Governors List of India 2025 List PDF: Check All States, Union Territories with Capital and First Governor

The Governor is known as the Executive head of the state, constitutional head, and also the agent of the center. As per the Indian constitution, the Governor is considered as the first citizen of the state. The powers and functions of the governor under the constitution of India are given in articles from article 151 to article 367 randomly for both states and union territories.

The Governor is also the appointing authority in respect of the following authorities:

  • Advocate General

  • The Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta

  • The State Election Commissioner

  • The Chairman and Members of the Human Rights Commission

  • The Chairman and Members of Public Service Commission

  • The State Chief Information Commissioner and members of the Information Commission

This article will explain the governors of India, their roles and responsibilities, appointment and eligibility, salary, present state governor list and UT governor list in both Hindi too. Including all state and union territories, the CM and Governor list for the year 2025, first governor in India, after independence, important articles based on governor. The PDF format of the governors of India for download is available both in English and Hindi. For any queries, check the FAQ section given below.

 

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Roles and Responsibilities

Here we can see the roles and responsibilities of governors of India, they are given below.

  • According to Article 159 of the Indian Constitution, the governors of India's responsibility is to uphold, defend, and safeguard the constitution and the law in conducting state business.

  • Implementing the Constitution requires the use of all the governor's decisions, suggestions, and oversight authority over the legislative and executive branches of a state (see, for example, Articles 167c, 200, 213, and 355).

  • Any bill may be put on hold by the governor of a state for the president to examine.

  • Bills dealing with issues like forced land acquisition, restrictions on the authority of the High Court, and the imposition of taxes on the storage, distribution, and sale of water or electricity in river valley development projects or along interstate rivers should necessarily be reserved.

  • Without prior approval from the President, no Bills attempting to impose limits on interstate trade may be submitted to a state legislature.

The governors of India have a variety of powers in this regard, including the following:

Executive Powers of Governors: Authority over administration, nominations, and removals

Legislative Powers of Governors: About the state legislature, or State Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) or State Legislative Council, and the enactment of laws (Vidhan Parishad)

Discretionary Powers of Governors: These are to be used at the governor's discretion. The powers and duties of the Indian governors are comparable to those of the president of India at the national level.

Appointment and Eligibility of Governors of all Indian States

  • A state's governor is chosen by the president for a five-year term and serves at his leisure.

  • Unlike elections for president, there is no indirect or direct process for choosing a governor.

  • They do not work for the union government; the position of governor is an autonomous constitutional office.

  • Only Indian citizens who are at least 35 years old may be appointed to this position.

  • The Governors of all Indian states have the authority to act as the State's executive.

 

Salary of Governors of Indian States

  • The monthly salary of a Governor of an Indian state in 2024 is Rs. 3.5 lakhs.

  • During their term, the Governor is entitled to a fixed pension and lives in the state's Raj Bhavan.

 

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Present Governors of India 2025 - State List

Here is the current list of Governors of Indian states and union territories in 2025 with their state names.

 

List of Current State Governors 2025

States

Capital

Governors of States In India

Andhra Pradesh

Amaravati

Abdul Nazeer

Arunachal Pradesh

Itanagar

Trivikram Parnayak

Assam

Dispur

Lakshman Prasad Acharya

Bihar

Patna

Arif Mohammed Khan

Chhattisgarh

Raipur

Ramen Deka

Goa

Panaji

PS Sreedharan Pillai

Gujarat

Gandhinagar

Acharya Dev Vrat

Haryana

Chandigarh

Bandaru Dattatreya

Himachal Pradesh

Shimla

Pradap Sukhla

Jharkhand

Ranchi

Santosh Kumar Gangwar

Karnataka

Bengaluru

Thawarchand Gehlot

Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram

 Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal

Mangubhai Chaganbhai Patel

Maharashtra

Mumbai

C.P. Radhakrishnan

Manipur

Imphal

 Ajay Kumar Bhalla

Meghalaya

Shillong

C H Vijayashankar

Mizoram

Aizawl

General (Dr.) Vijay Kumar Singh

Nagaland

Kohima

Shri La. Ganesan

Odisha

Bhubaneswar

Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati

Punjab

Chandigarh

Gulab Chand Kataria

Rajasthan

Jaipur

Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde

Sikkim

Gangtok

Om Prakash Mathur

Tamil Nadu

Chennai

R.N. Ravi

Telangana

Hyderabad

Jishnu Dev Varma

Tripura

Agartala

Indra Sena Reddy Nallu

Uttar Pradesh 

Lucknow

Anandiben Patel

Uttarakhand

Dehradun (Winter)

Bhararisain (Summer)

Gurmit Singh

West Bengal

Kolkata

Dr. C.V. Ananda Bose

 

States and Capitals of India

Present Governors of India 2025 - State List in Hindi

Check the सभी राज्यों के राज्यपालों की सूची 2025 हिंदी में

 

