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List of female governors and lieutenant governors in India

July 08, 2023

In India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states. The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President's pleasure. The governor is de jure head of the state government; 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, who thus hold de facto executive authority at the state-level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon their own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President's rule, or reserve bills for the President's assent. Over the years, the exercise of these discretionary powers have given rise to conflict between the elected chief minister and the union government–appointed governor.[1] The union territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Puducherry are headed by lieutenant governors.As of 8 July 2023, Any woman not served as the administrator of any three union territories and Delhi does not have any woman lieutenant governor.

Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state.[2] She governed Uttar Pradesh from 15 August 1947 to 2 March 1949. Her daughter, Padmaja Naidu, is the longest-serving female governor with almost 11 years tenure in West Bengal.[3] Tamilisai Soundararajan is the recentmost appointment as the first female governor of Telangana.[4]

Governors

Key

*  Incumbent Governor

S. No. Name Image From To Term length State Ref.
1 Sarojini Naidu   15 August 1947 2 March 1949 1 year, 199 days United Provinces [5]
2 Padmaja Naidu 3 November 1956 31 May 1967 10 years, 209 days West Bengal [6]
3 Vijayalakshmi Pandit   28 November 1962 18 October 1964 1 year, 325 days Maharashtra [7]
4 Sharda Mukherjee 5 May 1977 14 August 1978 1 year, 101 days Andhra Pradesh [8]
14 August 1978 5 August 1983 4 years, 356 days Gujarat [9]
5 Jothi Venkatachalam 14 October 1977 27 October 1982 5 years, 13 days Kerala [10]
6 Kumudben Joshi 26 November 1985 2 February 1990 4 years, 68 days Andhra Pradesh [11]
7 Ram Dulari Sinha 23 February 1988 12 February 1990 1 year, 354 days Kerala [10]
8 Sarla Grewal 31 March 1989 5 February 1990 311 days Madhya Pradesh [12]
9 Sheila Kaul 17 November 1995 23 April 1996 158 days Himachal Pradesh [13]
10 Fathima Beevi   25 January 1997 1 July 2001 4 years, 157 days Tamil Nadu [14]
11 V. S. Ramadevi   26 July 1997 1 December 1999 2 years, 128 days Himachal Pradesh [13]
2 December 1999 20 August 2002 2 years, 261 days Karnataka [15]
12 Pratibha Devisingh Patil   8 November 2004 23 June 2007 2 years, 227 days Rajasthan [16]
13 Prabha Rau   19 July 2008 24 January 2010 1 year, 189 days Himachal Pradesh [13]
25 January 2010 26 April 2010 91 days Rajasthan [17]
14 Margaret Alva   6 August 2009 14 May 2012 2 years, 262 days Uttarakhand [18]
12 May 2012 7 August 2014 2 years, 87 days Rajasthan [19]
15 Kamla Beniwal 27 November 2009 6 July 2014 4 years, 221 days Gujarat [20]
6 July 2014 6 August 2014 31 days Mizoram [21]
16 Urmila Singh   25 January 2010 27 January 2015 5 years, 2 days Himachal Pradesh [22]
17 Sheila Dikshit   11 March 2014 25 August 2014 167 days Kerala [23]
18 Mridula Sinha   31 August 2014 2 November 2019 5 years, 63 days Goa [24]
19 Droupadi Murmu   18 May 2015 13 July 2021 6 years, 56 days Jharkhand [25]
20 Najma Heptulla   21 August 2016 10 August 2021 4 years, 354 days Manipur [26]
21 Anandiben Patel*   23 January 2018 28 July 2019 1 year, 186 days Madhya Pradesh [27]
15 August 2018 28 July 2019 347 days Chhattisgarh [28]
29 July 2019 Incumbent 3 years, 344 days Uttar Pradesh [29]
22 Baby Rani Maurya   26 August 2018 15 September 2021 3 years, 20 days Uttarakhand [30]
23 Anusuiya Uikey*   29 July 2019 22 February 2023 3 years, 208 days Chhattisgarh [31]
23 February 2023 Incumbent 135 days Manipur
24 Tamilisai Soundararajan*   8 September 2019 Incumbent 3 years, 303 days Telangana [32]

