  1. Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam and Nagaland (1968–1973); and Governor of Meghalaya and Tripura (1972–
  2. Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura
  3. Concurrently also served as the Governor of Nagaland and Tripura
  4. Transferred as the Governor of Haryana
  5. Transferred as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
  6. Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
  7. Transferred as the Governor of Jharkhand
  8. Transferred as the Governor of Goa
  9. Transferred as the Governor of Nagaland
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