List of governors of Maharashtra
| Governor of Maharashtra | |
|---|---|
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan (Mumbai) Additional: Raj Bhavan (Nagpur); Raj Bhavan (Pune) & Raj Bhavan (Mahabaleshwar) |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | Five years |
| Inaugural holder | John Colville, PC, GCIE |
| Formation | 24 March 1943 |
| Website | Raj Bhavan Maharashtra |
The Governor of Maharashtra is the Ceremonial head of the state of Maharashtra.[1]
List[change | change source]
| № | Name (birth–death) |
Portrait | Term | Appointed by (President of India) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombay State (Before Independence) | ||||||
| ** | John Colville, PC, GCIE | 24 March 1943 | 5 January 1948 | 4 years, 287 days | Viscount Wavell (Governor General) | |
| Bombay State (After Independence) | ||||||
| 1 | Raja Sir Maharaj Singh, CIE | 
|
6 January 1948 | 30 May 1952 | 4 years, 145 days | L. Mountbatten (Governor General) |
| 2 | Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai, KCSI, KBE, CIE | 
|
30 May 1952 | 5 December 1954 | 2 years, 189 days | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| 3 | Dr Harekrushna Mahatab | 
|
2 March 1955 | 14 October 1956 | 1 year, 226 days | |
| Maharashtra | ||||||
| 4 | Sri Prakasa | 
|
10 December 1956 | 16 April 1962 | 5 years, 127 days | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| 5 | Dr P. Subbarayan | 
|
17 April 1962 | 6 October 1962 | 172 days | |
| 6 | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | 
|
28 November 1962 | 18 October 1964 | 1 year, 325 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 7 | Dr P V Cherian | 14 November 1964 | 8 November 1969 | 4 years, 359 days | ||
| 8 | Ali Yavar Jung | 26 February 1970 | 11 December 1976 | V. V. Giri | ||
| 9 | Sri Sadiq Ali | 30 April 1977 | 3 November 1980 | B. D. Jatti (Acting President) | ||
| 10 | O P Mehra | 3 November 1980 | 5 March 1982 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | ||
| 11 | Idris Hasan Latif | 6 March 1982 | 16 April 1985 | |||
| 12 | Kona Prabhakara Rao | 31 May 1985 | 2 April 1986 | Zail Singh | ||
| 13 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma | 
|
3 April 1986 | 2 September 1987 | ||
| 14 | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy | 
|
20 February 1988 | 18 January 1990 | R. Venkataraman | |
| 15 | Dr. C Subramaniam | 
|
15 February 1990 | 9 January 1993 | ||
| 16 | Dr. P.C. Alexander | 12 January 1993 | 13 July 2002 | 9 years, 182 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
| 17 | Mohammed Fazal | 10 October 2002 | 5 December 2004 | 2 years, 56 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| 18 | S.M. Krishna | .jpg)
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12 December 2004 | 5 March 2008 | 3 years, 84 days | |
| 19 | S.C. Jamir | .jpg)
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9 March 2008 | 22 January 2010 | 1 year, 319 days | Pratibha Patil |
| 20 | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan | 
|
22 January 2010 | 24 August 2014 | 4 years, 214 days | |
| 21 | Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao | 
|
30 August 2014 | 4 September 2019 | 5 years, 5 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 22 | Bhagat Singh Koshyari | 5 September 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 207 days | Ramnath Kovind | |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Governor - Information under RTI Act" (PDF). p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
