Jump to content

List of governors of Haryana

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Governors of Haryana)

Governor of Haryana
since 21 July 2025
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Chandigarh
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holderDharma Vira
Formation1 November 1966; 58 years ago (1966-11-01)
Websitehttp://haryanarajbhavan.gov.in

This is a list of governors of the Indian state of Haryana, which was carved out from Punjab on 1 November 1966.

List

[edit]
Legend
  • Died in office
  • § Transferred
  • Resigned/removed
Color key
  •    indicates acting/additional charge
# Portrait Name
(born – died)
Home state Tenure in office Appointer
(President)
From To Time in office
1 Dharma Vira
ICS (Retd)
(1906–2000)
Governor of Punjab
Uttar Pradesh 1 November
1966
14 September
1967[§][α]
317 days Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2 Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
ICS (Retd)
(1904–1976)
West Bengal 15 September
1967
26 March
1976[†]
8 years, 193 days Zakir Husain
Justice
Ranjit Singh Narula
(1908–2005)
Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court
Punjab 27 March
1976
13 August
1976
139 days Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
3 Jaisukh Lal Hathi
(1909–1982)
Gujarat 14 August
1976
23 September
1977[§][β]
1 year, 40 days
4 Harcharan Singh Brar
(1922–2009)
Punjab 24 September
1977
9 December
1979[‡]
2 years, 76 days Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Justice
Surjit Singh Sandhawalia
(1925–2007)
Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court
Punjab 10 December
1979
27 February
1980
79 days
5 Ganpatrao Devji Tapase
(1909–1992)
Maharashtra 28 February
1980
13 June
1984
4 years, 106 days
6 S. M. H. Burney
IAS (Retd)
(1924–2014)
Uttar Pradesh 14 June
1984
21 February
1988
3 years, 252 days Zail Singh
7 Hari Anand Barari
IPS (Retd)
(1924–2014)
West Bengal 22 February
1988
6 February
1990[‡]
1 year, 349 days Ramaswamy Venkataraman
8 Dhanik Lal Mandal
(1932–2022)
Bihar 7 February
1990
13 June
1995
5 years, 126 days
9 Mahabir Prasad
(1939–2010)
Uttar Pradesh 14 June
1995
18 June
2000
5 years, 4 days Shankar Dayal Sharma
10 Babu Parmanand
(1932–2008)
Jammu and Kashmir 19 June
2000
1 July
2004[‡]
4 years, 12 days K. R. Narayanan
Justice (Retd)
Om Prakash Verma
(1937–2015)
Governor of Punjab
Uttar Pradesh 2 July
2004
7 July
2004
5 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
11 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
(1921–2016)
Delhi 7 July
2004
27 July
2009
5 years, 20 days
12 Jagannath Pahadia
(1932–2021)
Rajasthan 27 July
2009
26 July
2014
4 years, 364 days Pratibha Patil
13 Kaptan Singh Solanki
(born 1939)
Madhya Pradesh 27 July
2014
25 August
2018[§][γ]
4 years, 29 days Pranab Mukherjee
14 Satyadev Narayan Arya
(born 1939)
Bihar 25 August
2018
6 July
2021[§][γ]
2 years, 315 days Ram Nath Kovind
15 Bandaru Dattatreya
(born 1947)
Telangana 7 July
2021
20 July
2025
4 years, 13 days
16 Ashim Kumar Ghosh
(born 1944)
West Bengal 21 July
2025
Incumbent 7 days Droupadi Murmu
  1. ^ Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
  2. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Punjab
  3. ^ a b Transferred as the Governor of Tripura

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
[edit]