List of governors of Haryana

This is a list of governors of the Indian state of Haryana, which was carved out from Punjab on 1 November 1966.

Governor of Haryana
Emblem of Haryana
Incumbent Ashim Kumar Ghosh since 21 July 2025
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Chandigarh
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder	Dharma Vira
Formation	1 November 1966; 58 years ago (1966-11-01)
Website	http://haryanarajbhavan.gov.in

List

Legend

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Transferred
• ^‡ Resigned/removed

Color key

•    indicates acting/additional charge

#	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
				From	To	Time in office
1		Dharma Vira ICS (Retd) (1906–2000) Governor of Punjab	Uttar Pradesh	1 November 1966	14 September 1967[§][α]	317 days	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2		Birendra Narayan Chakraborty ICS (Retd) (1904–1976)	West Bengal	15 September 1967	26 March 1976[†]	8 years, 193 days	Zakir Husain
–		Justice Ranjit Singh Narula (1908–2005) Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court	Punjab	27 March 1976	13 August 1976	139 days	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
3		Jaisukh Lal Hathi (1909–1982)	Gujarat	14 August 1976	23 September 1977[§][β]	1 year, 40 days
4		Harcharan Singh Brar (1922–2009)	Punjab	24 September 1977	9 December 1979[‡]	2 years, 76 days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
–		Justice Surjit Singh Sandhawalia (1925–2007) Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court	Punjab	10 December 1979	27 February 1980	79 days
5		Ganpatrao Devji Tapase (1909–1992)	Maharashtra	28 February 1980	13 June 1984	4 years, 106 days
6		S. M. H. Burney IAS (Retd) (1924–2014)	Uttar Pradesh	14 June 1984	21 February 1988	3 years, 252 days	Zail Singh
7		Hari Anand Barari IPS (Retd) (1924–2014)	West Bengal	22 February 1988	6 February 1990[‡]	1 year, 349 days	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
8		Dhanik Lal Mandal (1932–2022)	Bihar	7 February 1990	13 June 1995	5 years, 126 days
9		Mahabir Prasad (1939–2010)	Uttar Pradesh	14 June 1995	18 June 2000	5 years, 4 days	Shankar Dayal Sharma
10		Babu Parmanand (1932–2008)	Jammu and Kashmir	19 June 2000	1 July 2004[‡]	4 years, 12 days	K. R. Narayanan
–		Justice (Retd) Om Prakash Verma (1937–2015) Governor of Punjab	Uttar Pradesh	2 July 2004	7 July 2004	5 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
11		Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (1921–2016)	Delhi	7 July 2004	27 July 2009	5 years, 20 days
12		Jagannath Pahadia (1932–2021)	Rajasthan	27 July 2009	26 July 2014	4 years, 364 days	Pratibha Patil
13		Kaptan Singh Solanki (born 1939)	Madhya Pradesh	27 July 2014	25 August 2018[§][γ]	4 years, 29 days	Pranab Mukherjee
14		Satyadev Narayan Arya (born 1939)	Bihar	25 August 2018	6 July 2021[§][γ]	2 years, 315 days	Ram Nath Kovind
15		Bandaru Dattatreya (born 1947)	Telangana	7 July 2021	20 July 2025	4 years, 13 days
16		Ashim Kumar Ghosh (born 1944)	West Bengal	21 July 2025	Incumbent	27 days	Droupadi Murmu

1. Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
2. Transferred as the Governor of Punjab
3. Transferred as the Governor of Tripura

See also

• Haryana
• Governors of India