Chronological list of lieutenant governors

Key

*  Incumbent Lieutenant Governor

No. Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

Home State Term of office Union territory Appointed by
Assumed Office Left Office Time in Office
1   Chandravathi
(1928–2020) 		Haryana 19 February 1990 18 December 1990 302 days Puducherry R. Venkataraman
2   Rajendra Kumari Bajpai
(1925–1999) 		Bihar 2 May 1995 22 April 1998 2 years, 355 days Shanker Dayal Sharma
3   Rajani Rai
(1931–2013) 		Maharashtra 23 April 1998 29 July 2002 4 years, 97 days K. R. Narayanan
4   Kiran Bedi
(1949–) 		Punjab 29 May 2016 16 February 2021 4 years, 263 days Pranab Mukherjee
5   Tamilisai Soundararajan
(1961–) 		Tamil Nadu 16 February 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 142 days Ram Nath Kovind

See also

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Female governors of India.

References

  1. ^ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. p. 237, 241–44.
  2. ^ "Sarojini Naidu: The first woman to become the governor of an Indian state". CNN-IBN. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  3. ^ Shubhojit (10 July 2014). "Women Governors in India". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  4. ^ "President appoints five new governors including Tamilisai Soundararajan in Telangana". The Hindu. September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  5. ^ . National Informatics Centre, UP State Union. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  6. ^ . West Bengal Government. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  7. ^ . Maharashtra Government. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  8. ^ . Andhra Pradesh Government. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Sharda Mukherjee, Former Governor of Gujarat". Gujarat Government. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  10. ^ a b "Kerala Legislature - Governors". Kerala Government. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  11. ^ . National Informatics Centre, AP State Union. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  12. ^ . NIC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  13. ^ a b c "Former Governors of Himachal Pradesh". Himachal Pradesh Government. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  14. ^ "Former Governors of Tamilnadu". Tamil Nadu Government. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  15. ^ . Karnataka Government. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  16. ^ . Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Secretariat. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  17. ^ "President appoints Governors". Press Information Bureau, New Delhi Press release dated 16 January 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  18. ^ "Margaret Alva, Governor of Uttarakhand". Uttarakhand Government. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  19. ^ "Margaret Alva, Governor of Rajasthan". Rajasthan Government. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  20. ^ "Kamla Beniwal, Governor of Gujarat". Gujarat Government. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  21. ^ "The story behind Kamla Beniwal's dismissal". The Hindu. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  22. ^ "Urmila Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh". Himachal Pradesh Government. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  23. ^ Jain, Bharti (4 March 2014). "Sheila Dikshit, Governor of Kerala". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  24. ^ Kamat, Prakash (31 August 2014). "Mridula Sinha sworn-in as Goa Governor". The Hindu.
  25. ^ "Draupadi Murmu Sworn In as First Woman Governor of Jharkhand". NDTV. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  26. ^ "Manipur: Najma Heptulla to be sworn-in as Governor on Sunday". Indian Express. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  27. ^ "Anandiben Patel sworn in as Madhya Pradesh Governor". The Hindu. 23 January 2018.
  28. ^ "Anandiben Patel, Governor of Chhattisgarh". Chhattisgarh Government. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  29. ^ "Anandiben Patel Takes Oath As Uttar Pradesh Governor". NDTV. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  30. ^ " Baby Rani Maurya sworn in as new Uttarakhand governor". The Economic Times. 26 August 2018.
  31. ^ "Anusuiya Uikey takes oath as governor of Chhattisgarh". India Today. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  32. ^ "Tamil Nadu BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan sworn in as second Telangana Governor". Hindustan Times. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

