List of governors of Punjab, India

Governor of Punjab
Governor of Punjab
	Emblem of Punjab
	Flag of India
	Incumbent; Gulab Chand Kataria; since 31 July 2024
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Chandigarh
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Precursor	Governor of Punjab
Inaugural holder	Henry Lawrence (Indian Army officer)
Formation	1 April 1849
Website	Punjabrajbhavan

This is a list of the governors of Punjab state in India since 1 April 1849 its partition on 15 August 1947. Since 1985, the governor of Punjab has acted as the administrator of Chandigarh. There are 32 governors with additional charge.

Before Independence

No.	Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Notes
President of the Board of Administration
1	Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence (1806–1857)	1 April 1849	17 January 1853	Assisted by John Lawrence and Charles Grenville Mansel Creation of the Punjab Irregular Force
Chief Commissioners
1	John Laird Mair Lawrence (1811–1879)	18 January 1853	31 December 1858	Creation of the Punjab Railway Indian Mutiny of 1857 Government of India Act 1858
Lieutenant-Governors
1	Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, Bt (1811–1879)	1 January 1859	25 February 1859	Delhi transferred from the North-Western Provinces to the Punjab
2	Sir Robert Montgomery (1809–1887)	25 February 1859	10 January 1865	Upper Doab famine of 1860–61 Establishment of Lawrence College, Murree, King Edward Medical University, Government College University, Lahore, Glancy Medical College and Forman Christian College Founding of the town of Montgomery
3	Sir Donald Friell McLeod (1810–1872)	10 January 1865	1 June 1870	Establishment of the Lahore Museum Punjab Murderous Outrages Act 1867
4	Sir Henry Marion Durand (1812–1871)	1 June 1870	20 January 1871
5	Sir Robert Henry Davies (1824–1902)	20 January 1871	2 April 1877	Murree made summer capital in 1873 Singh Sabha Movement Establishment of the Mayo School of Industrial Arts Opening of Lahore Zoo Simla made summer capital in 1876 Delhi Durbar of 1877
6	Sir Robert Eyles Egerton (1827–1912)	2 April 1877	3 April 1882
7	Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchinson (1832–1896)	3 April 1882	2 April 1887	Commencement of the Sidhnai and Sohag Para Colonies Establishment of Aitchison College, University of the Punjab and University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Creation of the Lahore Bar Association Opening of the Punjab Public Library
8	Sir James Broadwood Lyall (1838–1916)	2 April 1887	5 March 1892	Commencement of the Chenab Colony Founding of Lyallpur Ahmadiyya movement
9	Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick (1837–1920)	5 March 1892	6 March 1897	Commencement of the Chunian Colony Establishment of Khalsa College, Amritsar and School of Medicine for Christian Women
10	Sir William Mackworth Young (1840–1924)	6 March 1897	6 March 1902	Punjab Land Alienation Act, 1900 Frontier districts transferred to newly created North-West Frontier Province Commencement of the Jhelum Colony
11	Sir Charles Montgomery Rivaz (1845–1926)	6 March 1902	6 March 1907	Delhi Durbar of 1903 Founding of Sargodha Establishment of the Punjab Agricultural College and Research Institute Colonisation Bill, 1906 1907 Punjab unrest
12	Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson (1847–1908)	6 March 1907	26 May 1907
–	Thomas Gordon Walker (1849–1917)	26 May 1907	12 August 1907	Acting Lieutenant-Governor
12	Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson (1847–1908)	12 August 1907	22 January 1908	Creation of the Punjab Muslim League
–	Thomas Gordon Walker (1849–1917)	22 January 1908	25 May 1908	Acting Lieutenant-Governor
13	Sir Louis William Dane (1856–1946)	25 May 1908	28 April 1911	Anand Marriage Act, 1909
–	James McCrone Douie (1854–1935)	28 April 1911	4 August 1911	Acting Lieutenant-Governor
13	Sir Louis William Dane (1856–1946)	4 August 1911	26 May 1913	Delhi Durbar of 1911 Delhi transferred from the Punjab and designated the capital of British India Establishment of Kinnaird College for Women Colonisation of Government Lands Act, 1912
14	Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer (1864–1940)	26 May 1913	26 May 1919	First World War Commencement of the Lower Bari Doab, Upper Chenab, Upper Jhelum, Nili Bar Colonies Lahore Conspiracy Case trial Government of India Act 1919 Rowlatt Act Jallianwala Bagh massacre
15	Sir Edward Douglas Maclagan (1864–1952)	26 May 1919	3 January 1921	Akali movement
Governors
1	Sir Edward Douglas Maclagan (1864–1952)	3 January 1921	31 May 1924	Nankana massacre Creation of the Unionist Party Establishment of Maclagan Engineering College and Lahore College for Women University Members of Executive Council: John Maynard (Finance), Sundar Singh Majithia (Revenue)^[1] Ministers: Fazl-i-Hussain (Education, Health and Local government), Lala Harkishan Lal (Agriculture)^[2]
2	Sir William Malcolm Hailey (1872–1969)	31 May 1924	9 August 1928	Ministers: Manohar Lal (Education) (1927–1930), Joginder Singh (Agriculture) (1927–1930), Feroz Khan Noon (Local Self-government) (1927–1930)
3	Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency (1876–1955)	9 August 1928	19 July 1932	Birth of Lollywood Execution of Bhagat Singh Khaksar movement
–	Sikandar Hayat Khan (1892–1942)	19 July 1932	19 October 1932	Acting Governor
3	Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency (1876–1955)	19 October 1932	12 April 1933
4	Sir Herbert William Emerson (1881–1962)	12 April 1933	1 February 1934
–	Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan (1892–1942)	15 February 1934	9 June 1934	Acting Governor
4	Sir Herbert William Emerson (1881–1962)	9 June 1934	4 April 1938	Government of India Act 1935 1937 Indian provincial elections
5	Sir Henry Duffield Craik, Bt (1876–1955)	4 April 1938	7 April 1941	Lahore Resolution
6	Sir Bertrand James Glancy (1882–1953)	7 April 1941	8 April 1946	Simla Conference 1946 Indian provincial elections
7	Sir Evan Meredith Jenkins (1896–1985)	8 April 1946	15 August 1947	Partition of India

