List of Lieutenant Governors of Pondicherry
The following table lists the lieutenant governors of Puducherry and their respective terms of office. The former French colonial area was de facto annexed by India in 1954 and has been de jure Indian territory since 1962. In 1963 it became an Indian Union Territory . Until 1954 Puducherry was headed by a French governor-general, from 1954 to 1963 by an Indian chief commissioner and since 1963 a lieutenant governor.
| # | Surname | Taking office | Term expires |
| Chief Commissioner | |||
| 1 | Kewal Singh (1915-1991) | November 1, 1954 | November 16, 1956 |
| 2 | Moti K. Kripalani (1901-) | 17th November 1956 | August 28, 1958 |
| 3 | LRS Singh | August 29, 1958 | February 8, 1961 |
| 4th | Sarat Kumar Datta (1908-) | May 2, 1961 | August 1, 1963 |
| 5 | KJ Somasundaram (* 1915) | 2nd August 1963 | October 13, 1963 |
| Lieutenant Governor | |||
| 1 | Sayaji Laxman Silam (1896-) | October 14, 1963 | October 13, 1968 |
| 2 | BD Jatti (1912-2002) | October 14, 1968 | November 7, 1972 |
| 3 | Chhedilal | November 8, 1972 | August 29, 1976 |
| 4th | Bidesh Tukaram Kulkarni (1909–1988) | August 30, 1976 | July 7, 1978 |
| 5 | Prabhudas Balubhai Patwari (1909–1985) | July 8, 1978 | July 22, 1978 |
| 6th | Bidesh Tukaram Kulkarni (1909–1988) | July 23, 1978 | October 31, 1980 |
| 7th | Ram Kishore Vyas (1908-1981) | November 1, 1980 | April 15, 1981 |
| 8th | Sadiq Ali (1910-2001) | April 16, 1981 | July 26, 1981 |
| 9 | Ramdas Narayan Haldipur (1921-2003) | July 27, 1981 | May 14, 1982 |
| 10 | KM Chandy (1921-1998) | May 5th 1982 | 5th August 1983 |
| 11 | Ashok Nath Banerjee (* 1917) | August 6, 1983 | September 1, 1983 |
| 12 | Kona Prabhakara Rao (1916–1990) | 2nd September 1983 | 17th June 1984 |
| 13 | Sundar Lal Khurana (* 1919) | June 18, 1984 | September 30, 1984 |
| 14th | Tribhuvan Prasad Tewary | October 1, 1984 | June 21, 1988 |
| 15th | Ranjit Singh Dayal (1928–2012) | June 22, 1988 | 19th February 1990 |
| 16 | Chandravati (* 1928) | 19th February 1990 | 18th December 1990 |
| 17th | Har Swarup Singh | December 19, 1990 | March 23, 1992 |
| 18th | Bhishma Narain Singh (1933-2018) | March 24, 1992 | April 24, 1992 |
| 19th | Har Swarup Singh | April 25, 1992 | 5th February 1993 |
| 20th | Bhishma Narain Singh (1933-2018) | February 6, 1993 | May 30, 1993 |
| 21st | M. Chenna Reddy (1919-1996) | May 31, 1993 | May 1, 1995 |
| 22nd | Rajendra Kumari Bajpai (1925–1999) | May 2, 1995 | April 22, 1998 |
| 23 | Rajani Rai (* 1931) | April 23, 1998 | July 29, 2002 |
| 24 | Kewalram Ratanmal Malkani (1921-2003) | July 31, 2002 | October 27, 2003 |
| 25th | PS Ramamohan Rao (* 1934) | October 28, 2003 | January 4, 2004 |
| 26th | Nagendra Nath Jha (1935-2020) | January 5, 2004 | July 6, 2004 |
| 27 | Madan Mohan Lakhera (* 1937) | July 7, 2004 | July 18, 2006 |
| 28 | Mukut Mithi (* 1954) | July 19, 2006 | March 12, 2008 |
| 29 | Bhopinder Singh (* 1946) | March 15, 2008 | July 22, 2008 |
| 30th | Govind Singh Gurjar (1932-2009) | July 23, 2008 | April 6, 2009 |
| 31 | Surjit Singh Barnala (1925-2017) | April 9, 2009 | July 27, 2009 |
| 32 | Iqbal Singh (* 1945) | July 27, 2009 | July 9, 2013 |
| 33 | Virendra Kataria (* 1933) | July 10, 2013 | July 11, 2014 |
| 34 | Ajay Kumar Singh | July 12, 2014 | May 26, 2016 |
| 35 | Kiran Bedi (* 1949) | May 29, 2016 | in office |
See also
Web links
- States of India since 1947 - Puducherry (English)
- PONDICHERRY LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ took over the post of Chief Commissioner as the previous Consul General of India in Pondichéry; 1954-55 p. 7
- ↑ 1958-59 p. 14.
- ↑ 1961-62 p. 18.
- ↑ Retired Officers List - Tamil Nadu IASIntranet. In: agaram.tn.gov.in. Retrieved January 14, 2015 .
- ^ A b Asia & Pacific Oceania: Peter Truhart: Asia & Pacific Oceania. Walter de Gruyter, 2003, ISBN 978-3-110-96746-3 , p. 740 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- ↑ 1963-64 p. 15.
- ^ India Who's who. INFA Publications., 1972, p. 261 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- ↑ a b died in office, Pondicherry Lt Governor KR Malkani dead. In: rediff.com. July 31, 2002, accessed January 14, 2015 .
- ↑ Shankarlal C. Bhatt: Land and people of Indian states and union territories: (in 36 volumes). 13. Karnataka. Gyan Publishing House, 2005, ISBN 978-8-178-35369-2 , p. 545 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ died in office
- ↑ Lt Gen (Retd) Ajay Kumar Singh to assume charge of Puducherry Lt Governor tomorrow
- ↑ also vice governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands