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Portrait |
Name (lifespan) Previous Office |
Home state |
Tenure in office |
Appointer (President) |
From |
To |
Time in office |
Orissa Province, British India (1936 - 1947) |
1 |
 |
Sir John Austen Hubback (1878–1968) |
United Kingdom |
1 April 1936 |
11 August 1938 |
2 years, 132 days |
Freeman Thomas (Viceroy) |
- |
 |
George Townsend Boag CSI ICS (1884–1969) (Acting) |
11 August 1938 |
7 December 1938 |
118 days |
Victor Hope (Viceroy) |
(1) |
 |
Sir John Austen Hubback (1878–1968) |
8 December 1938 |
31 March 1941 |
2 years, 113 days (Total 4 years, 245 days) |
2 |
 |
Sir Hawthorne Lewis KCIE ICS (1888–1970) |
1 April 1941 |
31 March 1946 |
4 years, 364 days |
3 |
 |
Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi CIE OBE ICS (1893–1980) Secretary in the War Depatment |
Gujarat |
1 April 1946 |
14 August 1947 |
1 year, 135 days |
Archibald Wavell (Viceroy) |
Orissa Province, Dominion of India (1947 - 1950) |
4 |
 |
Kailash Nath Katju (1887–1968) Minister in United Provinces Provisional Government |
Central Provinces and Berar |
15 August 1947 |
20 June 1948[§][α] |
310 days |
Lord Mountbatten (Governor-General) |
5 |
 |
Asaf Ali (1888–1953) Ambassador of India to the United States |
United Provinces |
21 June 1948 |
25 January 1950 |
1 year, 218 days |
Orissa State, Republic of India (After 1950) |
(5) |
 |
Asaf Ali (1888–1953) Ambassador of India to the United States |
United Provinces |
26 January 1950 |
5 May 1951 |
1 year, 99 days |
Lord Mountbatten (Governor-General) |
– |
 |
V. P. Menon CSI CIE (1893–1965) Secretary in the Ministry of the States (Acting) |
Madras State |
6 May 1951 |
17 July 1951 |
72 days |
Rajendra Prasad (Acting) |
(5) |
 |
Asaf Ali (1888–1953) Ambassador of India to the United States |
United Provinces |
18 July 1951 |
6 June 1952 |
324 days
(Total 3 years, 276 days) |
6 |
 |
Justice (Retd) Saiyid Fazl Ali (1886–1959) Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
Bihar |
7 June 1952 |
9 February 1954 |
1 year, 247 days |
Rajendra Prasad |
7 |
 |
P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja (1898–1957) Chief Minister of Madras State |
Madras State |
10 February 1954 |
11 September 1956 |
2 years, 214 days |
8 |
 |
Bhim Sen Sachar (1894–1978) Chief Minister of Punjab |
Punjab |
12 September 1956 |
31 July 1957[§][β] |
322 days |
9 |
 |
Yashwant Narayan Sukthankar CIE ICS (Retd) (1897–1973) Cabinet Secretary of India |
Bombay State |
31 July 1957 |
15 September 1962 |
5 years, 46 days |
10 |
 |
Ajudhia Nath Khosla (1892–1984) MP from Rajya Sabha |
Punjab |
16 September 1962 |
5 August 1966 |
3 years, 323 days |
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
– |
 |
Justice Khaleel Ahmed (1907–his death) Chief Justice of Orissa High Court (Acting) |
Bihar |
5 August 1966 |
11 September 1966 |
37 days |
(10) |
 |
Ajudhia Nath Khosla (1892–1984) MP from Rajya Sabha |
Punjab |
12 September 1966 |
30 January 1968 |
1 year, 140 days (Total 5 years, 98 days) |
11 |
 |
Shaukatullah Shah Ansari (1908–1972) MP from Bidar, Karnataka |
Uttar Pradesh |
31 January 1968 |
20 September 1971 |
3 years, 232 days |
Zakir Husain |
– |
 |
Sardar Jogendra Singh (1903–1979) MP from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh (Acting) |
Uttar Pradesh |
20 September 1971 |
30 June 1972[§][γ] |
284 days |
V. V. Giri |
– |
 |
Justice Gati Krushna Misra (d. 2009) Chief Justice of Orissa High Court (Acting) |
Orissa |
1 July 1972 |
8 November 1972 |
130 days |
12 |
 |
Basappa Danappa Jatti (1912–2002) Chief Minister of Mysore State |
Karnataka |
8 November 1972 |
20 August 1974[‡][δ] |
1 year, 285 days |
– |
 |
Justice Gati Krushna Misra (d. 2009) Chief Justice of Orissa High Court (Acting) |
Orissa |
21 August 1974 |
25 October 1974 |
65 days (Total 195 days) |
13 |
 |
Akbar Ali Khan (1899–1994) Governor of Uttar Pradesh |
Andhra Pradesh |
25 October 1974 |
17 April 1976[‡] |
1 year, 175 days |
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
– |
 |
Justice Siba Narain Sankar (1915–his death) Chief Justice of Orissa High Court (Acting) |
