List of governors of Karnataka
| Governor of Karnataka | |
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| Karnāṭakada Rājyapālaru | |
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| Style |
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| Status | Head of state |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan, Bengaluru |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Precursor | Governor of Mysore |
| Inaugural holder | Mohan Lal Sukhadia |
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| Website | www |
The governor of Karnataka, formerly governor of Mysore, is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Karnataka. The governor is appointed by the president of India, and holds office at the president's pleasure. The governor is de jure head of the government of Karnataka; 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 of Karnataka, which thus holds de facto executive authority in the state. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon his or her 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 central government–appointed governor.[1]
Since 1956, eighteen people have served as the governor of Mysore (as the state was known before 1 November 1973) and Karnataka. The first was Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, who was the state's Rajpramukh from 1950 to 1956. A majority of Karnataka's governors have been politicians (ten), another five have been civil servants. V. V. Giri went on become the fourth president of India, and Gopal Swarup Pathak the country's fourth vice president. Smt V. S. Ramadevi was the first and only woman governor of Karnataka (1999–2002) and also holds the record of first woman chief election commissioner in india.
List
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- Color key
- indicates acting/additional charge
Governor of Mysore State (1956–1973)
[edit]| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) |
Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | 
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Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1919–1974) |
Mysore State | 1 November 1956 |
4 May 1964[§][α] |
7 years, 185 days | Rajendra Prasad |
| 2 | 
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General S. M. Shrinagesh (Retd) (1903–1977) |
Maharashtra | 4 May 1964 |
2 April 1965 |
333 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 3 | 
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V. V. Giri (1894–1980) |
Madras | 2 April 1965 |
12 May 1967[‡][β] |
2 years, 40 days | |
| 4 | 
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Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896–1982) |
Uttar Pradesh | 13 May 1967 |
30 August 1969[‡][β] |
2 years, 109 days | Zakir Husain |
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Justice A. R. Somanath Iyer Chief Justice, Mysore High Court (Acting) |
Mysore State | 31 August 1969 |
23 October 1969 |
53 days | V. V. Giri |
| 5 | 
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Dharma Vira ICS (Retd) (1906–2000) |
Uttar Pradesh | 23 October 1969 |
1 February 1972 |
2 years, 101 days | |
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Mohan Lal Sukhadia (1916–1982) |
Rajasthan | 1 February 1972 |
31 October 1973 |
1 year, 272 days | |
- ^ Transferred as the Governor of Madras State
- ^ a b Resigned to become the Vice President of India
Governor of Karnataka (1973–present)
[edit]| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) |
Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |
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Mohan Lal Sukhadia (1916–1982) |
Rajasthan | 1 November 1973 |
10 January 1976[§][α] |
2 years, 70 days | V. V. Giri |
| 2 | 
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Uma Shankar Dikshit (1901–1991) |
Uttar Pradesh | 10 January 1976 |
2 August 1977[‡] |
1 year, 204 days | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| 3 |
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Govind Narain ICS (Retd) (1916–2012) |
Uttar Pradesh | 2 August 1977 |
15 April 1983 |
5 years, 256 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 4 |
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Ashoknath Banerji IAS (Retd) (1929–2006) |
West Bengal | 16 April 1983 |
25 February 1988 |
4 years, 315 days | Zail Singh |
| 5 | 
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Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah (1921–1983) |
Andhra Pradesh | 26 February 1988 |
5 February 1990[‡] |
1 year, 344 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| – |
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Justice Shanmughasundaram Mohan (1930–2019) Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court (Acting) |
Tamil Nadu | 5 February 1990 |
8 May 1990 |
92 days | |
| 6 | 
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Bhanu Pratap Singh (1917–?) |
Uttar Pradesh | 8 May 1990 |
6 January 1991[‡] |
243 days | |
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Khurshed Alam Khan (1919–2013) Governor of Goa until 17 March 1991 |
Uttar Pradesh | 6 January 1991 |
17 March 1991 |
8 years, 330 days | |
| 7 | 17 March 1991 |
2 December 1999 | |||||
| 8 | 
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V. S. Ramadevi IAS (Retd) (1934–2013) |
Andhra Pradesh | 2 December 1999 |
20 February 2002 |
2 years, 80 days | K. R. Narayanan |
| 9 | 
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T. N. Chaturvedi IAS (Retd) (1928–2020) |
Uttar Pradesh | 21 August 2002 |
20 August 2007 |
4 years, 364 days | |
| 10 | 
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Rameshwar Thakur (1925–2015) |
Jharkhand | 21 August 2007 |
29 June 2009[§][β] |
1 year, 312 days | Pratibha Patil |
| 11 | 
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H. R. Bhardwaj (1939–2020) |
Punjab | 30 June 2009 |
28 June 2014 |
4 years, 363 days | |
| – | 
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Konijeti Rosaiah (1933–2021) Governor of Tamil Nadu (Additional Charge) |
Andhra Pradesh | 29 June 2014 |
31 August 2014 |
63 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 12 | 
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Vajubhai Vala (born 1937) |
Gujarat | 1 September 2014 |
10 July 2021 |
6 years, 312 days | |
| 13 |
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Thawar Chand Gehlot (born 1948) |
Madhya Pradesh | 11 July 2021 |
Incumbent | 4 years, 27 days | Ram Nath Kovind |
- ^ Transferred as the Governor of Tamil Nadu
- ^ Transferred as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh
References
[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. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Karnataka as well.
External links
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