List of female Indian governors
Governors
Key incumbent governor

List of female Indian governors

Section Title: Governors
Table Section Text: Key incumbent governor

Name	From	To	Term length	State	Reference

Sarojini Naidu	15 August 1947	2 March 1949	1 year, 199 days	Uttar Pradesh

Padmaja Naidu	3 November 1956	31 May 1967	10 years, 209 days	West Bengal

Vijayalakshmi Pandit	28 November 1962	18 October 1964	1 year, 325 days	Maharashtra

Sharda Mukherjee	5 May 1977	14 August 1978	1 year, 101 days	Andhra Pradesh

Jyothi Venkatachalam	14 October 1977	27 October 1982	5 years, 13 days	Kerala

Sharda Mukherjee	14 August 1978	5 August 1983	4 years, 356 days	Gujarat

Kumudben Manishankar Joshi	26 November 1985	2 February 1990	4 years, 68 days	Andhra Pradesh

Ram Dulari Sinha	23 February 1988	12 February 1990	1 year, 354 days	Kerala

Sarla Grewal	31 March 1989	5 February 1990	311 days	Madhya Pradesh

Chandrawati	19 February 1990	18 December 1990	302 days	Puducherry

Rajendra Kumari Bajpai	2 May 1995	22 April 1998	2 years, 355 days	Puducherry

Sheila Kaul	17 November 1995	23 April 1996	158 days	Himachal Pradesh

Fathima Beevi	25 January 1997	1 July 2001	4 years, 157 days	Tamil Nadu

V. S. Ramadevi	26 July 1997	1 December 1999	2 years, 128 days	Himachal Pradesh

Rajani Rai	23 April 1998	29 July 2002	4 years, 97 days	Puducherry

V. S. Ramadevi	2 December 1999	20 August 2002	2 years, 261 days	Karnataka

Pratibha Patil	8 November 2004	23 June 2007	2 years, 227 days	Rajasthan

Prabha Rau	19 July 2008	24 January 2010	1 year, 189 days	Himachal Pradesh

Margaret Alva	6 August 2009	14 May 2012	2 years, 262 days	Uttarakhand

Kamla Beniwal	27 November 2009	6 July 2014	4 years, 221 days	Gujarat

Prabha Rau	25 January 2010	26 April 2010	91 days	Rajasthan

Urmila Singh	25 January 2010	27 January 2015	5 years, 2 days	Himachal Pradesh

Margaret Alva	12 May 2012	7 August 2014	2 years, 87 days	Rajasthan

Sheila Dikshit	11 March 2014	25 August 2014	167 days	Kerala

Kamla Beniwal	6 July 2014	6 August 2014	31 days	Mizoram

Mridula Sinha *	31 August 2014	Incumbent	4 years, 208 days	Goa

Draupadi Murmu *	18 May 2015	Incumbent	3 years, 313 days	Jharkhand

Kiran Bedi *	29 May 2016	Incumbent	2 years, 302 days	Puducherry

Najma Heptulla *	21 August 2016	Incumbent	2 years, 218 days	Manipur

Anandiben Patel *	23 January 2018	Incumbent	1 year, 63 days	Madhya Pradesh

Baby Rani Maurya *	26 August 2018	Incumbent	213 days	Uttarakhand

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Sarojini Naidu governed Uttar Pradesh from 15 August 1947 to 2 March 1949.

final_sentence: Sarojini Naidu governed Uttar Pradesh from 15 August 1947 to 2 March 1949.