Delhi |
17 April 1976 |
7 February 1977 |
296 days |
14 |
 |
Harcharan Singh Brar (1922–2009) MLA from Punjab |
Punjab |
7 February 1977 |
22 September 1977[§][ε] |
227 days |
15 |
 |
Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (1918–1993) Chief Minister of Haryana |
Haryana |
23 September 1977 |
30 April 1980[§][ζ] |
2 years, 220 days |
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
16 |
 |
C. M. Poonacha (1910–1990) Governor of Madhya Pradesh |
Karnataka |
30 April 1980 |
30 September 1980 |
153 days |
– |
 |
Justice Sukanta Kishore Ray (1918–2002) CChief Justice of Orissa High Court (Acting) |
Orissa |
1 October 1980 |
3 November 1980 |
33 days |
(16) |
 |
C. M. Poonacha (1910–1990) Governor of Madhya Pradesh |
Karnataka |
4 November 1980 |
24 June 1982 |
1 year, 232 days |
– |
 |
Justice Ranganath Misra (1926–2012) Chief Justice of Orissa High Court (Acting) |
Orissa |
25 June 1982 |
31 August 1982 |
67 days |
(16) |
 |
C. M. Poonacha (1910–1990) Governor of Madhya Pradesh |
Karnataka |
1 September 1982 |
17 August 1983 |
350 days (Total 3 years, 5 days) |
Zail Singh |
17 |
 |
Bishambhar Nath Pande (1906–1998) MP from Rajya Sabha,Uttar Pradesh |
Uttar Pradesh |
17 August 1983 |
20 November 1988[‡] |
5 years, 95 days |
– |
 |
Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993) Governor of West Bengal until 20 March 1989 |
Uttar Pradesh |
20 November 1988 |
20 March 1989 |
1 year, 78 days |
Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
18 |
20 March 1989 |
6 February 1990[§][η] |
19 |
 |
Yagya Dutt Sharma (1922–1996) MP from Gurdaspur, Punjab |
Punjab |
7 February 1990 |
1 February 1993[‡] |
2 years, 360 days |
– |
 |
Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993) Governor of West Bengal (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh |
1 February 1993 |
31 May 1993 |
119 days (Total 1 year, 197 days) |
Shankar Dayal Sharma |
20 |
 |
B. Satya Narayan Reddy (1927–2012) Governor of Uttar Pradesh |
Andhra Pradesh |
1 June 1993 |
17 June 1995 |
2 years, 16 days |
21 |
 |
Gopala Ramanujam (1915–2001) Governor of Goa |
Tamil Nadu |
18 June 1995 |
30 January 1997 |
1 year, 226 days |
– |
 |
K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) Governor of West Bengal (Additional Charge) |
Andhra Pradesh |
31 January 1997 |
12 February 1997 |
12 days |
(21) |
 |
Gopala Ramanujam (1915–2001) Governor of Goa |
Tamil Nadu |
13 February 1997 |
13 December 1997 |
303 days (Total 2 years, 164 days) |
– |
 |
K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) Governor of West Bengal (Additional Charge) |
Andhra Pradesh |
13 December 1997 |
27 April 1998 |
135 days |
K. R. Narayanan |
– |
 |
C. Rangarajan (born 1932) Governor of Andhra Pradesh (Additional Charge) |
Tamil Nadu |
27 April 1998 |
14 November 1999 |
1 year, 201 days |
22 |
 |
M. M. Rajendran IAS (Retd) (1935–2023) Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu |
Tamil Nadu |
15 November 1999 |
17 November 2004 |
5 years, 2 days |
23 |
 |
Rameshwar Thakur (1925–2015) Union Minister of State in Finance |
Jharkhand |
18 November 2004 |
21 August 2007[§][θ] |
2 years, 276 days |
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
24 |
 |
Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare (1928–2024) MP From Rajya Sabha,Maharastra |
Maharashtra |
21 August 2007 |
20 March 2013 |
5 years, 211 days |
Pratibha Patil |
25 |
 |
S. C. Jamir (born 1931) Chief Minister of Nagaland |
Nagaland |
21 March 2013 |
20 March 2018 |
4 years, 364 days |
Pranab Mukherjee |
– |
 |
Satya Pal Malik (1946–2025) Governor of Bihar (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh |
21 March 2018 |
28 May 2018 |
68 days |
Ram Nath Kovind |
26 |
 |
Ganeshi Lal (born 1941) MLA from Haryana |
Haryana |
29 May 2018 |
30 October 2023 |
5 years, 154 days |
27 |
 |
Raghubar Das (born 1955) Chief Minister of Jharkhand |
Jharkhand |
31 October 2023 |
2 January 2025[‡] |
1 year, 63 days |
Droupadi Murmu |
28 |
 |
Kambhampati Hari Babu (born 1953) Governor of Mizoram |
Andhra Pradesh |
3 January 2025 |
Incumbent |
235 days |