List of governors of Uttar Pradesh

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{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor
| title = Governor sir Harcourt buttler
| native_name = उत्तर प्रदेश के राज्यपाल
| body = Uttar Pradesh
| insignia =
| insigniacaption =
| image = File:Chief Minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel.jpg
| incumbent = [[Anandiben Patel]]
| incumbentsince = 29 July 2019
| style = [[Excellency|Her Excellency]]
| residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Uttar Pradesh)|Raj Bhavan]]; [[Lucknow]]
| termlength = Five Years
| appointer = [[President of India]]
| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1921|01|03}}
| inaugural = [[Sarojini Naidu]] {{small|(Independent India)}} 
[[Harcourt Butler|Sir Harcourt Butler]] {{small|(Pre-Independent India)}}
| website = http://upgovernor.gov.in/
}}

The following is the list of Governors of Uttar Pradesh. The list also includes Governors of United Provinces of Pre-Independent India as well as Independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed [[Uttar Pradesh]] on 26 January 1950, and is headed by the

== Governors of United Provinces (1921-1950) ==
{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Name
! Portrait
! Took Office
! Left Office
|-
! colspan="5" |Governors of United Provinces of British India (3 January 1921 – 1 April 1937)
|-
!1
|[[Harcourt Butler|Sir Harcourt Butler]]
|[[File:Harcourt Butler.jpg|107x107px]]
|3 January 1921
|21 December 1922
|-
!-
|[[Ludovic Charles Porter|Sir Ludovic Charles Porter]]
|
|21 December 1922
|24 December 1922
|-
!2
|[[William Sinclair Marris|Sir William Sinclair Marris]]
|
|24 December 1922
|13 August 1926
|-
!-
|Sir Samuel Perry O'Donnell
|
|13 August 1926
|1 December 1926
|-
!(2)
|[[William Sinclair Marris|Sir William Sinclair Marris]]
|
|1 December 1926
|14 January 1928
|-
!3
|[[Alexander Muddiman|Sir Alexander Phillips Muddiman]]
|
|15 January 1928
|17 June 1928
|-
! rowspan="2" |4
| rowspan="2" |[[Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey|Sir William Malcolm Hailey]]
| rowspan="2" |
|10 August 1928
|21 December 1928
|-
|22 April 1929
|16 October 1930
|-
!-
|Sir George Bancroft Lambert
|
|16 October 1930
|19 April 1931
|-
!(4)
|[[Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey|Sir William Malcolm Hailey]]
|
|19 April 1931
|6 April 1933
|-
!-
|[[Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari|Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari]]
|
|8 April 1933
|27 November 1933
|-
!(4)
|[[Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey|Sir William Malcolm Hailey]]
|
|27 November 1933
|5 December 1934
|-
!5
|[[Harry Graham Haig|Sir Harry Graham Haig]]
|
|6 December 1934
|1 April 1937
|-
! colspan="5" |Governors of United Provinces (1 April 1937 – 25 January 1950)
|-
! rowspan="2" |5
| rowspan="2" |[[Harry Graham Haig|Sir Harry Graham Haig]]
| rowspan="2" |
|1 April 1937
|16 May 1938
|-
|17 September 1938
|6 December 1939
|-
!6
|Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett
|
|7 December 1939
|6 December 1945
|- }}
|-
!7
|[[Francis Verner Wylie|Sir Francis Verner Wylie]]
|
|7 December 1945
|14 August 1947
|-
!8
|[[Sarojini Naidu]]
|
|15 August 1947
|2 March 1949
|-
!-
|Justice B.B Malik
|
|3 March 1949
|1 May 1949
|-
!9
|[[Hormasji Peroshaw Mody|Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi]]
|
|2 May 1949
|25 January 1950
|}

