Governors of Himachal Pradesh
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Lieutenant Governors of Himachal Pradesh
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
| 1 | Maj. Gen. Hemit Singhji (retd.) | 1 March 1952 | 31 December 1954 |
| 2 | Raja B.B. Singh Bhadri | 1 January 1955 | 13 August 1963 |
| 3 | Sh. | 14 August 1963 | 25 February 1966 |
| 4 | Sh. V. Vishwanathan, ICS (retd.) | 26 February 1966 | 6 May 1967 |
| 5 | Sh. Om Parkash | 7 May 1967 | 15 May 1967 |
| 6 | Lt. Gen. K. Bhadur Singh (retd.) | 16 May 1967 | 24 January 1971 |
Governors of Himachal Pradesh
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
| 1 | Sh. S. Chakravarti, ICS Retd. | 25 January 1971 | 16 February 1977 |
| 2 | Sh. Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan was the last Nawab of princely state of Loharu, ruling from 1926 to 1947.Born on 23 March 1911 in Delhi, he studied Aitchison College, Lahore, later, Member of the Chamber of Princes, and briefly served the Indian Army and saw action during the Liberation of Goa in 1961 .He... (Nawab of Loharu Loharu Loharu is a city and a municipal committee in Bhiwani district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is the administrative headquarters of one of the 4 administrative sub-divisions of the district which comprises 119 villages.... ) |
17 February 1977 | 25 August 1981 |
| 3 | Sh. A. K. Banerjee, IAS Retd. | 26 August 1981 | 15 April 1983 |
| 4 | Sh. Hokishe Sema | 16 April 1983 | 7 March 1986 |
| 5 | Justice P. D. Desai (Chief Justice Himachal Pradesh High Court holding additional charge) | 8 March 1986 | 16 April 1986 |
| 6 | Vice Admiral R. K. S. Gandhi | 17 April 1986 | 15 February 1990 |
| 7 | Sh. S. M. H. Burney (Governor of Haryana during leave period) | 2 December 1987 | 10 January 1988 |
| 8 | Sh. H. A. Brari (Governor of Haryana during leave period) | 20 December 1989 | 12 January 1990 |
| 9 | Sh. B. Rachiah | 16 February 1990 | 19 December 1990 |
| 10 | Sh. Virendra Verma Virendra Verma Virendra Verma was a Jat politician and freedom fighter in the Indian political sphere. He was born in Shamli, Uttar Pradesh. He served as Governor of Punjab, Administrator of Chandigarh as well as Governor of Himachal Pradesh .-Personal life:Virendra Verma was educated in J.H... |
20 December 1990 | 29 January 1993 |
| 11 | Sh. Surendra Nath (Governor of Punjab Addl. Charge) | 30 January 1993 | 10 December 1993 |
| 12 | Sh. Bali Ram Bhagat Bali Ram Bhagat Bali Ram Bhagat was an Indian politician. He was born in Patna, Bihar. He served as the Speaker of Lok Sabha from 1976 to 1977, during the turbulent final year of Indira Gandhi’s first reign as prime minister. He served as Minister for External Afairs of India under Indira’s son, Rajiv Gandhi,... |
11 February 1993 | 29 June 1993 |
| 13 | Sh. Gulsher Ahmad Gulsher Ahmad Gulsher Ahmed was born a leader of Indian National Congress.he was a brilliant student and was a very good basketball player. He studied in England and became a barrister. He was speaker Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, MLA and also MP from Satna. He was governor of Himachal Pradesh in 1993. He... |
30 June 1993 | 26 November 1993 |
| 14 | Sh. Surendra Nath (Governor of Punjab Addl. Charge) | 27 November 1993 | 9 July 1994 |
| 15 | Justice V. Ratnam, Hon'ble Chief Justice Addl. Charge | 10 July 1994 | 30 July 1994 |
| 16 | Sh. Sudhakarrao Naik Sudhakarrao Naik Sudhakarrao Rajusing Naik was an Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 25 June 1991 until 22 February 1993... |
30 July 1994 | 17 September 1995 |
| 17 | Sh. Mahabir Prasad (Governor of Haryana Addl. Charge) | 18 September 1995 | 16 November 1995 |
| 18 | Smt. Sheila Kaul Sheila Kaul Sheila Kaul is a social democratic leader of the Indian National Congress and a former union cabinet minister and provincial Governor in India. She was also an educationist, social worker, and social reformer in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and an independence activist in British India... |
17 November 1995 | 22 April 1996 |
| 19 | Sh. Mahabir Prasad (Governor of Haryana Addl. Charge) | 23 April 1996 | 25 July 1997 |
| 20 | Smt. V. S. Rama Devi | 26 July 1997 | 1 December 1999 |
| 21 | Sh. Vishnu Kant Shastri Vishnu Kant Shastri Vishnu Kant Shastri was an Indian politician who served as the governor of Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. He was also an academician, scholar, poet, philosopher, author, critic, orator, editor and administrator.... |
2 December 1999 | 23 November 2000 |
| 22 | Sh. Suraj Bhan Suraj Bhan Suraj Bhan was a dalit leader and an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, who was elected to the Lok Sabha on four occasions, and served as governor of the states of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Bihar.... |
23 November 2000 | 7 May 2003 |
| 23 | Justice(Retd) Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje was the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, India, from 2003 to 2008.He was born in Madhya Pradesh on 6 September 1939. He started practising law in 1964 after completing his LLB from Indore. He was appointed a judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court on 28 July, 1990... |
8 May 2003 | 19 July 2008 |
| 24 | Prabha Rau Prabha Rau Prabha Rau was an Indian politician and the Governor of Rajasthan state of India, since December 2009, following the death of previous governor S.K. Singh. She was also the governor of Himachal Pradesh as well as the former president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. She hails from Nagpur... |
19 July 2008 | 24 January 2010 |
| 25 | Urmila Singh Urmila Singh Urmila Singh is the current Governor of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh since January 25, 2010. Urmila was born on August 6, 1946 and belongs to a family of freedom fighters of Gondwana and social reformers.... |
25 January 2010 | Incumbent |
See also
- Himachal PradeshHimachal PradeshHimachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...
- Governors of India
- Government of Himachal PradeshGovernment of Himachal PradeshThe Government of Himachal Pradesh also known as the State Government of Himachal Pradesh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and its 12 districts...
External links
- http://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/pgov.asp