First Governor of Various Indian States 

First Governor of Various Indian States & UTs

This post lists all the First Governors in various states of Independent India.

Indian States and First Governors

StateGovernorYear
 Andhra Pradesh Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi 1957
 Arunachal Pradesh Bhishma Narain Singh 1987
 Assam Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari 1947
 Bihar Jairamdas Daulatram 1948
 Chhattisgarh D. N. Sahay 2000
 Goa Major Gen. K. P. Candeth 1961
 Gujarat Mehdi Nawaz Jung 1965
 Haryana Dharma Vira 1967
 Himachal Pradesh S. Chakravarti 1971
 Jharkhand Parbhat Kumar 2000
 Karnataka Jayachamaraja Wodeyar 1956
 Kerala Burgula Ramakrishna Rao 1956
 Madhya Pradesh Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya 1956
 Maharashtra Sir John Colville
(Pre-Independence)		 1943 - 1948
 Manipur B. K. Nehru 1972
 Meghalaya Braj Kumar Nehru 1970
 Mizoram Hiteswar Saikia  1987
 Nagaland Vishnu Sahay 1963
 Odisha Dr. Kailash Nath Katju 1947
 Punjab Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi 1947
 Rajasthan Gurumukh Nihal Singh 1956
 Sikkim B.B. Lal 1975
 Tamil Nadu Sardar Ujjal Singh 1969
 Telangana E. S. L. Narasimhan 2014
 Tripura B. K. Nehru 1972
 Uttar Pradesh Sarojini Naidu (United Province),
 Sri Hormasji Peroshaw Mody 
(renamed as Uttar Pradesh)		 1947
 1949
 Uttarakhand Surjit Singh Barnala 2003
 West Bengal Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari 1947


First Governors of Union Territories

UTGovernor/Lieutenant Governor
 Andaman & Nicobar Islands Manohar L. Kampani
 (Lieutenant Governor, 1982)
 Delhi Aditya Nath Jha
 (1966)
 Jammu & Kashmir  Karan Singh
 (1952)
 Girish Chandra Murmu
 (Lieutenant Governor, 2019)
 Ladakh Radha Krishna Mathur
 (Lieutenant Governor, 2019)
 Puducherry S.L. Silam
 (Lieutenant Governor, 1963)

The other three Union territories are under the governance of an Administrator. The First Administrator of these are as follows:
  • Chandigarh – Mohinder Singh Randhawa (1966)
  • Dadra-Nagar Haveli & Daman-Diu – Praful Khoda Patel (2020)
  • Lakshadweep – U. R. Panicker (1956)

SideNotes:

  • First Governor-general of India – Warren Hastings (1773).
  • First Official Governor-general of India – Lord William Bentinck (1833).
  • First Governor-general of Independent India – Lord Mountbatten (1947).
  • First Indian to become Governor-general of Independent India – C. Rajagopalachari (1948).
  • First Woman to become the Governor of the Indian State – Sarojini Naidu0
  • Longest-serving Governor of an Indian State – Padmaja Naidu (11 years, West Bengal).
    • Padmaja Naidu – Daughter of Sarojini Naidu.
  • First Reserve Bank Governor of India – Osborne Smith (1935).
  • First Chief Commissioner & Lieutenant Governors of Arunachal Pradesh – K. A. A. Raja.
  • First Lieutenant Governors of Arunachal Pradesh – Major Gen. K. S. Himmatsinhji.
  • Mizoram –
    • First Chief Commissioner – S.J. Das. 
    • First Lieutenant Governor – S.P. Mukherjee. 
  • Madras State was renamed as Tamil Nadu on 14 January 1969. If you consider it as Madras State pre and post Independence, then the First Governor is Lt-General Sir Archibald Edward Nye who took office on 6 May 1946 – 7 September 1948.
  • Who said these words 'Governor of a state is like a “federal fireman” ' – C. Rajagopalachari.
  • First Raj Bhavan in India is at – Kolkata (1803).
  • Lieutenant Governor is appointed by – President of India (Term: 5years).
  • The merger of union territories of Dadra-Nagar Haveli & Daman-Diu happened on – 26 January 2020.
  • Indian Penal Code was introduced in – 1860.
  • Indian Penal Code came into force on – 1862.
  • IPC was drafted by – Lord Macaulay.