List of governors of Uttar Pradesh
The following table lists the governors of Uttar Pradesh since India's independence with their respective terms of office. Until 1950 the state still bore its name "United Provinces" from the colonial times. The northern part of the state was separated in 2000 as an independent state of Uttarakhand ( Uttaranchal until 2007 ).
| # | Surname | Taking office | Term expires |
| 1 | Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949) | August 15, 1947 | March 2, 1949 |
| 2 | Bidhubhusan Malik (1895–1981) | March 3, 1949 | May 1, 1949 |
| 3 | Hormasji Peroshaw Mody (1881–1969) | May 2, 1949 | June 1, 1952 |
| 4th | Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887–1971) | June 2, 1952 | June 9, 1957 |
| 5 | VV Giri (1894–1980) | June 10, 1957 | June 30, 1960 |
| 6th | B. Ramakrishna Rao (1899-1967) | July 1, 1960 | April 15, 1962 |
| 7th | Biswanath Das (1889–1984) | April 16, 1962 | April 30, 1967 |
| 8th | Bezawada Gopala Reddy (1907-1997) | May 1, 1967 | June 30, 1972 |
| 9 | Shashi Kant Verma (1911–1988) | July 1, 1972 | November 13, 1972 |
| 10 | Akbar Ali Khan (1899-1994) | November 14, 1972 | October 24, 1974 |
| 11 | M. Chenna Reddy (1919-1996) | October 25, 1974 | 1st October 1977 |
| 12 | Ganpatrao Devji Tapase (1908-1991) | 2nd October 1977 | February 27, 1980 |
| 13 | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (1901-1993) | February 28, 1980 | March 31, 1985 |
| 14th | Mohammed Usman Arif (1923-1995) | March 31, 1985 | February 11, 1990 |
| 15th | B. Satyanarayana Reddy (1927-2012) | February 12, 1990 | May 25, 1993 |
| 16 | Motilal Vora (* 1928) | May 26, 1993 | May 3, 1996 |
| 17th | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1929-2016) | May 3, 1996 | July 19, 1996 |
| 18th | Romesh Bhandari (1928-2013) | July 19, 1996 | March 17, 1998 |
| 19th | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1929-2016) | March 17, 1998 | April 19, 1998 |
| 20th | Suraj Bhan (1928-2006) | April 20, 1998 | November 23, 2000 |
| 21st | Vishnu Kant Shastri (1929-2005) | November 24, 2000 | July 2, 2004 |
| 22nd | Sudarshan Agarwal (1931-2019) | July 3, 2004 | July 7, 2004 |
| 23 | TV Rajeswar (1926-2018) | July 8, 2004 | July 27, 2009 |
| 24 | Banwari Lal Joshi (* 1934) | July 28, 2009 | in office |
| 25th | Aziz Qureshi (*?) | 17th June 2014 | July 21, 2014 |
| 26th | Ram Naik (born 1934) | July 22, 2014 | 28th July 2019 |
| 27 | Anandiben Patel (* 1941) | 29th July 2019 | in office |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ died in office
- ^ International Publications Service: International Who's Who, 1983-84 . Europa Publications Limited, 1983, ISBN 978-0-905-11886-4 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ^ A. & C. Black: Who was who . A. & C. Black, 2002, ISBN 978-0-713-66125-5 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ^ India. Dept. of Justice: Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts, as On ... . Ministry of Law, Justice Affairs, Department of Justice, Government of India, 1980 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ http://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/ShowCase.aspx?CaseId=304102786200
- ↑ http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/t.pdf
- ↑ http://www.uniindia.com/governor-and-cm-condoles-death-of-former-governor-tv-rajeshwar/states/news/1106021.html