List of governors of Maharashtra
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| Governor of Maharashtra | |
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| Style | The Honourable (formal) Mr.Governor (informal) His/Her Excellency |
| Abbreviation | GOM |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan, Mumbai
Raj Bhavan, Nagpur Raj Bhavan, Pune Raj Bhavan, Mahabaleshwar |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | Five years |
| Precursor | Governor of Maharashtra |
| Inaugural holder | Raja Maharaj Singh |
| Formation | 24 March 1943 |
| Website | Maharashtra Raj Bhavan |
The Governor of Maharashtra is the ceremonial head of the state of Maharashtra. The Constitution of India confers the executive powers of the state to the governor, however the de facto executive powers lie with the Council of Ministers.[1]
C. P. Radhakrishnan is the current governor of Maharashtra since 31 July 2024.[2][3]
Powers and duties
[edit]The governor formally appoints many of the state officials, including the advocate general of Bombay, the Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta, the state election commissioner, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC), the chairmen and members of the three development boards, the sheriff of Bombay, and the state chief information commissioner.
Governors of Maharashtra
[edit]This is a list of governors of Maharashtra:[4]
| No. | Name (born – died) |
Portrait | Home state | Tenure in office | Immediate prior position held | Appointed by | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||||
| Governor of Bombay State | |||||||||
| 1 | Raja Sir Maharaj Singh CIE CStJ (1878–1959) |
|
Punjab | 6 January 1948 |
30 May 1952 |
4 years, 145 days | President, All India Conference of Indian Christians | Lord Louis Mountbatten (Governor-General) | |
| 2 | Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai KCSI KBE CIE (1891–1954) |
|
Uttar Pradesh | 30 May 1952 |
5 December 1954[†] |
2 years, 189 days | Secretary-General, Ministry of External Affairs | Rajendra Prasad (President) | |
| – | Justice M. C. Chagla Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1900–1981) (Acting) |
|
Bombay | 5 December 1954 |
2 March 1955 |
87 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued in office) | ||
| 3 | Harekrushna Mahatab (1899–1987) |
|
Orissa | 2 March 1955 |
14 October 1956[§] |
1 year, 226 days | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | ||
| – | Justice M. C. Chagla Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1900–1981) (Acting) |
|
Bombay | 14 October 1956 |
10 December 1956 |
57 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | ||
| 4 | Sri Prakasa (1890–1971) |
|
Uttar Pradesh | 10 December 1956 |
30 April 1960 |
3 years, 142 days | Governor of Madras State | ||
| Governor of Maharashtra | |||||||||
| (4) | Sri Prakasa (1890–1971) |
|
Uttar Pradesh | 1 May 1960 |
16 April 1962 |
1 year, 350 days | Governor of Bombay State | Rajendra Prasad (President) | |
| 5 | P. Subbarayan (1889–1962) |
|
Madras | 17 April 1962 |
6 October 1962[†] |
172 days | Union Cabinet Minister for Transport and Communications | ||
| – | Justice H. K. Chainani Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1904–1965) (Acting) |
|
Maharashtra | 6 October 1962 |
28 November 1962 |
53 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (President) | |
| 6 | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900–1990) |
|
Uttar Pradesh | 28 November 1962 |
18 October 1964[§] |
1 year, 325 days | High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; Ambassador to Ireland and Spain | ||
| – | Justice H. K. Chainani Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1904–1965) (Acting) |
|
Maharashtra | 18 October 1964 |
14 November 1964 |
27 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | ||
| 7 | P. V. Cherian (1893–1969) |
|
Madras | 14 November 1964 |
8 November 1969[†] |
4 years, 359 days | Chairman of Madras Legislative Council | ||
| – | Justice S. P. Kotval Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1910–1987) (Acting) |
|
Maharashtra | 8 November 1969 |
26 February 1970 |
110 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | V. V. Giri (President) | |
| 8 | Ali Yavar Jung (1906–1976) |
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Telangana | 26 February 1970 |
11 December 1976[†] |
6 years, 289 days | Ambassador to the United States | ||
| – | Justice R. M. Kantawala Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1916–1992) (Acting) |
|
Maharashtra | 11 December 1976 |
30 April 1977 |
140 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (President) | |
| 9 | Sadiq Ali (1910–2001) |
|
Rajasthan | 30 April 1977 |
8 November 1980 |
3 years, 192 days | President, Indian National Congress (Organisation) (until 1973) | B. D. Jatti (Acting President) | |
| 10 | Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) Om Prakash Mehra PVSM (1919–2015) |
|
Punjab | 8 November 1980 |
5 March 1982 |
1 year, 117 days | Chief of the Air Staff (until 1976) | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (President) | |
