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List of governors of Uttar Pradesh

The Governor of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttara Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla) is the constitutional head and representative of the President of India in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. The post is preceded by the governor of United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh on 24 January 1950.

Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Uttara Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla
Emblem of Uttar Pradesh
since 29 July 2019
StyleHer Excellency
TypeGovernor
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Lucknow
AppointerPresident of India
Term length5 Years
Inaugural holderSarojini Naidu
(Independent India)
Sir Harcourt Butler
(Pre-Independent India)
Formation3 January 1921; 103 years ago (1921-01-03)
First holderHormasji Peroshaw Mody
As the Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Sarojini Naidu
As the Governor of United Provinces, Dominion of India
Harcourt Butler
As the Governor of United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Salary₹470,000 (US$5,600) per month[1]
WebsiteGovernor of Uttar Pradesh

Powers and functions

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The governor has:

  • Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
  • Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
  • Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.
See also: Powers and functions of the Governor

In his ex-officio capacity, the governor of Uttar Pradesh is chancellor of the universities of Uttar Pradesh as per the Acts of the Universities.

Governors of United Provinces (1921–1950)

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# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration
Governors of United Provinces of British India
(3 January 1921 – 1 April 1937)
1 Harcourt Butler   3 January 1921 21 December 1922
- Ludovic Charles Porter   21 December 1922 24 December 1922
2 William Sinclair Marris   24 December 1922 13 August 1926
- Samuel Perry O'Donnell   13 August 1926 1 December 1926
(2) William Sinclair Marris   1 December 1926 14 January 1928
3 Alexander Phillips Muddiman   15 January 1928 17 June 1928
4 William Malcolm Hailey   10 August 1928 21 December 1928
22 April 1929 16 October 1930
- George Bancroft Lambert   16 October 1930 19 April 1931
(4) William Malcolm Hailey   19 April 1931 6 April 1933
- Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari   8 April 1933 27 November 1933
(4) William Malcolm Hailey   27 November 1933 5 December 1934
5 Harry Graham Haig   6 December 1934 1 April 1937
Governors of United Provinces
(1 April 1937 – 25 January 1950)
5 Harry Graham Haig   1 April 1937 16 May 1938
17 September 1938 6 December 1939
6 Maurice Garnier Hallett   7 December 1939 6 December 1945
7 Francis Verner Wylie   7 December 1945 14 August 1947
8 Sarojini Naidu   15 August 1947 2 March 1949
- Justice B.B Malik   3 March 1949 1 May 1949
9 Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi   2 May 1949 25 January 1950

List of governors of Uttar Pradesh (1950–present)

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Key
 • indicates that this was an additional charge
# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration Home State Appointed by
Governors of Uttar Pradesh (26 January 1950–Present)
1. Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi   26 January 1950 1 June 1952 2 years, 127 days Bombay Rajendra Prasad
2. Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi   2 June 1952 9 June 1957 5 years, 7 days Gujarat
3. Varahgiri Venkat Giri   10 June 1957 30 June 1960 3 years, 20 days Odisha
4. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao   1 July 1960 15 April 1962 1 year, 288 days Andhra Pradesh
5. Bishwanath Das   16 April 1962 30 April 1967 5 years, 14 days Odisha
6. Dr. Bezwada Gopala Reddy   1 May 1967 30 June 1972 5 years, 60 days Andhra Pradesh Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
– Shashi Kant Varma[2]   1 July 1972 13 November 1972 135 days Not Known V. V. Giri
7. Akbar Ali Khan   14 November 1972 24 October 1974 1 year, 344 days Andhra Pradesh
8. Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy   25 October 1974 1 October 1977 2 years, 341 days Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
9. Ganpatrao Devji Tapase   2 October 1977 27 February 1980 2 years, 148 days Maharashtra Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
10. Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh   28 February 1980 31 March 1985 5 years, 31 days Bihar
11. Mohammed Usman Arif   31 March 1985 11 February 1990 4 years, 317 days Rajasthan Zail Singh
12. B. Satya Narayan Reddy   12 February 1990 25 May 1993 3 years, 102 days Andhra Pradesh R. Venkataraman
13. Motilal Vora   26 May 1993 3 May 1996 2 years, 343 days Madhya Pradesh Shankar Dayal Sharma
– Mohammad Shafi Qureshi   3 May 1996 19 July 1996 77 days Jammu and Kashmir
14. Romesh Bhandari   19 July 1996 17 March 1998 1 year, 241 days Punjab
– Mohammad Shafi Qureshi   17 March 1998 19 April 1998 33 days Jammu and Kashmir K. R. Narayan
15. Suraj Bhan   20 April 1998 23 November 2000 2 years, 217 days Haryana
16. Vishnu Kant Shastri   24 November 2000 2 July 2004 3 years, 221 days West Bengal
– Sudarshan Agrawal   3 July 2004 7 July 2004 4 days Punjab A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
17. T. V. Rajeswar   8 July 2004 27 July 2009 5 years, 19 days Tamil Nadu
18. Banwari Lal Joshi   28 July 2009 17 June 2014 4 years, 324 days Rajasthan Pratibha Patil
– Aziz Qureshi   17 June 2014 22 July 2014 35 days Madhya Pradesh Pranab Mukherjee
19. Ram Naik   22 July 2014 28 July 2019 5 years, 7 days Maharashtra
20. Anandiben Patel   29 July 2019 Incumbent 5 years, 115 days Gujarat Ramnath Kovind

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "India Code: Section Details". 1 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Vidhanparishad". Upvidhanparishad.nic.in. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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