After Independence

Governor served in Acting capacity
Governor holds Additional Charge

S. No	Name	Tenure ^[3]			Nominated by (President)
Governor of East Punjab (1947–1950)
1	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi	15 August 1947	26 January 1950	2 years, 164 days	L. Mountbatten (GGI)
Governor of Punjab (1950–Present)
1	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi	26 January 1950	11 March 1953	3 years, 44 days	Rajendra Prasad
2	Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh	11 March 1953	15 September 1958	5 years, 188 days
3	Narahar Vishnu Gadgil	15 September 1958	1 October 1962	4 years, 16 days
4	Pattom A. Thanu Pillai	1 October 1962	4 May 1964	1 year, 216 days	S. Radhakrishnan
5	Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim	4 May 1964	1 September 1965	1 year, 120 days
6	Ujjal Singh	1 September 1965	26 June 1966	298 days
7	Dharma Vira	27 June 1966	1 June 1967	340 days
-	Mehar Singh	1 June 1967	16 October 1967	137 days	Zakir Husain
8	Dadappa Chintappa Pavate	16 October 1967	21 May 1973	5 years, 217 days	Zakir Husain
9	Mahendra Mohan Choudhry	21 May 1973	1 September 1977	4 years, 103 days	V. V. Giri
-	Ranjit Singh Narula	1 September 1977	24 September 1977	23 days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
10	Jaisukh Lal Hathi	24 September 1977	26 August 1981	3 years, 336 days
11	Aminuddin Ahmad Khan	26 August 1981	21 April 1982	238 days
12	Marri Chenna Reddy	21 April 1982	7 February 1983	292 days
-	Surjit Singh Sandhawalia	7 February 1983	21 February 1983	14 days	Zail Singh
13	Anant Prasad Sharma	21 February 1983	10 October 1983	231 days
14	Bhairab Dutt Pande	10 October 1983	3 July 1984	267 days
15	Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala	3 July 1984	14 March 1985	254 days
16	Arjun Singh	14 March 1985	14 November 1985	245 days
-	Hokishe Sema	14 November 1985	26 November 1985	12 days
17	Shankar Dayal Sharma	26 November 1985	2 April 1986	127 days
18	Siddhartha Shankar Ray	2 April 1986	8 December 1989	3 years, 250 days
19	Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee	8 December 1989	14 June 1990	188 days	R. Venkataraman
20	Virendra Verma	14 June 1990	18 December 1990	187 days
21	Om Prakash Malhotra	18 December 1990	7 August 1991	232 days
22	Surendra Nath	7 August 1991	9 July 1994	2 years, 336 days
-	Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar	10 July 1994	18 September 1994	70 days	Shankar Dayal Sharma
23	Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber	18 September 1994	27 November 1999	5 years, 70 days	Shankar Dayal Sharma
24	Jack Farj Rafael Jacob	27 November 1999	8 May 2003	3 years, 162 days	K. R. Narayanan
25	Om Prakash Verma	8 May 2003	3 November 2004	1 year, 179 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
	Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai	3 November 2004	16 November 2004	13 days
26	Sunith Francis Rodrigues	16 November 2004	22 January 2010	5 years, 67 days
27	Shivraj Vishwanath Patil	22 January 2010	22 January 2015	5 years, 0 days	Pratibha Patil
-	Kaptan Singh Solanki	22 January 2015	22 August 2016	1 year, 213 days	Pranab Mukherjee
28	Vijayendra Pal Singh Badnore	22 August 2016	30 August 2021	5 years, 8 days	Pranab Mukherjee
-	Banwarilal Purohit	31 August 2021	11 September 2021	11 days	Ram Nath Kovind
29	Banwarilal Purohit	11 September 2021	30 July 2024	2 years, 323 days	Ram Nath Kovind
30	Gulab Chand Kataria	31 July 2024	Incumbent	340 days	Droupadi Murmu