List of Current State Governors 2025

राज्य 

राज्यपाल का नाम

आंध्र प्रदेश

अब्दुल नासिर

अरुणाचल प्रदेश

त्रिविक्रम परनायक

असम

लक्ष्मण प्रसाद आचार्य

बिहार

श्री आरिफ मोहम्मद खान

छत्तीसगढ

श्री रामेन डेका

गोवा

पीएस श्रीधरन पिल्लै

गुजरात

आचार्य देवव्रत

हरियाणा 

बंडारू दत्तात्रेय

हिमाचल प्रदेश

प्रदाप शुक्ला

झारखंड

श्री संतोष कुमार गंगवार

कर्नाटक

थावरचंद गेहलोत

केरल

राजेंद्र विश्वनाथ आर्लेकर

मध्य प्रदेश

मंगुभाई छगनभाई पटेल

महाराष्ट्र

श्री सी.पी. राधाकृष्णन

मणिपुर

अजय कुमार भल्ला

मेघालय

सी एच विजयशंकर

मिजोरम

जनरल (डॉ.) विजय कुमार सिंह,
पीडब्ल्यूडी, आईएसएम, आईएसएम (सेवानिवृत्त)

नगालैंड

श्री ल. गणेसन

ओडिशा

डॉ. हरि बाबू कंभमपति

पंजाब

श्री गुलाब चंद कटारिया

राजस्थान 

श्री हरिभाऊ किसनराव बागड़े

सिक्किम

लक्ष्मण प्रसाद

तमिलनाडु

आरएन रवि

तेलंगाना

सी.पी. राधा कृष्णन

त्रिपुरा

सत्यदेव नारायण आर्य

उत्तर प्रदेश

आनंदीबेन पटेल

उत्तराखंड

गुरमीत सिंह

पश्चिम बंगाल

डॉ. सी.वी. आनंद बोस

 

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Present Governors of India 2025 - UT List

The present governors of all Indian Union Territories are provided here for the reference of the candidates.

 

Present Governors of Indian Union Territories 2025

Union Territory

Capital

Governor

Andaman & Nicobar

Port Blair

Admiral D K Joshi (Lieutenant Governor)

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

Shri Gulab Chand Kataria

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Daman

Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)

Delhi

New Delhi

Vinai Kumar Saxena

Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar

Shri Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor)

Lakshadweep

Kavaratti

Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)

Puducherry

Puducherry

K. Kailashnathan (Lieutenant Governor)

Ladakh

Leh

Brig (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd.)
(Lieutenant Governor)

 

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Present Governors of India 2025 - UT List Hindi

Here we have added the राज्यपालों की सूची 2025 (केंद्र शासित प्रदेश)

 

Governors of Indian Union Territories 2025 In Hindi

केंद्र शासित प्रदेश

राज्यपाल का नाम

अंडमान और निकोबार

एडमिरल डी के जोशी (लेफ्टिनेंट गवर्नर)

चंडीगढ़

श्री वीपी सिंह बदनौर (प्रशासक)

दादरा और नगर हवेली और दमन और दीव

श्री प्रफुल्ल पटेल (प्रशासक)

दिल्ली

श्री विनय कुमार सक्सेना (लेफ्टिनेंट गवर्नर)

जम्मू और कश्मीर

श्री मनोज सिन्हा (लेफ्टिनेंट गवर्नर)

लक्षद्वीप

श्री प्रफुल्ल पटेल (प्रशासक)

पुदुचेरी

सी.पी. राधा कृष्णन

लद्दाख

मिश्रा (उपराज्यपाल)

 

All State CM and Governor List 2025

Here we have tabulated the list of all state CM and Governor lists for 2025. The contenders' level of preparedness would be raised by knowing the whole list of all state CM and Governor List 2025 for your reference.

 

All State CM and Governor List 2025

States

Chief Minister Name

Governors of Indian States 2025

Andhra Pradesh

Chandrababu Naidu

Abdul Nazeer

Arunachal Pradesh

Pema Khandu

Trivikram Parnayak

Assam

Himanta Biswa Sarma

Lakshman Acharya

Bihar

Nitish Kumar

Arif Mohammed Khan

Chhattisgarh

Vishnu Deo Sai

Ramen Deka

Goa

Pramod Sawant

PS Sreedharan Pillai

Gujarat

Bhupendra Patel

Acharya Dev Vrat

Haryana

 Nayab Singh Saini

Bandaru Dattatreya

Himachal Pradesh

Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

Pradap Sukhla

Jharkhand

Hemant Soren

Santhosh Kumar Gangwar

Karnataka

Siddaramaiah

Thawarchand Gehlot

Kerala

Pinarayi Vijayan

Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar

Madhya Pradesh

Mohan Yadav

Mangubhai Chaganbhai Patel

Maharashtra

Shri Devendra Fadnavis

C.P.Radhakrishnan

Manipur

-

Ajay Kumar Bhalla

Meghalaya

Conrad Kongkal Sangma

General (Dr.) Vijay Kumar Singh, PVSM, AVSM, YSM (Retd.)

