List of Governors in India 2020. If you are preparing for SSC, Bank, Railway and other competitive exams, you will come across a section on the Static GK. Check out the updated list of Governors here! List of Governors in India is a very important topic for competitive exams.
Note: Government has made some recent changes in the Governors List we have highlighted them separately below.
- Girish Chandra Murmu – First Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir*
- Radha Krishna Mathur – New Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh
List of Governors in India 2020 – States
Check out the State-wise Current Governors of India in the table mentioned below.
State | Governor |
Andhra Pradesh | Biswabhusan Harichandan |
Arunachal Pradesh | Brigadier (Dr.) B.D.Mishra |
Assam | Jagdish Mukhi |
Bihar | Phagu Chauhan |
Chhattisgarh | Anusuiya Uikey |
Goa | Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
Gujarat |
Acharya Devvrat |
Haryana | Satyadev Narayan Arya |
Himachal Pradesh | Bandaru Dattatreya |
Jharkhand | Draupadi Murmu |
Kerala | Arif Mohammad Khan |
Karnataka | Vajubhai Vala |
Maharashtra | Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
Madhya Pradesh | Anandi Ben Patel |
Manipur | Najma Heptulla |
Meghalaya | Satya Pal Malik |
Mizoram | P.S.Sreedharan Pillai |
Nagaland | R.N.Ravi |
Orissa | Ganeshi Lal |
Punjab | V.P.Singh Badnore |
Rajasthan | Kalraj Mishra |
Sikkim | Ganga Prasad |
Tamil Nadu | Banwarilal Purohit |
Telangana | Tamilisai Soundararajan |
Tripura | Ramesh Bais |
Uttarakhand | Baby Rani Maurya |
Uttar Pradesh | Anandiben Patel |
West Bengal | Jagdeep Dhankhar |
Lieutenant Governors in India 2020 – Union Territories
Check out the Union Territories-wise Current Governors of India in the table mentioned below.
Union Territory | Lieutenant Governor / Administrator |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi (Lieutenant governor) |
Chandigarh | V.P.Singh Badnore (Administrator) |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Praful Khoda Patel (Administrator) |
Delhi | Anil Baijal (Lieutenant governor) |
Jammu & Kashmir | Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant governor) |
Ladakh | R.K.Mathur (Lieutenant governor) |
Lakshadweep | Dineshwar Sharma (Administrator) |
Puducherry | Kiran Bedi (Lieutenant governor) |
Sample Questions for List of Governors in India
Given below are a few sample questions related to the list of Governors in India which may help aspirants analyse the type of questions that may be asked from this topic in the upcoming government exams.
Q 1. Who was the first woman Governor of an Indian state?
Q 2. Who appoints the Governor of a State?
Q 3. Which of the following is not a responsibility of the state Governor? (Here candidates will have to choose the answer from the given options)
Q 4. What is the minimum age for a person to be eligible to become the Governor of a state?
Q 5. Who took over the post of Governor in Uttar Pradesh after Shri Ram Naik? (This may be asked with respect to any other state/UT)
Q 6. Who was the first Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh?
Q 7. Which article of Indian Constitution provides for a Governor?
Q 8. Who has the authority to remove or replace the Governor of a State?
The questions mentioned above are just for the candidate’s reference. Candidates can refer to these questions and prepare themselves for the Government exams 2020.
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