Current Governor of India 2018 State Wise:- As we see that in every competitive exam questions are asked about to the India’s polity and governance. So, in order to stay updated on General Knowledge, here we are going to provide list of the current Governors of India. Every candidate who is going to study about to it wants to know what is the post of a Governor in India? So here we are trying to explain this. Candidates can get the answer about to their question by read the following points-
- The Governors in India are the constitutional heads and all management activities of a state are taken in their name.
- They are the figurative heads of the state government.
- The Governors head India’s 29 states and 7 union territories
- A governor must act according to the advice of counsel ministers, headed by the Chief Minister.
After this solution candidates wants to know that whose persons appoints the Governor in state. So this solution is also mentioning below. All candidates who are preparation for competitive examination must check and also remember that the Governor of any state is appointed by the President of India for five years.
Now we are discus about to the difference between the State Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
- A governor is the head of the state even as a Lieutenant Governor is the head of a union territory.
- In Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Pondicherry and Delhi, the administrator is called Lieutenant Governor, while in Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Lakshadweep is known as an Administrator.
- The union territories are administered by the President through an administrator, who is appointed by him with a suitable designation Lieutenant Governor, Chief Commissioner, or Administrator.
List of Current and First Governor of State in India 2018-19:-
| NAME OF STATE | CURRENT GOVERNOR | FIRST GOVERNOR OF STATE (AFTER INDEPENDENCE) | FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR |
| ASSAM | JAGDISH MUKHI | MUHAMMAD SELAH AKBAR HYDARI | – |
| CHHATTISGARH | ANANDIBEN PATEL | D. N. SAHAY | – |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR | SATYA PAL MALIK | KARAN SINGH | – |
| GUJARAT | OP KOHLI | MEHDI NAWAZ JUNG | SHARDA MUKHERJEE |
| ANDHRA PRADESH | ESL NARASIMHAN | CHANDULAL MADHAVLAL TRIVEDI | SHARDA MUKHERJEE |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH | ACHARYA DEVVRAT | S. CHAKARVARTI | SHEILA KAUL |
| MIZORAM | KUMMANAM RAJASEKHARAN | S. P. MUKHERJEE | – |
| KERALA | P SATHASIVAM | BURGULA RAMAKRISHNA RAO | JYOTI VENKATACHALAM |
| MAHARASHTRA | C VIDYASAGAR RAO | SIR JOHN COLVILLE | VIJYALAKSHMI PANDIT |
| ODISHA | GANESHI LAL | DR. KAILASH NATH KATJU | – |
| MADHYA PRADESH | ANANDIBEN PATEL | DR. PATTABHI SITARAMAYYA | SARLA GREWAL |
| JHARKHAND | DRAUPADI MURMU | PARBHAT KUMAR | DRAUPADI MURMU |
| WEST BENGAL | KESHARI NATH TRIPATHI | CHAKARVARTHI RAJAGOPALACHARI | PADMAJA NAIDU |
| TAMIL NADU | BANWARILAL PUROHIT | GENERAL SIR ARCHIBALD EDWARD NYE | FATIMA BEEVI |
| PUNJAB | VP SINGH BADNORE | CHANDULAL MADHAVLAL TRIVEDI | – |
| UTTARAKHAND | BABY RANI MAURYA | SURJIT SINGH BARNALA | – |
| SIKKIM | GANGA PRASAD | B. B. LAL | – |
| TRIPURA | KAPTAN SINGH SOLANKI | B. K. NEHRU | – |
| RAJASTHAN | KALYAN SINGH | GURUMUKH NIHAL SINGH | PARTIBHA PATIL |
| MEGHALAYA | TATHAGATA ROY | BRAJ KUMAR NEHRU | – |
| KARNATAKA | VAJUBHAI VALA | JAYACHAMARAJA WODEYAR | V.S.RAMADEVI |
| NAGALAND | PB ACHARYA | VISHNU SAHAY | – |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | BD MISHRA | BHISHMA NARAIN SINGH | – |
| HARYANA | SATYADEV NARAYAN ARYA | DHARMA VIRA | – |
| BIHAR | LALJI TANDON | JAIRAMDAS DAULATRAM | – |
| UTTAR PRADESH | RAM NAIK | SAROJNI NAIDU (UNITED PROVINCE), SRI HORMASJI PEROSHAW MODY (WHEN RENAMED OF UP) | SARIJNI NAIDU |
| GOA | MRIDULA SINHA | MAJ GEN. K.P. CANDETH (MILITARY GOVERNOR) | – |
| TELANGANA | ESL NARASIMHAN | E. S. L. NARASIMHAN | – |
| MANIPUR | NAJMA HEPTULLA | B. K. NEHRU | NAJMA HEPTULLA |