List of governors of Odisha
Governor of Odisha | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan, Odisha, Bhubaneswar |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | Five Years |
Inaugural holder | Kailash Nath Katju |
Formation | 15 August 1947 |
Website | www |
This is a list of the governors of the Indian state of Odisha, since its establishment in 1950.
Governors of Odisha[edit]
# | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
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British India (Before 1947) | |||
1 | Sir John Austen Hubback | 1 April 1936 | 11 August 1938 |
- | George Townsend Boag (acting) | 11 August 1938 | 7 December 1938 |
2 | Sir John Austen Hubback | 8 December 1938 | 31 March 1941 |
3 | Howthorne Lewis | 1 April 1941 | 31 March 1946 |
4 | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | 1 April 1946 | 14 August 1947 |
Independent India (After 1947) | |||
1 | Kailash Nath Katju | 15 August 1947 | 20 June 1948 |
2 | Asaf Ali | 21 June 1948 | 5 May 1951 |
- | V. P. Menon (acting) | 6 May 1951 | 17 July 1951 |
(2) | Asaf Ali | 18 July 1951 | 6 June 1952 |
3 | Fazal Ali | 7 June 1952 | 9 February 1954 |
4 | P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja | 10 February 1954 | 11 September 1956 |
5 | Bhim Sen Sachar | 12 September 1956 | 31 July 1957 |
6 | Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar | 31 July 1957 | 15 September 1962 |
7 | Ajudhia Nath Khosla | 16 September 1962 | 5 August 1966 |
- | Khaleel Ahmed (acting) | 5 August 1966 | 11 September 1966 |
(7) | Ajudhia Nath Khosla | 12 September 1966 | 30 January 1968 |
8 | Shaukatullah Shah Ansari | 31 January 1968 | 20 September 1971 |
- | Sardar Yojendra Singh (acting) | 20 September 1971 | 30 June 1972 |
- | Gati Krushna Misra (acting) | 1 July 1972 | 8 November 1972 |
9 | Basappa Danappa Jatti | 8 November 1972 | 20 August 1974 |
- | Gati Krushna Misra (acting) | 21 August 1974 | 25 October 1974 |
10 | Akbar Ali Khan | 25 October 1974 | 17 April 1976 |
- | Shiva Narayan Shankar (acting) | 17 April 1976 | 7 February 1977 |
11 | Harcharan Singh Brar | 7 February 1977 | 22 September 1977 |
12 | Bhagwat Dayal Sharma | 23 September 1977 | 30 April 1980 |
13 | Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha | 30 April 1980 | 30 September 1980 |
- | S. K. Ray (acting) | 1 October 1980 | 3 November 1980 |
(13) | Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha | 4 November 1980 | 24 June 1982 |
- | Ranganath Misra (acting) | 25 June 1982 | 31 August 1982 |
(13) | Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha | 1 September 1982 | 17 August 1983 |
14 | Bishambhar Nath Pande | 17 August 1983 | 20 November 1988 |
15 | Saiyid Nurul Hasan | 20 November 1988 | 6 February 1990 |
16 | Yagya Dutt Sharma | 7 February 1990 | 1 February 1993 |
(15) | Saiyid Nurul Hasan | 1 February 1993 | 31 May 1993 |
17 | B. Satya Narayan Reddy | 1 June 1993 | 17 June 1995 |
18 | Gopala Ramanujam | 18 June 1995 | 30 January 1997 |
19 | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy | 31 January 1997 | 12 February 1997 |
(18) | Gopala Ramanujam | 13 February 1997 | 13 December 1997 |
(19) | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy | 13 December 1997 | 27 April 1998 |
20 | C. Rangarajan | 27 April 1998 | 14 November 1999 |
21 | M. M. Rajendran | 15 November 1999 | 17 November 2004 |
22 | Rameshwar Thakur | 18 November 2004 | 21 August 2007 |
23 | Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare | 21 August 2007 | 9 March 2013 |
24 | S.C. Jamir | 21 March 2013 | 20 March 2018 |
25 | Satya Pal Malik (additional charge) | 21 March 2018 | 28 May 2018 |
26 | Prof. Ganeshi Lal | 29 May 2018 | Incumbent |
See also[edit]
- Government of Odisha
- Governors of states of India
- List of Governors of Bihar and Orissa
- List of Governors of Indian states
External links[edit]
- "Introduction". Raj Bhavan of Odisha. (Governor's Official Residence)