Current Governors in India - GK Notes in PDF Your preparation for any competitive exam, be it SSC CGL, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBSP PO, LIC AAO, Railways RRB etc., is incomplete without having good knowledge in Current Affairs & General Knowledge. Very often, you will see that the test setters will challenge your knowledge of Polity & General Awareness. You may be asked to recall the Governors in India, who have been deployed in all states of India. These Governors of India are the constitutional heads of each of the twenty-nine states. Governors of Indian States are appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and hold office at the President's pleasure. The governor is the figurative head of the state government which means that all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers, headed by the chief minister. While the 29 states are ruled by Governors (Get Updated and Complete list of States, Union Territories & Capitals in PDF), the seven Union Territories are ruled by Lieutenant-Governors or Administrators. Read on to find more about Governors in India. Don’t forget to download these Static GK notes on Governors of India in PDF format! Given below, is the list of all the Current Governors in India (States & Union Territories). Current Governors in India States Andhra Pradesh E.S.L. Narasimhan Arunachal Pradesh Padmanabha Acharya Assam Bhanwarilal Purohit Bihar Keshari Nath Tripathi 1 | P a g e Chhattisgarh Ram Naresh Yadav Goa Mridula Sinha Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki Himachal Pradesh Acharya Dev Vrat Jammu and Kashmir Narinder Nath Vohra Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu Karnataka Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala Kerala P. Sathasivam Madhya Pradesh Om Prakash Kohli Maharashtra C. Vidyasagar Rao Manipur Najma. A Heptulla Meghalaya Banwarilal Purohit Mizoram Nirbhay Sharma Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya Odisha Dr S.C. Jamir Punjab V P Singh Badnore Rajasthan Kalyan Singh Sikkim Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil Tamil Nadu C Vidyasagar Rao Telangana E.S.L. Narasimhan Tripura Tathagata Roy Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi Union Territories & Their Lieutenant-Governors Union Territories & Their Administrators 2 | P a g e Andamans & Nicobar Islands Jagdish Mukhi Delhi Anil Baijal Puducherry Kiran Bedi Chandigarh V. P. Singh Badnore Dadra & Nagar Haveli Praful Khoda Patel Daman & Diu Praful Khoda Patel Lakshadweep Farooq Khan Some Trivia about Governors of India The Governor of any state is appointed by the President for a period of five years. Sarojini Naidu was the first female Governor of an Indian State. She governed United Provinces of Agra & Oudh (now Uttar Pradesh) from 15 August 1947 to 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 of India, 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. The eligibility criteria are: o Citizenship of India. o 35 years of age or more. o Not an MP or MLA. o Not a holder of any other office of profit. 3 | P a g e If you know more about this topic that you think the article hasn’t included, then comment below. You can find details about other GK topics here: Know Major Facts about the Indian States Indian towns on River Banks UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India Famous Sites in India Capitals, CMs and Governors of States Important Regulatory Bodies in India Cabinet Ministers of India Chief Ministers of India Indian States and Capitals Rivers and drainage system of India Finally, if you want to suggest some another topic that we should write on, tell us on Testbook Discuss. Take me to Testbook Discuss 4 | P a g e .