Check Updated List of Current Governors of India!

Governors in India 2019 - Check Updated List of Current Governors of India!

Your preparation for competitive exams like SSC CGL, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBSP PO, RBI Grade B, Railways RRB etc., is incomplete without having good knowledge in Current Affairs & General Knowledge. Very often questions from Polity & General Awareness are asked about the deployed Governors in India. Read this article to check out the list of Governors in India for the year 2019.

Governors in India

 The Governors in India are the Constitutional Heads and all executive actions of a State are taken in the governor's name.  They are heads of the twenty-nine States and seven Union Territories.  Moreover, they are appointed by the President for a term of five years.  They hold the post subject to the pleasure of President. Governors are the figurative head of the state government.  A Governor of India must act according to the advice of council ministers, headed by the Chief Minister.  While the states are ruled by Governors (Get Updated and Complete list of States, Union Territories & Capitals in PDF), the Union Territories are ruled by Lieutenant-Governors or Administrators.

Current Governors in India 2019 - States

Check out the State-wise Current Governors of India in the table mentioned below.

States Governors of India Andhra Pradesh E.S.L. Narasimhan Arunachal Pradesh Brig. B.D Mishra (RETD.) 1 | P a g e

Assam Prof. Jagdish Mukhi Bihar Lal Ji Tandon Chhattisgarh Anandiben Patel Goa Mridula Sinha Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli Haryana Satyadev Narayan Arya Himachal Pradesh Acharya Dev Vrat Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu Karnataka Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala Kerala Justice (Retd.) P. Sathasivam Madhya Pradesh Anandiben Patel Maharashtra C. Vidyasagar Rao Manipur Dr. Najma. A Heptulla Meghalaya Tathagata Roy Mizoram Kummanam Rajasekharan Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya Odisha Dr S.C. Jamir Punjab V P Singh Badnore Rajasthan Kalyan Singh Sikkim Ganga Prasad Tamil Nadu Banwarilal Purohit Telangana E.S.L. Narasimhan Tripura Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik Uttarakhand Baby Rani Maurya West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi

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Lieutanant Governors in India 2019 - Union Territories

Check out the Union Territories-wise Current Governors of India in the table mentioned below.

Union Territories Governors Andamans & Nicobar Islands Admiral D.K Joshi Delhi Anil Baijal Puducherry Kiran Bedi Chandigarh V. P. Singh Badnore Dadra & Nagar Haveli Praful Khoda Patel

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Daman & Diu Praful Khoda Patel Lakshadweep Farooq Khan

Facts to Remember for SSC & Bank Exams

 Sarojini Naidu was the first female Governor of an Indian State. As a result, she governed United Provinces of Agra & Oudh (now Uttar Pradesh) from 15 August 1947 - 2 March 1949.  Padmaja Naidu, daughter of Sarojini Naidu, was the longest serving Governor of a state. with a serving tenure of 11 years in West Bengal.  Draupadi Murmu is the first woman governor of Jharkhand.  A.K. Kidwai is the longest serving Governor, serving as Governors for Bihar, West Bengal and Haryana.  Articles 157 and 158 of the Constitution of India deal with eligibility requirements of a Governor of India.

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 The Eligibility Criteria to be a Governor in India are: Citizenship of India, 35 years of age or more, Not an MP or MLA, Not a holder of any other office of profit.

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