List of Governors of Punjab: The Governor heads the state government. He or she is a titular head or constitutional head. He or she is also the agent of the centre as the union government nominates Governors in each state. In the Indian Constitution, Article 153 -167 deals with the provisions related to the state governments of the country.
The current Governor of Punjab is Banwarilal Purohit. The Governor forms an important part of the state executive where he or she acts as the chief executive head. Usually, there is a governor for each state, but the 7th Constitutional Amendment Act 1956 facilitated the appointment of the same person as a governor of two or more states.
List of Governors of Punjab (1947 - 2022)
| Sr. No. | Name of Governors | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | 15 August 1947 - 11 March 1953 |
| 2 | Sir Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh | 11 March 1953 - 15 September 1958 |
| 3 | Narahar Vishnu Gadgil | 15 September 1958 - 1 October 1962 |
| 4 | Pattom Thanu Pillai | 1 October 1962 - 4 May 1964 |
| 5 | Hafiz Muhammad Ibrahim | 4 May 1964 - 1 September 1965 |
| 6 | Sardar Ujjal Singh | 1 September 1965 - 26 June 1966 |
| 7 | Dharma Vira | 27 June 1966 - 1 June 1967 |
| 8 | Mehar Singh | 1 June 1967 - 16 October 1967 |
| 9 | D. C. Pavate | 16 October 1967 - 21 May 1973 |
| 10 | Mahendra Mohan Choudhry | 21 May 1973 - 1 September 1977 |
| 11 | Ranjit Singh Narula | 1 September 1977 - 24 September 1977 |
| 12 | Jaisukh Lal Hathi | 24 September 1977 - 26 August 1981 |
| 13 | Aminuddin Ahmad Khan | 26 August 1981 - 21 April 1982 |
| 14 | Marri Chenna Reddy | 21 April 1982 - 7 February 1983 |
| 15 | S.S. Sandhawalia | 7 February 1983 - 21 February 1983 |
| 16 | Anant Prasad Sharma | 21 February 1983 - 10 October 1983 |
| 17 | Bhairab Dutt Pande | 10 October 1983 - 3 July 1984 |
| 18 | Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala | 3 July 1984 - 14 March 1985 |
| 19 | Arjun Singh | 14 March 1985 - 14 November 1985 |
| 20 | Hokishe Sema | 14 November 1985 - 26 November 1985 |
| 21 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | 26 November 1985 - 2 April 1986 |
| 22 | Siddharta Shankar Ray | 2 April 1986 - 8 December 1989 |
| 23 | Nirmal Mukarji | 8 December 1989 - 14 June 1990 |
| 24 | Virendra Verma | 14 June 1990 - 18 December 1990 |
| 25 | General Om Prakash Malhotra | 18 December 1990 - 7 August 1991 |
| 26 | Surendra Nath | 7 August 1991 - 9 July 1994 |
| 27 | Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar | 10 July 1994 - 18 September 1994 |
| 28 | Lieutenant General B.K.N. Chhibber | 18 September 1994 - 27 November 1999 |
| 29 | Lieutenant General J. F. R. Jacob | 27 November 1999 - 8 May 2003 |
| 30 | Om Prakash Verma | 8 May 2003 - 3 November 2004 |
| 31 | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | 3 November 2004 - 16 November 2004 |
| 32 | General Sunith Francis Rodrigues | 16 November 2004 - 22 January 2010 |
| 33 | Shivraj Patil | 22 January 2010 - 21 January 2015 |
| 34 | Kaptan Singh Solanki | 21 January 2015 - 22 August 2016 |
| 35 | V P Singh Badnore | 22 January 2016 - 30 August 2021 |
| Banwarilal Purohit (addl. charge) | 31 August 2021 - 11 September 2021 | |
| 36 | Banwarilal Purohit | 11 September 2021 - Incumbent |
Key facts
- Sir Chandulal Madhanlal Trivedi was an Indian administrator and civil servant. He served as the first Governor of the state of Punjab (then East Punjab) after Independence in 1947. He subsequently served as the first Governor of Andhra Pradesh from its creation in 1953 until 1957.
- In 1940, Sir Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh was invited by the former PM Jawaharlal Nehru to become India's ambassador to Nepal.
- Gadgil between 1947 - 1952 served as a minister in the first central cabinet of Independent India. He held the portfolios of Public, Work, Commerce, and Mines, and Power. He also initiated the project of building a military-caliber road from Pathankot to Srinagar via Jammu in Kashmir as a part of India's activities in the 1947 Indo-Pakistan War. During 1952-55, he was a member of the Congress Working Committee.
- In 1985, the Indian Post & Telegraph Department issued a commemorative postage stamp in Gadgil's honour.
- Pattom A. Thanu Pillai was known as the 'Bhishmacharya of Kerala politics'. He also became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh on 4 May 1964 and remained in office till 11 April 1968.
- Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal is awarded in all prestigious Indian universities. The award was constituted in 1994, by endowments received from Shankar Dayal Sharma. This medal is awarded to a graduating student adjudged to be the best in terms of general proficiency like character, conduct and excellence performance, extra-curricular activities, and social science.
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