Mizoram

Lalduhoma

General (Dr.) Vijay Kumar Singh

Nagaland

Neiphiu Rio

Shri La. Ganesan

Odisha

Shri Mohan Charan Majhi

Hari Babu Kambhampati

Punjab

Bhagwant Mann

Shri Gulab Chand Kataria

Rajasthan

Bhajan Lal Sharma

Shri Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde

Sikkim

Prem Singh Tamang (PS Golay)

Om Prakash Mathur

Tamil Nadu

M.K Stalin

R.N. Ravi

Telangana

Revanth Reddy

Jishnu Dev Varma

Tripura

Manik Saha

Indra Sena Reddy Nallu

Uttar Pradesh

Yogi Adityanath

Anandiben Patel

Uttarakhand

Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami

Gurmit Singh

West Bengal

Mamata Banerjee

Dr. C.V. Ananda Bose


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All Union Territory CM and Governor List 2025

Three of India's eight Union Territories (UTs) are governed by administrators, while the other five are overseen by lieutenant governors. Check out the table below for a list of the current chief ministers and governors of all the Indian Union territories.

 

All Union Territory CM and Governor List 2025

Union Territories

Chief Minister Name

Governor Name

Andaman & Nicobar

-

Admiral D K Joshi
(Lieutenant Governor)

Chandigarh

-

Shri Gulab Chand Kataria (Administrator)

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

-

Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)

Delhi

Arvind Kejriwal

Vinai Kumar Saxena

Jammu and Kashmir

-

Shri Manoj Sinha
(Lieutenant Governor)

Lakshadweep

-

Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)

Puducherry

N. Rangaswamy

K Kailashnathan

Ladakh

-

B. D. Mishra
(Lieutenant Governor)

 

Who is the first Governor of India?

The viceroy's position was eliminated in August 1947, the month of independence. The title of governor-general was once more given to the representative of the British Crown. The only other Indian governor-general was C. Rajagopalachari. C. Rajagopalachari was appointed as the first Governor of West Bengal. The role of the West Bengal Governor became ceremonial on January 26, 1950, when the Indian Constitution took effect. The first woman to hold the position of state governor in India was Sarojini Naidu.

 

First Governor of India After Independence

State

First State Governor of
Independent India

Andhra Pradesh

Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi

Arunachal Pradesh

Bhishma Narain Singh

Assam

Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari

Bihar

Jairamdas Daulatram

Chhattisgarh

D.N. Sahay

Goa

Major General K.P. Candeth

Gujarat

Mehdi Nawaz Jung

Haryana

Shri Dharma Vira

Himachal Pradesh

S. Chakravarti

Jharkhand

Prabhat Kumar

Karnataka

Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar

Kerala

Burgula Ramakrishna Rao

Madhya Pradesh

Dr. Pattahbhi Sitaramayya

Maharashtra

Raja Sir Maharaj Singh

Manipur

B. K. Nehru

Meghalaya

Braj Kumar Nehru

Mizoram

S.P. Mukherjee

Nagaland

Vishnu Sahay

Odisha

Dr. Kailash Nath Katju

Punjab

Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi

Rajasthan

Raj Pramukh Sawai Sh. Mansingh

Sikkim

B.B. Lal

Tamil Nadu

Maharaja Shri Sir Krishna Kumarsingji Bhavsingji

Telangana

E.S.L. Narasimhan

Tripura

B.K. Nehru

Uttar Pradesh

Sarojini Naidu

Uttarakhand

Surjit Singh Barnala

West Bengal

Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari

 

The important articles that are based on the governors of India

  • Article 153. Governors of States,

  • Article 154. Executive power of State,

  • Article 155. Appointment of Governor,

  • Article 156. Term of Office of Governor,

  • Article 157. Qualifications for appointment as Governor,

  • Article 160. Discharge of the functions of the Governor in certain contingencies,

  • Article 161. Power of Governor to grant pardons, etc., and to suspend, remit, or commute sentences in certain cases.


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FAQs

Q: Which are the Best Governed States in India?

In the Public Affairs Index-2020, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Goa have been named the best-governed States in the big States category, while Uttar Pradesh came in last.

Q: Who appoints the governor of a state in India?

In India, the governor of a state is appointed by the Hon. President of India for a term of 5 years.

Q. Who was the governor of West Bengal in 1950?

C. Rajagopalachari was appointed as the first Governor of West Bengal.

Q. Who was the first woman to hold the position of governor in an Indian state?

Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to hold the position of state governor in India.

Q. Who is the present governor of Delhi?

Vinai Kumar Saxena is the present governor of Delhi.

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