List of governors of Maharashtra
| Governor of Maharashtra | |
|---|---|
Emblem of Maharashtra | |
| Style | The Honourable (formal) His/Her Excellency |
| Residence |
|
| Appointer | President of India on advice of the prime minister |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Precursor | Governor of Bombay |
| Inaugural holder | Raja Maharaj Singh |
| Formation | 6 January 1948 (as Bombay State) 1 May 1960 (as Maharashtra) |
| Website | Maharashtra Raj Bhavan |
The Governor of Maharashtra is the Ceremonial head of the state of Maharashtra.[1]
List
- Legend
- Color key
- indicates acting/additional charge
Governors of Bombay State (1948–1960)
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) |
Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Raja Sir Maharaj Singh CIE CStJ (1878–1959) |
Punjab | 6 January 1948 |
30 May 1952 |
4 years, 145 days | Lord Mountbatten (Governor-General) | |
| 2 | Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai KCSI KBE CIE ICS (1891–1954) |
Uttar Pradesh | 30 May 1952 |
5 December 1954[†] |
2 years, 189 days | Rajendra Prasad | |
| – | Justice M. C. Chagla (1900–1981) Chief Justice, Bombay High Court (Acting) |
Bombay | 5 December 1954 |
2 March 1955 |
87 days | ||
| 3 | Harekrushna Mahatab (1899–1987) |
Orissa | 2 March 1955 |
14 October 1956[‡] |
1 year, 226 days | ||
| – | Justice M. C. Chagla (1900–1981) Chief Justice, Bombay High Court (Acting) |
Bombay | 14 October 1956 |
10 December 1956 |
57 days | ||
| 4 | Sri Prakasa (1890–1971) |
Uttar Pradesh | 10 December 1956 |
30 April 1960 |
3 years, 142 days | ||
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) |
Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Sri Prakasa (1890–1971) |
Uttar Pradesh | 1 May 1960 |
16 April 1962 |
1 year, 350 days | Rajendra Prasad | |
| 2 | P. Subbarayan (1889–1962) |
Madras | 17 April 1962 |
6 October 1962[†] |
172 days | ||
| – | Justice Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani (1904–1965) Chief Justice, Bombay High Court (Acting) |
Maharashtra | 6 October 1962 |
28 November 1962 |
53 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | |
| 3 | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900–1990) |
Uttar Pradesh | 28 November 1962 |
18 October 1964[‡] |
1 year, 325 days | ||
| – | Justice Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani (1904–1965) Chief Justice, Bombay High Court (Acting) |
Maharashtra | 18 October 1964 |
14 November 1964 |
27 days | ||
| 4 | P. V. Cherian (1893–1969) |
Madras | 14 November 1964 |
8 November 1969[†] |
4 years, 359 days | ||
| – | Justice S. P. Kotval (1910–1987) Chief Justice, Bombay High Court (Acting) |
Maharashtra | 8 November 1969 |
26 February 1970 |
110 days | V. V. Giri | |
| 5 | Ali Yavar Jung (1906–1976) |
Andhra Pradesh | 26 February 1970 |
11 December 1976[†] |
6 years, 289 days | ||
| – | Justice R. M. Kantawala (1916–1992) Chief Justice, Bombay High Court (Acting) |
Maharashtra | 11 December 1976 |
30 April 1977 |
140 days | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | |
| 6 | Sadiq Ali (1910–2001) |
Rajasthan | 30 April 1977 |
8 November 1980[§][lower-greek 1] |
3 years, 192 days | B. D. Jatti | |
| 7 | Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra (Retd) Lua error: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/IND" does not exist. (1919–2015) |
National Capital Territory of Delhi | 8 November 1980 |
5 March 1982[§][lower-greek 2] |
1 year, 117 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | |
| 8 | Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif Lua error: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/IND" does not exist. (1923–2018) |
