List of governors of Punjab, India

Governor of Punjab
File:Banwarilal Purohit.jpg Incumbent Banwarilal Purohit since 31 August 2021
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Chandigarh
Term length	Five Years
Precursor	Governor of Punjab (British India)
Inaugural holder	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Formation	15 August 1947 (1947-08-15)
Website	Punjabrajbhavan

This is a list of the governors of Punjab state in India since its independence on 15 August 1947. Since 1985, the Governor of Punjab has acted as the Administrator of Chandigarh as well.

Rajpramukh (Governor) of PEPSU (1948-1956)

See also: Rajpramukh and PEPSU

Source:

Rajpramukh (Governor)	Portrait	Tenure			Uparajpramukh (Lieutenant Governor)	Portrait	Appointed by
Yadavindra Singh		15 July 1948	1 November 1956	8 years, 109 days	Jagatjit Singh		C. Rajagopalachari

Governors of Punjab

S. No	Name	Portrait	Tenure			Nominated by (President)
Governor of Punjab (1947-1966) (Punjab, Haryana and Himachal)
1	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi		15 August 1947	11 March 1953	5 years, 208 days	L. Mountbatten (GGI)
2	Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh		11 March 1953	15 September 1958	5 years, 188 days	Rajendra Prasad
3	Narahar Vishnu Gadgil	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	15 September 1958	1 October 1962	4 years, 16 days
4	Pattom A. Thanu Pillai		1 October 1962	4 May 1964	1 year, 216 days	S. Radhakrishnan
5	Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim	File:Hafiz Mohammed Ibrahim Official portrait 1965.jpg	4 May 1964	1 September 1965	1 year, 120 days
6	Sardar Ujjal Singh	File:S. Ujjal Singh Official portrait 1965.jpg	1 September 1965	26 June 1966	298 days
7	Dharma Vira		27 June 1966	continued (1 November 1966)	309 days
Governor of Punjab (Punjab) (1966-Present)
7	Dharma Vira		continued (1 November 1966)	1 June 1967
-	Mehar Singh (acting)	File:Mehar Singh Official portrait 1967.jpg	1 June 1967	16 October 1967	137 days	Zakir Husain
8	Dadappa Chintappa Pavate	File:D. C. Pavate Official Portrait 1967.jpg	16 October 1967	21 May 1973	5 years, 217 days
9	Mahendra Mohan Choudhry	File:M. M. Chaudhry Official portrait.jpg	21 May 1973	1 September 1977	4 years, 103 days	V. V. Giri
-	Ranjit Singh Narula (acting)	File:Ranjit Singh Narula.jpg	1 September 1977	24 September 1977	23 days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
10	Jaisukh Lal Hathi	File:Jaisukhlal Hathi Official portrait 1977.jpg	24 September 1977	26 August 1981	3 years, 336 days
11	Aminuddin Ahmad Khan	File:Amminudin Ahmed Khan Official portrait 1981.jpg	26 August 1981	21 April 1982	238 days
12	Marri Chenna Reddy	File:M. C. Reddy Official portrait.jpg	21 April 1982	7 February 1983	292 days
-	Surjit Singh Sandhawalia (acting)	File:Surjit Singh Sandhawalia Official portrait 1983.jpg	7 February 1983	21 February 1983	14 days	Zail Singh
13	Anant Prasad Sharma	File:Anant Prasad Sharma Official portrait 1983.jpg	21 February 1983	10 October 1983	231 days
14	Bhairab Dutt Pande	File:Bhairab Dutt Pandey Official portrait 1983.jpg	10 October 1983	3 July 1984	267 days
15	Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala	File:K. T. Satarawala Official portrait 1984.jpg	3 July 1984	14 March 1985	254 days
16	Arjun Singh	File:Arjun Singh Official portrait 1985.jpg	14 March 1985	14 November 1985	245 days
-	Hokishe Sema (addl. charge)	File:Hokishe Sema Official portrait 1985.jpg	14 November 1985	26 November 1985	12 days
17	Shankar Dayal Sharma	File:Shankar Dayal Sharma Official portrait 1985.jpg	26 November 1985	2 April 1986	127 days
18	Siddhartha Shankar Ray	File:Sidharth Shankar Ray Official portrait 1986.jpg	2 April 1986	8 December 1989	3 years, 250 days
19	Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee	File:Nirmal Kumar Mukherji Official portrait 1989.jpg	8 December 1989	14 June 1990	188 days	R. Venkataraman
20	Virendra Verma	File:Varinder Verma Official portrait 1990.jpg	14 June 1990	18 December 1990	187 days
21	Om Prakash Malhotra	File:Om Prakash Malhotra Official portrait 1990.jpg	18 December 1990	7 August 1991	232 days
22	Surendra Nath	File:Surendra Nath Official portrait 1991.jpg	7 August 1991	9 July 1994	2 years, 336 days
-	Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar (acting)	File:S. P. Kurdukar Official portrait 1994.jpg	10 July 1994	18 September 1994	70 days	Shankar Dayal Sharma
23	Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber	File:B. K. N. Chibber Official portrait 1994.jpg	18 September 1994	27 November 1999	5 years, 70 days
24	Jack Farj Rafael Jacob	File:J. F. R. Jacob Official portrait 1999.jpg	27 November 1999	8 May 2003	3 years, 162 days	K. R. Narayanan
25	Om Prakash Verma	File:Om Prakash Verma Official portrait 2003.jpg	8 May 2003	3 November 2004	1 year, 179 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
-	Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (addl. charge)	File:A. R. Kidwai Official portrait 2004.jpg	3 November 2004	16 November 2004	13 days
26	Sunith Francis Rodrigues	File:S. F. Rodriques Official portrait 2004.jpg	16 November 2004	22 January 2010	5 years, 67 days
27	Shivraj Vishwanath Patil	File:Shivraj Patil Official portrait 2010.jpg	22 January 2010	22 January 2015	5 years, 0 days	Pratibha Patil
-	Kaptan Singh Solanki (addl. charge)	File:Kaptansingh Solanki Official portrait 2015.jpg	22 January 2015	22 August 2016	1 year, 213 days	Pranab Mukherjee
28	Vijayendra Pal Singh Badnore	File:V. P. Singh Badnore Official portrait 2016.png	22 August 2016	30 August 2021	5 years, 8 days
-	Banwarilal Purohit (addl. charge)	File:Banwarilal Purohit.jpg	31 August 2021	11 September 2021	11 days	Ram Nath Kovind
29	Banwarilal Purohit		11 September 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 342 days

See also

• Punjab, India
• Chief Minister of Punjab
• Governor (Indian states)

External links

• "Welcome to Official Web site of Punjab, India". 16 February 2007. Archived from the original on 16 February 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
• "Welcome to Punjab Government Website, INDIA". 25 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2019.