List of governors of Odisha
| Governor of Odisha | |
|---|---|
Emblem of Odisha | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar Raj Bhavan, Puri |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Inaugural holder | Kailash Nath Katju |
| Formation | 15 August 1947 |
| Website | rajbhavanodisha.gov.in |
This is a list of the governors of the Indian state of Odisha (formerly Orissa), since its foundation in 1936.
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 | Kailash Nath Katju (1887–1968) |
Central Provinces and Berar | 15 August 1947 |
20 June 1948[§][lower-greek 1] |
310 days | Lord Mountbatten (Governor-General) | |
| 2 | Asaf Ali (1888–1953) |
United Provinces | 21 June 1948 |
5 May 1951 |
2 years, 318 days | ||
| – | V. P. Menon CSI CIE (1893–1965) (Acting) |
Madras State | 6 May 1951 |
17 July 1951 |
72 days | Rajendra Prasad | |
| (2) | Asaf Ali (1888–1953) |
United Provinces | 18 July 1951 |
6 June 1952 |
324 days | ||
| 3 | Justice (Retd) Saiyid Fazl Ali (1886–1959) |
Bihar | 7 June 1952 |
9 February 1954 |
1 year, 247 days | ||
| 4 | P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja (1898–1957) |
Madras State | 10 February 1954 |
11 September 1956 |
2 years, 214 days | ||
| 5 | Bhim Sen Sachar (1894–1978) |
Punjab | 12 September 1956 |
31 July 1957[§][lower-greek 2] |
322 days | ||
| 6 | Yashwant Narayan Sukthankar CIE ICS (Retd) (1897–1973) |
Bombay State | 31 July 1957 |
15 September 1962 |
5 years, 46 days | ||
| 7 | Ajudhia Nath Khosla (1892–1984) |
Punjab | 16 September 1962 |
5 August 1966 |
3 years, 323 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | |
| – | Justice Khaleel Ahmed (1907–?) Chief Justice, Orissa High Court (Acting) |
Orissa | 5 August 1966 |
11 September 1966 |
37 days | ||
| (7) | Ajudhia Nath Khosla (1892–1984) |
Punjab | 12 September 1966 |
30 January 1968 |
1 year, 140 days | ||
| 8 | Shaukatullah Shah Ansari (1908–1972) |
Uttar Pradesh | 31 January 1968 |
20 September 1971 |
3 years, 232 days | Zakir Husain | |
| – | Jogendra Singh (1903–1979) (Acting) |
Uttar Pradesh | 20 September 1971 |
30 June 1972[§][lower-greek 3] |
284 days | V. V. Giri | |
| – | Justice Gati Krushna Misra (d. 2009) Chief Justice, Orissa High Court (Acting) |
Orissa | 1 July 1972 |
8 November 1972 |
130 days | ||
| 9 | Basappa Danappa Jatti (1912–2002) |
Karnataka | 8 November 1972 |
20 August 1974[‡][lower-greek 4] |
1 year, 285 days | ||
| – | Justice Gati Krushna Misra (d. 2009) Chief Justice, Orissa High Court (Acting) |
Orissa | 21 August 1974 |
25 October 1974 |
65 days | ||
| 10 | Akbar Ali Khan (1899–1994) |
Andhra Pradesh | 25 October 1974 |
17 April 1976[‡] |
1 year, 175 days | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | |
| – | Justice Siba Narain Sankar (1915–?) Chief Justice, Orissa High Court (Acting) |
Orissa | 17 April 1976 |
7 February 1977 |
296 days | ||
| 11 | Harcharan Singh Brar (1922–2009) |
Punjab | 7 February 1977 |
22 September 1977[§][lower-greek 5] |
227 days | ||
| 12 | Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (1918–1993) |
Haryana | 23 September 1977 |
30 April 1980[§][lower-greek 6] |
2 years, 220 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | |
| 13 | C. M. Poonacha (1910–1990) |
Karnataka | 30 April 1980 |
30 September 1980 |
153 days | ||
| – | Justice Sukanta Kishore Ray (1918–2002) Chief Justice, Orissa High Court (Acting) |
