# |
Portrait |
Name (born – died) |
Home state |
Tenure in office |
Appointer (President) |
From |
To |
Time in office |
1 |
 |
Gurmukh Nihal Singh (1895–1969) |
Delhi |
1 November 1956 |
16 April 1962 |
5 years, 166 days |
Rajendra Prasad |
2 |
 |
Sampurnanand (1891–1969) |
Uttar Pradesh |
16 April 1962 |
16 April 1967 |
5 years, 0 days |
3 |
 |
Sardar Hukam Singh (1895–1983) |
Punjab |
16 April 1967 |
19 November 1970 |
3 years, 217 days |
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
– |
 |
Justice Jagat Narain Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court (Acting) |
Rajasthan |
20 November 1970 |
23 December 1970 |
33 days |
V. V. Giri |
(3) |
 |
Sardar Hukam Singh (1895–1983) |
Punjab |
24 December 1970 |
30 June 1972 |
1 year, 189 days |
4 |
 |
Jogendra Singh (1903–1979) |
Uttar Pradesh |
1 July 1972 |
15 February 1977[‡] |
4 years, 229 days |
– |
 |
Justice Vedpal Tyagi (1915–1979) Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court (Acting) |
Rajasthan |
15 February 1977 |
11 May 1977 |
85 days |
B. D. Jatti |
5 |
 |
Raghukul Tilak (1900–1989) |
Uttar Pradesh |
17 May 1977 |
8 August 1981[‡] |
4 years, 83 days |
– |
 |
Justice K. D. Sharma Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court (Acting) |
Rajasthan |
8 August 1981 |
6 March 1982 |
210 days |
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
6 |
 |
Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra (Retd) PVSM (1919–2015) |
Delhi |
6 March 1982 |
4 January 1985 |
2 years, 304 days |
– |
 |
Justice P. K. Banerjee Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court (Acting) |
West Bengal |
4 January 1985 |
31 January 1985 |
27 days |
Zail Singh |
(6) |
 |
Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra (Retd) PVSM (1919–2015) |
Delhi |
1 February 1985 |
3 November 1985 |
275 days |
– |
 |
Justice D. P. Gupta Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court (Acting) |
Rajasthan |
4 November 1985 |
19 November 1985 |
15 days |
7 |
 |
Vasantdada Patil (1917–1989) |
Maharashtra |
20 November 1985 |
15 October 1987[‡] |
1 year, 329 days |
– |
 |
Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma (1933–2013) Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court (Acting) |
Madhya Pradesh |
16 October 1987 |
20 February 1988 |
127 days |
Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
8 |
 |
Sukhdev Prasad (1921–1995) |
Uttar Pradesh |
20 February 1988 |
2 February 1989 |
348 days |
– |
 |
Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma (1933–2013) Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court (Acting) |
Madhya Pradesh |
3 February 1989 |
19 February 1989 |
16 days |
(8) |
 |
Sukhdev Prasad (1921–1995) |
Uttar Pradesh |
20 February 1989 |
2 February 1990[‡] |
347 days |
– |
 |
Justice Milap Chand Jain (1929–2015) Acting Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court (Acting) |
Rajasthan |
3 February 1990 |
13 February 1990 |
10 days |
9 |
 |
Professor Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya (1933–2022) |
West Bengal |
14 February 1990 |
26 August 1991[‡] |
1 year, 193 days |
– |
 |
Sarup Singh (1917–2003) Governor of Gujarat (Additional Charge) |
Haryana |
26 August 1991 |
4 February 1992 |
162 days |
10 |
 |
Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996) |
Andhra Pradesh |
5 February 1992 |
31 May 1993[§][α] |
1 year, 115 days |
– |
 |
Dhanik Lal Mandal (1932–2022) Governor of Haryana (Additional Charge) |
Bihar |
31 May 1993 |
29 June 1993 |
29 days |
Shankar Dayal Sharma |
11 |
 |
Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011) |
Bihar |
30 June 1993 |
1 May 1998 |
4 years, 305 days |
12 |
 |
Darbara Singh (1927–1998) |
Punjab |
1 May 1998 |
24 May 1998[†] |
23 days |
K. R. Narayanan |
– |
 |
Justice Navrang Lal Tibrewal (1937–2024) Acting Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court (Acting) |
Rajasthan |
25 May 1998 |
16 January 1999 |
236 days |
13 |
 |
Justice (Retd) Anshuman Singh (1935–2021) |
Uttar Pradesh |
16 January 1999 |
13 May 2003 |
4 years, 117 days |
14 |
 |
Nirmal Chandra Jain (1928–2003) |
Madhya Pradesh |
14 May 2003 |
22 September 2003[†] |
131 days |
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
– |
 |
Kailashpati Mishra (1923–2012) Governor of Gujarat (Additional Charge) |
Bihar |
22 September 2003 |
14 January 2004 |
114 days |
15 |
 |
Madan Lal Khurana (1936–2018) |
Delhi |
14 January 2004 |
1 November 2004[‡] |
292 days |
– |
 |
T. V. Rajeswar IPS (Retd) (1926–2018) Governor of Uttar Pradesh (Additional Charge) |
Tamil Nadu |
1 November 2004 |
8 November 2004 |
7 days |
16 |
 |
Pratibha Patil (born 1934) |
Maharashtra |
8 November 2004 |
23 June 2007[‡][β] |
2 years, 227 days |
– |
 |
Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (1921–2016) Governor of Haryana (Additional Charge) |
Delhi |
21 June 2007 |
6 September 2007 |
77 days |
17 |
 |
Shilendra Kumar Singh IFS (Retd) (1932–2009) |
Delhi |
6 September 2007 |
1 December 2009[†] |
2 years, 86 days |
Pratibha Patil |
– |
 |
Prabha Rau (1935–2010) Governor of Himachal Pradesh (until Jan'2010) |
Maharashtra |
2 December 2009 |
24 January 2010 |
145 days |
18 |
24 January 2010 |
26 April 2010[†] |
– |
 |
Shivraj Patil (born 1935) Governor of Punjab (Additional Charge) |
Maharashtra |
26 April 2010 |
12 May 2012 |
2 years, 16 days |
19 |
 |
Margaret Alva (born 1942) |
Karnataka |
12 May 2012 |
7 August 2014 |
2 years, 87 days |
– |
 |
Ram Naik (born 1934) Governor of Uttar Pradesh (Additional Charge) |
Maharashtra |
8 August 2014 |
3 September 2014 |
26 days |
Pranab Mukherjee |
20 |
 |
Kalyan Singh (1932–2021) |
Uttar Pradesh |
4 September 2014 |
8 September 2019 |
5 years, 4 days |
21 |
 |
Kalraj Mishra (born 1941) |
Uttar Pradesh |
9 September 2019 |
31 July 2024 |
4 years, 326 days |
Ram Nath Kovind |
22 |
 |
Haribhau Bagade (born 1945) |
Maharashtra |
31 July 2024 |
Incumbent |
362 days |
Droupadi Murmu |