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In India a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty eight states The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years and holds office at the President s pleasure The governor is de jure head of the state government 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 who thus hold de facto executive authority at the state level The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon their own discretion such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry recommend President s rule or reserve bills for the President s assent Over the years the exercise of these discretionary powers have given rise to conflict between the elected chief minister and the union government appointed governor 1 The union territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Delhi Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh and Puducherry are headed by lieutenant governors As of 8 July 2023 Any woman not served as the administrator of any three union territories and Delhi does not have any woman lieutenant governor Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state 2 She governed Uttar Pradesh from 15 August 1947 to 2 March 1949 Her daughter Padmaja Naidu is the longest serving female governor with almost 11 years tenure in West Bengal 3 Tamilisai Soundararajan is the recentmost appointment as the first female governor of Telangana 4 Contents 1 Governors 2 Chronological list of lieutenant governors 3 See also 4 ReferencesGovernors EditKey Incumbent Governor S No Name Image From To Term length State Ref 1 Sarojini Naidu 15 August 1947 2 March 1949 1 year 199 days United Provinces 5 2 Padmaja Naidu 3 November 1956 31 May 1967 10 years 209 days West Bengal 6 3 Vijayalakshmi Pandit 28 November 1962 18 October 1964 1 year 325 days Maharashtra 7 4 Sharda Mukherjee 5 May 1977 14 August 1978 1 year 101 days Andhra Pradesh 8 14 August 1978 5 August 1983 4 years 356 days Gujarat 9 5 Jothi Venkatachalam 14 October 1977 27 October 1982 5 years 13 days Kerala 10 6 Kumudben Joshi 26 November 1985 2 February 1990 4 years 68 days Andhra Pradesh 11 7 Ram Dulari Sinha 23 February 1988 12 February 1990 1 year 354 days Kerala 10 8 Sarla Grewal 31 March 1989 5 February 1990 311 days Madhya Pradesh 12 9 Sheila Kaul 17 November 1995 23 April 1996 158 days Himachal Pradesh 13 10 Fathima Beevi 25 January 1997 1 July 2001 4 years 157 days Tamil Nadu 14 11 V S Ramadevi 26 July 1997 1 December 1999 2 years 128 days Himachal Pradesh 13 2 December 1999 20 August 2002 2 years 261 days Karnataka 15 12 Pratibha Devisingh Patil 8 November 2004 23 June 2007 2 years 227 days Rajasthan 16 13 Prabha Rau 19 July 2008 24 January 2010 1 year 189 days Himachal Pradesh 13 25 January 2010 26 April 2010 91 days Rajasthan 17 14 Margaret Alva 6 August 2009 14 May 2012 2 years 262 days Uttarakhand 18 12 May 2012 7 August 2014 2 years 87 days Rajasthan 19 15 Kamla Beniwal 27 November 2009 6 July 2014 4 years 221 days Gujarat 20 6 July 2014 6 August 2014 31 days Mizoram 21 16 Urmila Singh 25 January 2010 27 January 2015 5 years 2 days Himachal Pradesh 22 17 Sheila Dikshit 11 March 2014 25 August 2014 167 days Kerala 23 18 Mridula Sinha 31 August 2014 2 November 2019 5 years 63 days Goa 24 19 Droupadi Murmu 18 May 2015 13 July 2021 6 years 56 days Jharkhand 25 20 Najma Heptulla 21 August 2016 10 August 2021 4 years 354 days Manipur 26 21 Anandiben Patel 23 January 2018 28 July 2019 1 year 186 days Madhya Pradesh 27 15 August 2018 28 July 2019 347 days Chhattisgarh 28 29 July 2019 Incumbent 3 years 344 days Uttar Pradesh 29 22 Baby Rani Maurya 26 August 2018 15 September 2021 3 years 20 days Uttarakhand 30 23 Anusuiya Uikey 29 July 2019 22 February 2023 3 years 208 days Chhattisgarh 31 23 February 2023 Incumbent 135 days Manipur24 Tamilisai Soundararajan 8 September 2019 Incumbent 3 years 303 days Telangana 32 Chronological list of lieutenant governors EditKey Incumbent Lieutenant Governor No Portrait Name Birth Death Home State Term of office Union territory Appointed byAssumed Office Left Office Time in Office1 Chandravathi 1928 2020 Haryana 19 February 1990 18 December 1990 302 days Puducherry R Venkataraman2 Rajendra Kumari Bajpai 1925 1999 Bihar 2 May 1995 22 April 1998 2 years 355 days Shanker Dayal Sharma3 Rajani Rai 1931 2013 