Governors of Rajasthan
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Governors of Rajasthan
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
| 1 | Gurumukh Nihal Singh | 1 November, 1956 | 16 April, 1962 |
| 2 | Sampurnanand Sampurnanand Dr Sampurnanand was a teacher and politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. He was elected to the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly and served as chief minister of the state from 1954 to 1960.If we consider single tenure in the office of the U.P. C.M. then Dr... |
16 April, 1962 | 16 April, 1967 |
| 3 | Sardar Hukam Singh Sardar Hukam Singh Sardar Hukam Singh was an Indian politician and the speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1962 to 1967. He was also governor of Rajasthan from 1967 to 1972.-Early life:... |
16 April, 1967 | 1 July, 1972 |
| 4 | Sardar Jogendra Singh | 1 July, 1972 | 15 February, 1977 |
| 5 | Vedpal Tyagi (acting) | 15 February, 1977 | 11 May 1977 |
| 6 | Raghukul Tilak | 17 May 1977 | 8 August, 1981 |
| 7 | K.D. Sharma (acting) | 8 August, 1981 | 6 March, 1982 |
| 8 | Om Prakash Mehra Om Prakash Mehra Om Prakash Mehra was Chief of the Air Staff from 1973 to 1976 . He received Param Vishistht Sewa Medal in 1968 . He was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1977. He later became governor of Maharashtra from 1980 to 1982 and governor of Rajasthan from 1982 to 1985.Air Chief Marshal OP Mehra was born on... |
6 March, 1982 | 4 January, 1985 |
| 9 | Vasantrao Patil | 20 November, 1985 | 15 October, 1987 |
| 10 | Sukhdev Prasad | 20 February, 1988 | 3 February, 1990 |
| 11 | Milap Chand Jain Milap Chand Jain Milap Chand Jain was the former Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.He was born in 1929 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. After obtaining his B. Com. and LLM degrees, he was appointed as a judge of the Rajasthan High Court in 1978, and he later rose to become the Chief Justice... (acting) |
3 February, 1990 | 14 February, 1990 |
| 12 | Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya | 14 February, 1990 | 26 August, 1991 |
| 13 | Swarup Singh (acting) | 26 August, 1991 | 5 February, 1992 |
| 14 | Marri Chenna Reddy Marri Chenna Reddy Marri Channa Reddy was an Indian politician active in several states. He was the governor of Uttar Pradesh , governor of Punjab , governor of Rajasthan from February 1992 to May 1993, and governor of Tamil Nadu from 1993 until his death. He was a leader of Indian National Congress Party... |
5 iFebruary, 1992 | 31 May, 1993 |
| 15 | Dhanik Lal Mandal (additional charge) | 31 May 1993 | 30 June, 1993 |
| 16 | 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,... |
30 June, 1993 | 1 May, 1998 |
| 17 | Darbara Singh Darbara Singh -Bio:Sardar Darbara Singh , born into the prosperous Jat zamindar family of Sardar Dalip Singh Johal in Jandiala, in the Jullundur district of Punjab... |
1 May, 1998 | 24 May, 1998 |
| 18 | Navrang Lal Tibrewal (acting) | 25 May, 1998 | 16 January, 1999 |
| 19 | Anshuman Singh Anshuman Singh Anshuman Singh is a former governor of Rajasthan. He was governor of the state from January 1999 to May 2003. Earlier he was governor of Gujarat state in 1998.... |
16 January, 1999 | 14 May, 2003 |
| 20 | Nirmal Chandra Jain | 14 May, 2003 | 22 September, 2003 |
| 21 | Kailashpati Mishra Kailashpati Mishra Kailashpati Mishra is a leader of Bharatiya Janta Party and a former Governor of Gujarat and also shortly Governor of Rajasthan Following the Death of the Current Governor Nirmal Chandra Jain .Kailashpati Mishra, a bachelor and popularly called the "Bhishmapitamah" of Bihar has been affiliated... (additional charge) |
22 September, 2003 | 14 January, 2004 |
| 22 | Madan Lal Khurana Madan Lal Khurana Madan Lal Khurana is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Delhi. He has also served as the Governor of Rajasthan.-Early life:... |
14 January, 2004 | 1 November, 2004 |
| 23 | T. V. Rajeswar T. V. Rajeswar T. V. Rajeswar is a former Indian Police Service officer, former Intelligence Bureau chief and former Governor of Sikkim, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.-Career:... (additional charge) |
1 November, 2004 | 8 November, 2004 |
| 24 | Pratibha Patil Pratibha Patil Pratibha Devisingh Patil is the 12th President of the Republic of India and first woman to hold the office. She was sworn in as President of India on 25 July 2007, succeeding Dr. A.P.J... |
8 November, 2004 | 21 June, 2007 |
| 25 | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai is an Indian politician. He served as Governor of Bihar and Haryana states. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Indian parliament from 2000-2004.-Early life and Education:... (additional charge) |
21 June, 2007 | 6 September, 2007 |
| 26 | S. K. Singh | 6 September, 2007 | 1 December, 2009 |
| 27 | 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... |
2 December, 2009 | 26 April, 2010 |
| 28 | Shivraj Patil Shivraj Patil Shivraj Vishwanath Patil is an Indian politician and current state Punjab governor and the Administrator of Union Territory of Chandigarh. Previously he had been the Speaker of the 11th Lok Sabha and served the Manmohan Singh cabinet as the Union Minister of Home Affairs... (additional charge) |
26 April, 2010 | Incumbent |
See also
- RajasthanRajasthanRājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
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