List of governors of Himachal Pradesh
This is a list of governors of Himachal Pradesh. Sh. Shiv Pratap Shukla is the 22nd governor (31st if governors with additional charge also counted) of Himachal Pradesh since February 2023. Out of the regular 21 governors (except the present one) of the state only three have been able to complete their full terms: S. Chakravarti (1971–77), Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje (2003–08) and Urmila Singh (2010–15).
Governor of Himachal Pradesh | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan; Shimla |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | Five Years |
Inaugural holder | S. Chakravarti, ICS Retd. |
Formation | 25 January 1971 |
Website | https://himachalrajbhavan.nic.in |
Lieutenant governors of Himachal Pradesh
# | Name | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Maj. Gen. K. S. Himmatsinhji (retd.) | 1 March 1952 | 31 December 1954 |
2 | Raja Bajrang Bahadur Singh of Bhadri | 1 January 1955 | 13 August 1963 |
3 | Sh. Bhagawan Sahay | 14 August 1963 | 25 February 1966 |
4 | Sh. V. Viswanathan, ICS (retd.) | 26 February 1966 | 6 May 1967 |
5 | Sh. Om Parkash | 7 May 1967 | 15 May 1967 |
6 | Lt. Gen. K. Bhadur Singh (retd.) | 16 May 1967 | 24 January 1971 |
Governors of Himachal Pradesh
# | Name | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Sh. S. Chakravarti | 25 January 1971 | 16 February 1977 |
2 | Sh. Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan | 17 February 1977 | 25 August 1981 |
3 | Sh. A. K. Banerjee | 26 August 1981 | 15 April 1983 |
4 | Sh. Hokishe Sema | 16 April 1983 | 7 March 1986 |
– | Justice Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai (addl. charge) | 8 March 1986 | 16 April 1986 |
5 | Vice Admiral R. K. S. Ghandhi | 17 April 1986 | 15 February 1990 |
– | Sh. S. M. H. Burney (addl. Charge)[1] | 2 December 1987 | 10 January 1988 |
– | Sh. H. A. Brari (addl. charge)[1] | 20 December 1989 | 12 January 1990 |
6 | Sh. B. Rachaiah | 16 February 1990 | 19 December 1990 |
7 | Sh. Virendra Verma | 20 December 1990 | 29 January 1993 |
– | Sh. Surendra Nath (addl. charge) | 30 January 1993 | 10 December 1993 |
8 | Sh. Bali Ram Bhagat | 11 February 1993 | 29 June 1993 |
9 | Sh. Gulsher Ahmad | 30 June 1993 | 26 November 1993 |
– | Sh. Surendra Nath (addl. charge) | 27 November 1993 | 9 July 1994 |
– | Justice Viswanathan Ratnam (addl. charge) | 10 July 1994 | 30 July 1994 |
10 | Sh. Sudhakarrao Naik | 30 July 1994 | 17 September 1995 |
– | Sh. Mahabir Prasad (addl. charge) | 18 September 1995 | 16 November 1995 |
11 | Smt. Sheila Kaul | 17 November 1995 | 22 April 1996 |
– | Sh. Mahabir Prasad (addl. charge) | 23 April 1996 | 25 July 1997 |
12 | Smt. V. S. Ramadevi | 26 July 1997 | 1 December 1999 |
13 | Sh. Vishnu Kant Shastri | 2 December 1999 | 23 November 2000 |
14 | Sh. Suraj Bhan | 23 November 2000 | 7 May 2003 |
15 | Justice (Retd.) Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje | 8 May 2003 | 19 July 2008 |
16 | Prabha Rau | 19 July 2008 | 24 January 2010 |
17 | Urmila Singh | 25 January 2010 | 24 January 2015 |
– | Kalyan Singh (addl. charge) | 28 January 2015 | 12 August 2015 |
18 | Acharya Devvrat | 12 August 2015 | 21 July 2019 |
19 | Kalraj Mishra | 22 July 2019 | 10 September 2019 |
20 | Bandaru Dattatreya | 11 September 2019 | 13 July 2021 |
21 | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar | 13 July 2021 | 13 February 2023 |
22 | Shiv Pratap Shukla | 13 February 2023 | Incumbent |
See also
References
- "Governor House, Himachal Pradesh, India – Governors of Himachal Pradesh". himachalrajbhavan.nic.in.
External links
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