== List of Governors of Uttar Pradesh (1950-present) ==

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Name
! Portrait
! Took Office
! Left Office
|-
! colspan="5" |Governors of Uttar Pradesh (26 January 1950–Present)
|-
! 1
|[[Hormasji Peroshaw Mody|Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi]]
|{{dash}}
| 26 January 1950
| 1 June 1952
|-
! 2
|[[Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi]]
|[[File:Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi 1988 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
| 2 June 1952
| 9 June 1957
|-
! 3
|[[V V Giri|Varahgiri Venkat Giri]]
|[[File:V.V.Giri.jpg|100px]]
| 10 June 1957
| 30 June 1960
|-
! 4
|[[Burgula Ramakrishna Rao]]
|[[File:Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, 1952.jpg|100px]]
| 1 July 1960
| 15 April 1962
|-
! 5
|[[Biswanath Das]]
|[[File:Biswanath-Das.jpg|100px]]
| 16 April 1962
| 30 April 1967
|-
! 6
|[[Bezawada Gopala Reddy|Dr. Bezwada Gopala Reddy]]
|[[File:Bezawada Gopal Reddy.png|166x166px]]
| 1 May 1967
| 30 June 1972
|-
! –
|Justice Shashi Kant Varma <ref>{{cite web|url=http://upvidhanparishad.nic.in/Rajyapal.htm|title=Uttar Pradesh Vidhanparishad|website=Upvidhanparishad.nic.in|access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref>
|{{dash}}
| 1 July 1972
| 13 November 1972
|-
! 7
|[[Akbar Ali Khan (politician)|Akbar Ali Khan]]
|{{dash}}
| 14 November 1972
| 24 October 1974
|-
! 8
|[[Marri Chenna Reddy|Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy]]
|{{dash}}
| 25 October 1974
| 1 October 1977
|-
! 9
|[[Ganpatrao Devji Tapase]]
|{{dash}}
| 2 October 1977
| 27 February 1980
|-
! 10
|[[Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh]]
|[[File:Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh.png|100px]]
| 28 February 1980
| 31 March 1985
|-
! 11
|[[Mohammed Usman Arif]]
|{{dash}}
| 31 March 1985
| 11 February 1990
|-
! 12
|[[B. Satya Narayan Reddy]]
|{{dash}}
| 12 February 1990
| 25 May 1993
|-
! 13
|[[Motilal Vora]]
|[[File:Motilal Vora.jpg|100px]]
| 26 May 1993
| 3 May 1996
|-
! –
|[[Mohammad Shafi Qureshi]]
|{{dash}}
| 3 May 1996
| 19 July 1996
|-
! 14
|[[Romesh Bhandari]]
|{{dash}}
| 19 July 1996
| 17 March 1998
|-
! –
|[[Mohammad Shafi Qureshi]]
|{{dash}}
| 17 March 1998
| 19 April 1998
|-
! 15
|[[Suraj Bhan]]
|{{dash}}
| 20 April 1998
| 23 November 2000
|-
! 16
|[[Vishnu Kant Shastri]]
|{{dash}}
| 24 November 2000
| 2 July 2004
|-
! –
|[[Sudarshan Agrawal]]
|[[File:Sudarshan Agarwal 2004.jpg|100px]]
| 3 July 2004
| 7 July 2004
|-
! 17
|[[T. V. Rajeswar]]
| {{dash}}
| 8 July 2004
| 27 July 2009
|-
! 18
|[[Banwari Lal Joshi]]
| {{dash}}
| 28 July 2009
| 17 June 2014
|-
! –
|[[Aziz Qureshi|Dr. Aziz Qureshi]]
| [[File:Aziz Qureshi.jpg|100px]]
| 17 June 2014
| 21 July 2014
|-
! 19
|[[Ram Naik]]
| [[File:Governor of Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik.jpg|100px]]
| 22 July 2014
| 28 July 2019
|-
! 20
|[[Anandiben Patel]]
|[[File:Chief Minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel.jpg|100px]]
|29 July 2019
|Incumbent
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Uttar Pradesh]]
* (1732–1857) – [[List of Nawabs of Awadh|Nawabs of Awadh]]
* (1834–1836) – [[List of Governors of Agra|Governors of Agra]]
* (1836–1877) – [[List of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces|Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces]]
* (1856–1877) – [[List of Chief Commissioners of Oudh|Chief Commissioners of Oudh]]
* (1877–1902) – [[List of Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh|Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh]]
* (1902–1921) – [[List of Lieutenant Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|Lieutenant Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]]
* (1921–1937) – [[List of Governors of the United Provinces of British India|Governors of the United Provinces of British India]]
* (1937–1950) – [[List of Governors of the United Provinces|Governors of the United Provinces]]
* [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Governors of India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm Provinces of British India]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain]
* http://upgovernor.gov.in/
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070205042656/http://upgovernor.gov.in/english.htm Governors of the United Provinces]

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