First Governor of Various Indian States & UTs: Complete List
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Indian States and First Governors
State | Governor | Year ---------------------------------------- State: Andhra Pradesh Governor: Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Year: 1957 --- State: Arunachal Pradesh Governor: Bhishma Narain Singh Year: 1987 --- State: Assam Governor: Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari Year: 1947 --- State: Bihar Governor: Jairamdas Daulatram Year: 1948 --- State: Chhattisgarh Governor: D. N. Sahay Year: 2000 --- State: Goa Governor: Major Gen. K. P. Candeth Year: 1961 --- State: Gujarat Governor: Mehdi Nawaz Jung Year: 1965 --- State: Haryana Governor: Dharma Vira Year: 1967 --- State: Himachal Pradesh Governor: S. Chakravarti Year: 1971 --- State: Jharkhand Governor: Parbhat Kumar Year: 2000 --- State: Karnataka Governor: Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Year: 1956 --- State: Kerala Governor: Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Year: 1956 --- State: Madhya Pradesh Governor: Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya Year: 1956 --- State: Maharashtra Governor: Sir John Colville(Pre-Independence) Year: 1943 - 1948 --- State: Manipur Governor: B. K. Nehru Year: 1972 --- State: Meghalaya Governor: Braj Kumar Nehru Year: 1970 --- State: Mizoram Governor: Hiteswar Saikia Year: 1987 --- State: Nagaland Governor: Vishnu Sahay Year: 1963 --- State: Odisha Governor: Dr. Kailash Nath Katju Year: 1947 --- State: Punjab Governor: Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Year: 1947 --- State: Rajasthan Governor: Gurumukh Nihal Singh Year: 1956 --- State: Sikkim Governor: B.B. Lal Year: 1975 --- State: Tamil Nadu Governor: Sardar Ujjal Singh Year: 1969 --- State: Telangana Governor: E. S. L. Narasimhan Year: 2014 --- State: Tripura Governor: B. K. Nehru Year: 1972 --- State: Uttar Pradesh Governor: Sarojini Naidu (United Province),Sri Hormasji Peroshaw Mody(renamed as Uttar Pradesh) Year: 19471949 --- State: Uttarakhand Governor: Surjit Singh Barnala Year: 2003 --- State: West Bengal Governor: Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari Year: 1947 ---
First Governors of Union Territories(19)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Chandigarh | Mohinder Singh Randhawa (1966)Dadra-Nagar Haveli & Daman-Diu–Praful Khoda Patel (2020)Lakshadweep–U. R. Panicker (1956)* |
| SideNotes:First Governor-general of India | Warren Hastings (1773)* |
| First Official Governor-general of India | Lord William Bentinck (1833)* |
| First Governor-general of Independent India | Lord Mountbatten (1947)* |
| First Indian to become Governor-general of Independent India | C. Rajagopalachari (1948)* |
| First Woman to become the Governor of the Indian State | Sarojini Naidu0Longest-serving Governor of an Indian State–Padmaja Naidu (11 years, West Bengal)* |
| Padmaja Naidu | Daughter ofSarojini Naidu |
| First Reserve Bank Governor of India | Osborne Smith (1935)* |
| First Chief Commissioner &Â Lieutenant Governors of Arunachal Pradesh | K. A. A. Raja |
| First Lieutenant Governors of Arunachal Pradesh | Major Gen. K. S. Himmatsinhji |
| Mizoram | First Chief Commissioner–S.J. Das |
| First Lieutenant Governor | S.P. Mukherjee* |
| Madras State was renamed as Tamil Nadu on 14 January 1969. If you consider it as Madras State pre and post Independence, then the First Governor is Lt-General Sir Archibald Edward Nye who took office on 6 May 1946 | 7 September 1948* |
| Who said these words 'Governor of a state is like a “federal fireman”' | C. Rajagopalachari* |
| First Raj Bhavan in India is at | Kolkata (1803) |
| Lieutenant Governor is appointed by | President of India(Term: 5years)* |
| The merger of union territories of Dadra-Nagar Haveli & Daman-Diu happened on | 26 January 2020* |
| Indian Penal Code was introduced in | 1860 |
| Indian Penal Code came into force on | 1862.IPC was drafted by – Lord Macaulay |
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