Maharashtra 23 April 1998 29 July 2002 4 years 97 days K R Narayanan4 Kiran Bedi 1949 Punjab 29 May 2016 16 February 2021 4 years 263 days Pranab Mukherjee5 Tamilisai Soundararajan 1961 Tamil Nadu 16 February 2021 Incumbent 2 years 142 days Ram Nath KovindSee also Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Female governors of India List of female chief ministers in India List of female judges of the Supreme Court of India List of current Indian governors List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administratorsReferences Edit Durga Das Basu Introduction to the Constitution of India 1960 20th edition 2011 reprint LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur ISBN 978 81 8038 559 9 p 237 241 44 Sarojini Naidu The first woman to become the governor of an Indian state CNN IBN 13 February 2014 Retrieved 25 March 2016 Shubhojit 10 July 2014 Women Governors in India Elections in Retrieved 25 March 2016 President appoints five new governors including Tamilisai Soundararajan in Telangana The Hindu September 2019 Retrieved 1 September 2019 Shrimati Sarojini Naidu Governor of UP National Informatics Centre UP State Union Archived from the original on 21 January 2011 Retrieved 25 March 2012 Former Governors of West Bengal West Bengal Government Archived from the original on 9 November 2013 Retrieved 25 March 2012 Previous Governors List of Maharashtra Maharashtra Government Archived from the original on 6 February 2009 Retrieved 25 March 2012 Former Governors of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Government Archived from the original on 5 April 2013 Retrieved 25 March 2012 Sharda Mukherjee Former Governor of Gujarat Gujarat Government Retrieved 25 March 2012 a b Kerala Legislature Governors Kerala Government Retrieved 25 March 2012 Former Governors of AP National Informatics Centre AP State Union Archived from the original on 5 April 2013 Retrieved 25 March 2012 Sarla Grewal Governor of Madhya Pradesh NIC Archived from the original on 11 November 2013 Retrieved 25 March 2012 a b c Former Governors of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Government Retrieved 25 March 2012 Former Governors of Tamilnadu Tamil Nadu Government Retrieved 25 March 2012 Ramadevi Governor of Karnataka Karnataka Government Archived from the original on 12 March 2012 Retrieved 25 March 2012 Ex Governor of Rajasthan Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Secretariat Archived from the original on 4 August 2013 Retrieved 26 June 2012 President appoints Governors Press Information Bureau New Delhi Press release dated 16 January 2010 Retrieved 22 October 2013 Margaret Alva Governor of Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Government Retrieved 8 July 2015 Margaret Alva Governor of Rajasthan Rajasthan Government Retrieved 17 July 2013 Kamla Beniwal Governor of Gujarat Gujarat Government Retrieved 25 March 2012 The story behind Kamla Beniwal s dismissal The Hindu 8 August 2014 Retrieved 2 March 2018 Urmila Singh Governor of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Government Retrieved 17 July 2013 Jain Bharti 4 March 2014 Sheila Dikshit Governor of Kerala The Times of India Retrieved 4 March 2014 Kamat Prakash 31 August 2014 Mridula Sinha sworn in as Goa Governor The Hindu Draupadi Murmu Sworn In as First Woman Governor of Jharkhand NDTV 18 May 2015 Retrieved 15 January 2016 Manipur Najma Heptulla to be sworn in as Governor on Sunday Indian Express 21 August 2016 Retrieved 21 August 2016 Anandiben Patel sworn in as Madhya Pradesh Governor The Hindu 23 January 2018 Anandiben Patel Governor of Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh Government Retrieved 23 July 2019 Anandiben Patel Takes Oath As Uttar Pradesh Governor NDTV Retrieved 29 July 2019 Baby Rani Maurya sworn in as new Uttarakhand governor The Economic Times 26 August 2018 Anusuiya Uikey takes oath as governor of Chhattisgarh India Today Retrieved 29 July 2019 Tamil Nadu BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan sworn in as second Telangana Governor Hindustan Times 8 September 2019 Retrieved 8 September 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of female governors and lieutenant governors in India amp oldid 1151060728, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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