List of governors of Nagaland
| Governor of Nagaland | |
|---|---|
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan; Kohima |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Inaugural holder | Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd.) |
| Formation | 1 December 1963 |
| Website | rajbhavan |
This is a list of the governors of Nagaland, a state in Northeast India. R. N. Ravi has been appointed as the next governor of the state.
List
- Legend
- Color key
- indicates acting/additional charge
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) |
Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Vishnu Sahay ICS (Retd) (1901–1989) |
Uttar Pradesh | 1 December 1963[lower-greek 1] |
16 April 1968 |
4 years, 137 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | |
| 2 | Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001) |
Uttar Pradesh | 17 April 1968[lower-greek 2] |
18 September 1973 |
5 years, 154 days | Zakir Husain | |
| 3 | Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd) (1912–1998) |
Bihar | 19 September 1973[lower-greek 3] |
9 August 1981 |
7 years, 324 days | V. V. Giri | |
| 4 | S. M. H. Burney IAS (Retd) (1924–2014) |
Uttar Pradesh | 10 August 1981[lower-greek 4] |
12 June 1984[§][lower-greek 5] |
2 years, 307 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | |
| 5 | General K. V. Krishna Rao (Retd) Lua error: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/IND" does not exist. (1923–2016) |
Andhra Pradesh | 13 June 1984[lower-greek 4] |
19 July 1989[§][lower-greek 6] |
5 years, 36 days | Zail Singh | |
| 6 | Gopal Singh (1917–1990) |
Punjab | 20 July 1989 |
3 May 1990[‡] |
287 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | |
| 7 | M. M. Thomas (1916–1996) |
Kerala | 9 May 1990 |
12 April 1992[‡] |
1 year, 339 days | ||
| – | Lokanath Misra (1921–2009) Governor of Assam (Additional Charge) |
Orissa | 13 April 1992 |
1 October 1993 |
1 year, 171 days | ||
| – | Lieutenant General V. K. Nayar (Retd) Lua error: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/IND" does not exist. (d. 2015) Governor of Manipur (Additional Charge) |
– | 2 October 1993 |
4 August 1994 |
306 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
| 8 | Oudh Narayan Shrivastava IPS (Retd) (born 1935) |
Madhya Pradesh | 23 December 1994 |
11 November 1996[§][lower-greek 7] |
4 years, 343 days | ||
| 9 | Om Prakash Sharma IPS (Retd) |
Punjab | 12 November 1996 |
27 January 2002 |
5 years, 76 days | ||
| 10 | Shyamal Datta IPS (Retd) (born 1941) |
West Bengal | 28 January 2002 |
2 February 2007 |
5 years, 5 days | K. R. Narayanan | |
| 11 | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022) |
Kerala | 3 February 2007 |
28 July 2009[§][lower-greek 8] |
2 years, 175 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| – | Gurbachan Jagat IPS (Retd) (born 1942) Governor of Manipur (Additional Charge) |
Chandigarh | 28 July 2009 |
14 Oct 2009 |
78 days | Pratibha Patil | |
| 12 | Nikhil Kumar IPS (Retd) (born 1941) |
Bihar | 15 October 2009 |
20 March 2013[§][lower-greek 9] |
3 years, 156 days | ||
| 13 | Ashwani Kumar IPS (Retd) (1950–2020) |
Himachal Pradesh | 21 March 2013 |
1 July 2014[‡] |
1 year, 102 days | Pranab Mukherjee | |
| – | Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd) (born 1948) Governor of Meghalaya (Additional Charge) |
Chandigarh | 2 July 2014 |
19 July 2014 |
17 days | ||
| 14 | Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (1931–2023) |
Karnataka | 19 July 2014 |
31 July 2019 |
5 years, 12 days | ||
| 15 | R. N. Ravi IPS (Retd) (born 1952) |
Bihar | 1 August 2019 |
17 September 2021[§][lower-greek 10] |
2 years, 16 days | Ram Nath Kovind | |
| – | Jagdish Mukhi (born 1942) Governor of Assam (Additional Charge) |
Delhi | 17 September 2021 |
19 February 2023 |
1 year, 155 days | ||
| 16 | La. Ganesan (1945–2025) |
Tamil Nadu | 20 February 2023 |
15 August 2025[†] |
2 years, 176 days | Droupadi Murmu | |
| – | Ajay Kumar Bhalla IAS (Retd) (born 1960) Governor of Manipur (Additional Charge) |
Punjab | 16 August 2025 |
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- ↑ Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam
- ↑ Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam (1968–1973); and as the Governor of Meghalaya, Manipur, and Tripura (1972–1973)
- ↑ Concurrently also served as the Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, and Tripura
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Concurrently also served as the Governor of Manipur and Tripura
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Haryana
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Manipur
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Jharkhand
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Kerala
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Tamil Nadu