A governor in India is the head of a state appointed by the Indian president . While governance in the states is exercised by the respective chief minister , the governorship is mainly of a ceremonial nature. The duties of the governors and vice-governors at the state level are roughly the same as those of the president at the Union level. A regular term of office lasts five years. Your most important political instrument is the power to impose the President's rule on the President across the state to propose. In contrast to the head of government and the regional political landscape, the office is usually not occupied by a person from the respective state.
In the union territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands , Delhi , Jammu and Kashmir , Ladakh and Puducherry , it bears the designation of lieutenant governor with the same powers . In the other Union territories of Chandigarh , Dadra and Nagar Haveli , Daman and Diu and Lakshadweep , the position is occupied by an administrator from the Indian Administrative Service .
Overview
There are a total of 28 governors in the states, five lieutenant governors and four administrators. The following list reflects the status of August 2020:
State
Surname
In office since
Former
Andaman and Nicobar Islands *
Devendra Kumar Joshi
October 8, 2017
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Andhra Pradesh
Biswabhusan Harichandan
July 24, 2019
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Arunachal Pradesh
BD Mishra
3rd October 2017
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Assam
Jagdish Mukhi
October 10, 2017
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Bihar
Phagu Chauhan
29th July 2019
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Chandigarh **
VP Singh Badnore
22nd August 2016
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Chhattisgarh
Anusuiya Uikey
29th July 2019
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu **
Praful Khoda Patel
December 30, 2016
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Delhi *
Anil Baijal
December 31, 2016
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Goa
Mridula Sinha
August 26, 2014
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Gujarat
Acharya Devvrat
July 22, 2019
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Haryana
Satyadev Narayan Arya
August 25, 2018
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Himachal Pradesh
Bandaru Dattatreya
September 11, 2019
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Jammu and Kashmir *
Girish Chandra Murmu
October 31, 2019
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Jharkhand
Draupadi Murmu
May 18, 2015
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Karnataka
Vajubhai Vala
September 1, 2014
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Kerala
Arif Mohammad Khan
September 6, 2019
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Ladakh *
Radha Krishna Mathur
October 31, 2019
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Lakshadweep **
Dineshwar Sharma
3rd November 2019
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Madhya Pradesh
Lalji Tandon
29th July 2019
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Maharashtra
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
5th September 2019
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Manipur
Najma Heptulla
17th August 2016
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Meghalaya
Tathagata Roy
August 25, 2018
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Mizoram
PS Sreedharan Pillai
October 25, 2019
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Nagaland
RN Ravi
August 1, 2019
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Odisha
Ganeshi Lal
29 May 2018
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Pondicherry *
Kiran Bedi
May 29, 2016
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Punjab
VP Singh Badnore
22nd August 2016
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Rajasthan
Kalraj Mishra
September 9, 2019
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Sikkim
Ganga Prasad
August 26, 2018
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Tamil Nadu
Banwarilal Purohit
October 6, 2017
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Telangana
Tamilisai Soundararajan
September 8, 2019
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Tripura
Ramesh Bais
29th July 2019
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Uttarakhand
Baby Rani Maurya
August 26, 2018
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Uttar Pradesh
Anandiben patel
29th July 2019
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West Bengal
Jagdeep Dhankar
July 30, 2019
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* Union territory with lieutenant governor
** Union territory with administrator
See also
literature
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