List of governors of Manipur explained

The governor of Manipur is the nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Manipur. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. The current governor of Manipur is Lakshman Prasad Acharya (additional charge), appointed by President Droupadi Murmu on 31 July 2024.^[1]

Governors of Manipur

Key

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indicates that this was an additional charge

	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Duration	Home State	Appointed by
1.	B. K. Nehru		21 January 1972	20 September 1973		Uttar Pradesh	V. V. Giri
2.	L.P. Singh		21 September 1973	11 August 1981		Bihar
3.	S. M. H. Burney		11 August 1981	11 June 1984		Uttar Pradesh	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
4.	K. V. Krishna Rao		11 June 1984	10 July 1989		Andhra Pradesh	Zail Singh
5.	Chintamani Panigrahi		10 July 1989	19 March 1993		Odisha	R. Venkataraman
6.	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy		20 March 1993	30 August 1993		Andhra Pradesh	Shankar Dayal Sharma
7.	V. K. Nayar		31 August 1993	22 December 1994		Not Known
8.	O.N. Shrivastava		23 December 1994	2 December 1999		Madhya Pradesh
9.	Ved Marwah		2 December 1999	12 June 2003		Not Known	K. R. Narayan
10.	Arvind Dave		13 June 2003	5 August 2004		Rajasthan	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
11.	Shivinder Singh Sidhu		6 August 2004	22 July 2008		Not Known
12.	Gurbachan Jagat[2]		23 July 2008	23 July 2013		Punjab	Pratibha Patil
13.	Ashwani Kumar[3]		23 July 2013	31 December 2013		Himachal Pradesh	Pranab Mukherjee
14.	Vinod Duggal[4]		31 December 2013	28 August 2014		Punjab
bgcolor=wheat	—	bgcolor=wheat	K. K. Paul	bgcolor=wheat				bgcolor=wheat	16 September 2014	bgcolor=wheat	15 May 2015	bgcolor=wheat
15.	Syed Ahmed		16 May 2015	27 September 2015		Maharashtra
bgcolor=wheat	—	bgcolor=wheat	V. Shanmuganathan[5]	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat		30 September 2015	bgcolor=wheat	17 August 2016	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	Tamil Nadu
16.	Najma Heptulla[6]		21 August 2016	1 May 2018		Madhya Pradesh
bgcolor=wheat	—	bgcolor=wheat	Jagdish Mukhi	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	2 May 2018	bgcolor=wheat	30 May 2018	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	Delhi	Ramnath Kovind
(16).	Najma Heptulla		31 May 2018	26 June 2019		Madhya Pradesh
bgcolor=wheat	—	bgcolor=wheat	Padmanabha Acharya	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	27 June 2019[7]	bgcolor=wheat	23 July 2019	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	Karnataka
(16).	Najma Heptulla		24 July 2019	10 August 2021		Madhya Pradesh
bgcolor=wheat	—	bgcolor=wheat	Ganga Prasad	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	12 August 2021	bgcolor=wheat	26 August 2021	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	Bihar
17.	La. Ganesan		27 August 2021	12 February 2023		Tamil Nadu
18.	Anusuiya Uikey		12 February 2023	30 July 2024		Madhya Pradesh	Draupadi Murmu
bgcolor=wheat	—	bgcolor=wheat	Lakshman Prasad Acharya	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat		31 July 2024	bgcolor=wheat	Incumbent	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	Uttar Pradesh

See also

• Manipur
• Chief Minister of Manipur
• Governors of India

References

7. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other- states/sikkim-governor-sworn-in-as-governor-in-charge-of-manipur/article35875622.ece

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-02-12 . India Political Updates: Resignation of Ladakh L-G R K Mathur accepted, Brig B D Mishra appointed in his place . 2023-02-12 . Deccan Herald . en.
2. Web site: Manipur Legislative Assembly-Bills Passed-Subject-wise. manipurassembly.nic.in. 14 May 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160513073454/http://manipurassembly.nic.in/html/governor.html. 13 May 2016. dmy-all.
3. Web site: Ashwani Kumar sworn in as Governor of Manipur. The Hindu. 14 May 2016.
4. Web site: Vinod Kumar Duggal sworn in Manipur Governor. The Hindu. 14 May 2016.
5. Web site: English Releases. pib.nic.in. 14 May 2016.
6. Web site: Press Releases . The President of India . 2018-07-29.
7. News: Acharya sworn in as Governor of Manipur. 13 August 2019. Business Standard. 27 June 2019. dmy-all.