Orissa | 1 October 1980 |
3 November 1980 |
33 days | ||
| (13) | C. M. Poonacha (1910–1990) |
Karnataka | 4 November 1980 |
24 June 1982 |
1 year, 232 days | ||
| – | Justice Ranganath Misra (1926–2012) Chief Justice, Orissa High Court (Acting) |
Orissa | 25 June 1982 |
31 August 1982 |
67 days | ||
| (13) | C. M. Poonacha (1910–1990) |
Karnataka | 1 September 1982 |
17 August 1983 |
350 days | Zail Singh | |
| 14 | Bishambhar Nath Pande (1906–1998) |
Uttar Pradesh | 17 August 1983 |
20 November 1988[‡] |
5 years, 95 days | ||
| – | Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993) Governor of West Bengal until 20 March 1989 |
Uttar Pradesh | 20 November 1988 |
20 March 1989 |
1 year, 78 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | |
| 15 | 20 March 1989 |
6 February 1990[§][lower-greek 7] | |||||
| 16 | Yagya Dutt Sharma (1922–1996) |
Punjab | 7 February 1990 |
1 February 1993[‡] |
2 years, 360 days | ||
| – | Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993) Governor of West Bengal (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh | 1 February 1993 |
31 May 1993 |
119 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
| 17 | B. Satya Narayan Reddy (1927–2012) |
Andhra Pradesh | 1 June 1993 |
17 June 1995 |
2 years, 16 days | ||
| 18 | Gopala Ramanujam (1915–2001) |
Tamil Nadu | 18 June 1995 |
30 January 1997 |
1 year, 226 days | ||
| – | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) Governor of West Bengal (Acting) |
Andhra Pradesh | 31 January 1997 |
12 February 1997 |
12 days | ||
| (18) | Gopala Ramanujam (1915–2001) |
Tamil Nadu | 13 February 1997 |
13 December 1997 |
303 days | ||
| – | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) Governor of West Bengal (Additional Charge) |
Andhra Pradesh | 13 December 1997 |
27 April 1998 |
135 days | K. R. Narayanan | |
| – | C. Rangarajan (born 1932) Governor of Andhra Pradesh (Additional Charge) |
Tamil Nadu | 27 April 1998 |
14 November 1999 |
1 year, 201 days | ||
| 19 | M. M. Rajendran IAS (Retd) (1935–2023) |
Tamil Nadu | 15 November 1999 |
17 November 2004 |
5 years, 2 days | ||
| 20 | Rameshwar Thakur (1925–2015) |
Jharkhand | 18 November 2004 |
21 August 2007[§][lower-greek 8] |
2 years, 276 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| 21 | Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare (1928–2024) |
Maharashtra | 21 August 2007 |
20 March 2013 |
5 years, 211 days | Pratibha Patil | |
| 22 | S. C. Jamir (born 1931) |
Nagaland | 21 March 2013 |
20 March 2018 |
4 years, 364 days | Pranab Mukherjee | |
| – | Satya Pal Malik (1946–2025) Governor of Bihar (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh | 21 March 2018 |
28 May 2018 |
68 days | Ram Nath Kovind | |
| 23 | Ganeshi Lal (born 1941) |
Haryana | 29 May 2018 |
30 October 2023 |
5 years, 154 days | ||
| 24 | Raghubar Das (born 1955) |
Jharkhand | 31 October 2023 |
2 January 2025[‡] |
1 year, 63 days | Droupadi Murmu | |
| 25 | Kambhampati Hari Babu (born 1953) |
Andhra Pradesh | 3 January 2025 |
Incumbent | 254 days | ||
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Rajasthan
- ↑ Resigned to become the Vice President of India
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Haryana
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Karnataka
References
Other websites
- "Introduction". Raj Bhavan of Odisha. (Governor's Official Residence)