Andhra Pradesh | 6 March 1982 |
16 April 1985[‡] |
3 years, 41 days | ||
| – | Justice Konda Madhava Reddy (1923–1997) Chief Justice, Bombay High Court (Acting) |
Andhra Pradesh | 16 April 1985 |
30 May 1985 |
44 days | Zail Singh | |
| 9 | Kona Prabhakara Rao (1916–1990) |
Andhra Pradesh | 31 May 1985 |
2 April 1986 |
306 days | ||
| 10 | Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999) |
Madhya Pradesh | 3 April 1986 |
2 September 1987[lower-greek 3] |
1 year, 152 days | ||
| – | Justice S. K. Desai (1928–2011) Acting Chief Justice, Bombay High Court (Acting) |
Maharashtra | 3 September 1987 |
2 November 1987 |
60 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | |
| – | Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee (born 1929) Chief Justice, Bombay High Court (Acting) |
West Bengal | 2 November 1987 |
20 February 1988 |
110 days | ||
| 11 | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (1909–1994) |
Andhra Pradesh | 20 February 1988 |
18 January 1990[‡] |
1 year, 332 days | ||
| – | Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee (born 1929) Chief Justice, Bombay High Court (Acting) |
West Bengal | 18 January 1990 |
14 February 1990 |
27 days | ||
| 12 | Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) |
Tamil Nadu | 15 February 1990 |
23 April 1992 |
2 years, 68 days | ||
| – | Sarup Singh (1917–2003) Governor of Gujarat (Acting) |
Haryana | 24 April 1992 |
15 May 1992 |
21 days | ||
| (12) | Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) |
Tamil Nadu | 16 May 1992 |
9 January 1993[‡] |
238 days | ||
| 13 | P. C. Alexander IAS (Retd) (1921–2011) |
Kerala | 12 January 1993 |
13 July 2002[‡] |
9 years, 182 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
| – | Justice C. K. Thakker (born 1943) Chief Justice, Bombay High Court (Acting) |
Gujarat | 13 July 2002 |
10 October 2002 |
89 days | K. R. Narayanan | |
| 14 | Mohammed Fazal (1922–2014) |
Uttar Pradesh | 10 October 2002 |
5 December 2004 |
2 years, 56 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| 15 | S. M. Krishna (1932–2024) |
Karnataka | 12 December 2004 |
8 March 2008[‡] |
3 years, 87 days | ||
| – | S. C. Jamir (born 1931) Governor of Goa until 20 July 2008 |
Nagaland | 9 March 2008 |
20 July 2008 |
1 year, 319 days | Pratibha Patil | |
| 16 | 20 July 2008 |
22 January 2010 | |||||
| 17 | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022) |
Kerala | 22 January 2010 |
24 August 2014[‡] |
4 years, 214 days | ||
| – | Om Prakash Kohli (1935–2023) Governor of Gujarat (Additional Charge) |
National Capital Territory of Delhi | 24 August 2014 |
30 August 2014 |
6 days | Pranab Mukherjee | |
| 18 | C. Vidyasagar Rao (born 1941) |
Telangana | 30 August 2014 |
4 September 2019 |
5 years, 5 days | ||
| 19 | Bhagat Singh Koshyari (born 1942) |
Uttarakhand | 5 September 2019 |
17 February 2023[‡] |
3 years, 165 days | Ram Nath Kovind | |
| 20 | Ramesh Bais (born 1947) |
Chhattisgarh | 18 February 2023 |
30 July 2024 |
1 year, 163 days | Droupadi Murmu | |
| 21 | C. P. Radhakrishnan (born 1957) |
Tamil Nadu | 31 July 2024 |
11 September 2025[lower-greek 3] |
1 year, 42 days | ||
| – | Acharya Devvrat (born 1959) Governor of Gujarat (Additional Charge) |
Haryana | 11 September 2025 |
Incumbent | 1 day | ||
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Tamil Nadu
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Rajasthan
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Resigned to become the Vice President of India
References
- ↑ "Governor - Information under RTI Act" (PDF). p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2013.