List of governors of Uttar Pradesh explained

The Governor of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttara Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla) is the constitutional head and representative of the President of India in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. The post is preceded by the governor of United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh on 24 January 1950.

Powers and functions

The governor has:

• Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
• Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
• Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.

In his ex-officio capacity, the governor of Uttar Pradesh is chancellor of the universities of Uttar Pradesh as per the Acts of the Universities.

Governors of United Provinces (1921–1950)

	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Duration
Governors of United Provinces of British India (3 January 1921 – 1 April 1937)
1	Harcourt Butler		3 January 1921	21 December 1922
-	Ludovic Charles Porter		21 December 1922	24 December 1922
2	William Sinclair Marris		24 December 1922	13 August 1926
-	Samuel Perry O'Donnell		13 August 1926	1 December 1926
(2)	William Sinclair Marris		1 December 1926	14 January 1928
3	Alexander Phillips Muddiman		15 January 1928	17 June 1928
4	William Malcolm Hailey		10 August 1928	21 December 1928
			22 April 1929	16 October 1930
-	George Bancroft Lambert		16 October 1930	19 April 1931
(4)	William Malcolm Hailey		19 April 1931	6 April 1933
-	Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari		8 April 1933	27 November 1933
(4)	William Malcolm Hailey		27 November 1933	5 December 1934
5	Harry Graham Haig		6 December 1934	1 April 1937
Governors of United Provinces (1 April 1937 – 25 January 1950)
5	Harry Graham Haig		1 April 1937	16 May 1938
			17 September 1938	6 December 1939
6	Maurice Garnier Hallett		7 December 1939	6 December 1945
7	Francis Verner Wylie		7 December 1945	14 August 1947
8	Sarojini Naidu		15 August 1947	2 March 1949
-	Justice B.B Malik		3 March 1949	1 May 1949
9	Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi		2 May 1949	25 January 1950

List of governors of Uttar Pradesh (1950–present)

Key

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	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Duration	Home State	Appointed by
Governors of Uttar Pradesh (26 January 1950–Present)
1.	Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi		26 January 1950	1 June 1952		Bombay	Rajendra Prasad
2.	Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi		2 June 1952	9 June 1957		Gujarat
3.	Varahgiri Venkat Giri		10 June 1957	30 June 1960		Odisha
4.	Burgula Ramakrishna Rao		1 July 1960	15 April 1962		Andhra Pradesh
5.	Bishwanath Das		16 April 1962	30 April 1967		Odisha
6.	Dr. Bezwada Gopala Reddy		1 May 1967	30 June 1972		Andhra Pradesh	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
–	bgcolor=wheat	[2]	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	1 July 1972	bgcolor=wheat	13 November 1972	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	Not Known	V. V. Giri
7.	Akbar Ali Khan		14 November 1972	24 October 1974		Andhra Pradesh
8.	Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy		25 October 1974	1 October 1977			Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
9.	Ganpatrao Devji Tapase		2 October 1977	27 February 1980		Maharashtra	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
10.	Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh		28 February 1980	31 March 1985		Bihar
11.	Mohammed Usman Arif		31 March 1985	11 February 1990		Rajasthan	Zail Singh
12.	B. Satya Narayan Reddy		12 February 1990	25 May 1993		Andhra Pradesh	R. Venkataraman
13.	Motilal Vora		26 May 1993	3 May 1996		Madhya Pradesh	Shankar Dayal Sharma
–	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	3 May 1996		bgcolor=wheat	19 July 1996	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	Jammu and Kashmir
14.	Romesh Bhandari		19 July 1996	17 March 1998		Punjab
–	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	17 March 1998	bgcolor=wheat	19 April 1998	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	Jammu and Kashmir	K. R. Narayan
15.	Suraj Bhan		20 April 1998	23 November 2000		Haryana
16.	Vishnu Kant Shastri		24 November 2000	2 July 2004		West Bengal
–	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	3 July 2004	bgcolor=wheat	7 July 2004	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	Punjab	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
17.	T. V. Rajeswar		8 July 2004	27 July 2009		Tamil Nadu
18.	Banwari Lal Joshi		28 July 2009	17 June 2014		Rajasthan	Pratibha Patil
–	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	17 June 2014	bgcolor=wheat	22 July 2014	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	Madhya Pradesh	Pranab Mukherjee
19.	Ram Naik		22 July 2014	28 July 2019		Maharashtra
20.	Anandiben Patel		29 July 2019	Incumbent		Gujarat	Ramnath Kovind

See also

• Uttar Pradesh
• (1732–1857) – Nawabs of Awadh
• (1834–1836) – Governors of Agra
• (1836–1877) – Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces
• (1856–1877) – Chief Commissioners of Oudh
• (1877–1902) – Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh
• (1902–1921) – Lieutenant Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
• (1921–1937) – Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
• (1937–1950) – Governors of the United Provinces
• Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• Governors of India

External links

• Provinces of British India
• The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain
• http://upgovernor.gov.in/
• Governors of the United Provinces

Notes and References

1. Web site: India Code: Section Details. 1 January 2016.
2. Web site: Uttar Pradesh Vidhanparishad. Upvidhanparishad.nic.in. 23 April 2019.