Since 1984 the governor of Punjab has acted as the administrator of Chandigarh. His official residence is Raj Bhavan, Punjab in Chandigarh.
List
Chief commissioners
| #
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Name
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Portrait
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Took office
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Left office
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Duration
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| 1
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Mohinder Singh Randhawa
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1 November 1966
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31 October 1968
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| 2
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Damodar Das
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31 October 1968
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8 April 1969
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| 3
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B. P. Bagchi
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8 April 1969
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1 September 1972
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| 4
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Mohan Prakash Mathur
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1 September 1972
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December 1975
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| 5
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G. P. Gupta
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December 1975
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15 June 1976
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| 6
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T. N. Chaturvedi
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15 June 1976
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June 1978
|
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| 7
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J. C. Agrawal
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June 1978
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19 July 1980
|
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| 8
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B. S. Sarao
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19 July 1980
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8 March 1982
|
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| 9
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Krishna Banerjee
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8 March 1982
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31 May 1984
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Administrators of Chandigarh
| #
|
Name
|
Portrait
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
Duration
|
| 1
|
Bhairab Dutt Pandey
|
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1 June 1984
|
2 July 1984
|
32 days
|
| 2
|
Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala
|
|
3 July 1984
|
14 March 1985
|
245 days
|
| 3
|
Arjun Singh
|
|
14 March 1985
|
14 November 1985
|
246 days
|
| -
|
Hokishe Sema (addl. charge)
|
|
14 November 1985
|
26 November 1985
|
13 days
|
| 4
|
Shankar Dayal Sharma
|
|
26 November 1985
|
2 April 1986
|
128 days
|
| 5
|
Siddharta Shankar Ray
|
|
2 April 1986
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8 December 1989
|
3 years, 251 days
|
| 6
|
Nirmal Mukarji
|
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8 December 1989
|
14 June 1990
|
189 days
|
| 7
|
Virendra Verma
|
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14 June 1990
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18 December 1990
|
|
| 8
|
Om Prakash Malhotra
|
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18 December 1990
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7 August 1991
|
|
| 9
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Surendra Nath
|
|
7 August 1991
|
9 July 1994
|
|
| -
|
Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar
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10 July 1994
|
18 September 1994
|
|
| 10
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B. K. N. Chhibber
|
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18 September 1994
|
27 November 1999
|
|
| 11
|
J. F. R. Jacob
|
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27 November 1999
|
8 May 2003
|
|
| 12
|
Om Prakash Verma
|
|
8 May 2003
|
3 November 2004
|
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| -
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Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (addl. charge)
|
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3 November 2004
|
16 November 2004
|
|
| 13
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Sunith Francis Rodrigues
|
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16 November 2004
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22 January 2010
|
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| 14
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Shivraj Patil
|
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22 January 2010
|
21 January 2015
|
|
| -
|
Kaptan Singh Solanki
(addl. charge)
|
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21 January 2015
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22 August 2016
|
|
| 15
|
V. P. Singh Badnore
|
|
22 August 2016
|
30 August 2021
|
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| 16
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Banwarilal Purohit
|
|
31 August 2021
|
30 July 2024
|
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| 17
|
Gulab Chand Kataria
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|
31 July 2024
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Incumbent
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