Rajpramukh of PEPSU (1948–1956)

Source:^[4]

Rajpramukh (Governor)	Portrait	Tenure ^[5]			Uparajpramukh (Lieutenant Governor)	Portrait	Appointed by
Yadavindra Singh		15 July 1948	1 November 1956	8 years, 109 days	Jagatjit Singh		C. Rajagopalachari

References

^ Nijjar, Bakshish Singh. History of the United Panjab, Volume 1.
^ Singh, Virinder. Dyarchy In Punjab. National Book Organisation.
^ Former Governors of Punjab
^ "Indian states since 1947". Worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
^ PEPSU

External links

"Welcome to Official Web site of Punjab, India". 16 February 2007. Archived from the original on 16 February 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
"Welcome to Punjab Government Website, INDIA". 25 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

[1] Nijjar, Bakshish Singh. History of the United Panjab, Volume 1.

[2] Singh, Virinder. Dyarchy In Punjab. National Book Organisation.

[3] Former Governors of Punjab

[4] "Indian states since 1947". Worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

[5] PEPSU

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Administrators of provinces in British India
Governors	Agra Presidency (1834–1836) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1945–1947)¹ Assam (1921–1947)¹ Bengal Presidency (1700–1774, 1912–1947) Bihar (1936–1947)¹ Bihar and Orissa Province (1920–1936) Bombay Presidency (1694–1947) Burma (1923–1937) Central Provinces and Berar (1920–1947) Madras Presidency (1698–1947) North-West Frontier Province (1932–1948) Orissa (1936–1947)¹ Punjab (1921–1947)¹ Sind (1936–1947) United Provinces of British India (1921–1937) United Provinces (1937–1947)
Lt. Governors	Bengal, Bihar and Orissa Provinces (1854–1912) Assam (1905–1912) Bihar and Orissa Province (1912–1920) Burma (1897–1923) North-Western Provinces (1836–1877) North-Western Provinces (1877–1902) Punjab (1859–1921) United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (1902–1921)
Chief Commissioners	Ajmer-Merwara (1871–1947) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1872–1945) Assam (1874–1905, 1912–1921) Balochistan (1877–1947) Burma (1886–1897) Central Provinces (1861–1920) Coorg Province (1869–1947) Delhi (1912–1947) Lower Burma (1867–1886) North-West Frontier Province (1901–1932) Oudh (1856–1877) Oudh (1877–1902) Panth-Piploda (1942–1947) Punjab (1853–1859)
Commissioners	Assam (1828–1874) Sind (1843–1936)
Superintendents	Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1858–1872)
¹ Office retained following Indian independence

Before Independence

After Independence

Rajpramukh of PEPSU (1948–1956)

See also

References

External links