| 11 | Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) Idris Hasan Latif PVSM (1923–2018) |
|
Telangana | 6 March 1982 |
16 April 1985[§] |
3 years, 41 days | Chief of the Air Staff (until 1981) | ||
| – | Justice Konda Madhava Reddy Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1923–1997) (Acting) |
Telangana | 16 April 1985 |
30 May 1985 |
44 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | Zail Singh (President) | ||
| 12 | Kona Prabhakara Rao (1916–1990) |
|
Andhra Pradesh | 31 May 1985 |
2 April 1986 |
306 days | Governor of Sikkim | ||
| 13 | Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999) |
|
Madhya Pradesh | 3 April 1986 |
2 September 1987[§] |
1 year, 152 days | Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh | ||
| – | Justice S. K. Desai Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1928–2011) (Acting) |
|
Maharashtra | 3 September 1987 |
2 November 1987 |
60 days | Judge of Bombay High Court (continued) | R. Venkataraman (President) | |
| – | Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (born 1929) (Acting) |
|
West Bengal | 2 November 1987 |
20 February 1988 |
110 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | ||
| 14 | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (1909–1994) |
|
Andhra Pradesh | 20 February 1988 |
18 January 1990[§] |
1 year, 332 days | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (until 1984) | ||
| – | Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (born 1929) (Acting) |
|
West Bengal | 18 January 1990 |
14 February 1990 |
27 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | ||
| 15 | Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) |
|
Tamil Nadu | 15 February 1990 |
9 January 1993[§] |
2 years, 329 days | Union Cabinet Minister of Defence (until 1980) | ||
| 16 | P. C. Alexander IAS (Retd.) (1921–2011) |
|
Kerala | 12 January 1993 |
13 July 2002[§] |
9 years, 182 days | Governor of Tamil Nadu (until 1990) | Shankar Dayal Sharma (President) | |
| – | Justice C. K. Thakker Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (born 1943) (Acting) |
|
Gujarat | 13 July 2002 |
10 October 2002 |
89 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | K. R. Narayanan (President) | |
| 17 | Mohammed Fazal (1922–2014) |
|
Uttar Pradesh | 10 October 2002 |
5 December 2004 |
2 years, 56 days | Governor of Goa | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (President) | |
| 18 | S. M. Krishna (1932–2024) |
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Karnataka | 12 December 2004 |
5 March 2008[§] |
3 years, 84 days | Chief Minister of Karnataka (until May 2004) | ||
| – | S. C. Jamir (born 1931) (Additional charge until 8 July 2008) |
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Nagaland | 9 March 2008 |
8 July 2008 |
1 year, 319 days | Governor of Goa | Pratibha Patil (President) | |
| 19 | S. C. Jamir (born 1931) |
|
8 July 2008 |
22 January 2010 | |||||
| 20 | K. Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022) |
|
Kerala | 22 January 2010 |
7 May 2012 |
4 years, 214 days | Governor of Jharkhand | ||
| 7 May 2012 |
24 August 2014[§] | ||||||||
| – | Om Prakash Kohli Governor of Gujarat (1935–2023) (Additional Charge) |
|
Delhi | 24 August 2014 |
30 August 2014 |
6 days | Governor of Gujarat (continued) | Pranab Mukherjee (President) | |
| 21 | C. Vidyasagar Rao (born 1941) |
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Telangana | 30 August 2014 |
4 September 2019 |
5 years, 5 days | Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry (until 2004) | ||
| 22 | Bhagat Singh Koshyari (born 1942) |
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Uttarakhand | 5 September 2019 |
17 February 2023[§] |
3 years, 165 days | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (until May 2019) | Ram Nath Kovind (President) | |
| 23 | Ramesh Bais (born 1947) |
|
Chhattisgarh | 18 February 2023 |
30 July 2024 |
1 year, 159 days | Governor of Jharkhand | Droupadi Murmu (President) | |
| 24 | C. P. Radhakrishnan (born 1957) |
|
Tamil Nadu | 31 July 2024 | Incumbent | 132 days |
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See also
[edit]- List of chief ministers of Maharashtra
- Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
- List of Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of Deputy Speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of Leaders of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- List of Deputy Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- Governors of India
- First Lady of Maharashtra
References
[edit]- ^ "Governor - Information under RTI Act" (PDF). p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Jishnu Dev Varma is new Governor of Telangana; Radhakrishnan moves to Maharashtra". Telangana Today. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "PRESS COMMUNIQUE". President of India. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Previous Governors". Rajbhavan, Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
