List of governors of Odisha
Governors of Odisha

List of governors of Odisha

Section Title: Governors of Odisha
Table Section Text: None

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office

British India (Before 1947)

1	Sir John Austen Hubback	1 April 1936	11 August 1938

George Townsend Boag (Acting)	11 August 1938	7 December 1938

2	Sir John Austen Hubback	8 December 1938	31 March 1941

3	Howthorne Lewis	1 April 1941	31 March 1946

4	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi	1 April 1946	14 August 1947

Independent India (After 1947)

1	Kailash Nath Katju	15 August 1947	20 June 1948

2	Asaf Ali	21 June 1948	5 May 1951

V. P. Menon (Acting)	6 May 1951	17 July 1951

(2)	Asaf Ali	18 July 1951	6 June 1952

3	Fazal Ali	7 June 1952	9 February 1954

4	P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja	10 February 1954	11 September 1956

5	Bhim Sen Sachar	12 September 1956	31 July 1957

6	Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar	31 July 1957	15 September 1962

7	Ajudhia Nath Khosla	16 September 1962	5 August 1966

Khaleell Ahommed (Acting)	5 August 1966	11 September 1966

(7)	Ajudhia Nath Khosla	12 September 1966	30 January 1968

8	Shaukatullah Shah Ansari	31 January 1968	20 September 1971

Sardar Jojendra Singh (Acting)	20 September 1971	30 June 1972

9	Gati Krushna Misra	1 July 1972	8 November 1972

10	Basappa Danappa Jatti	8 November 1972	20 August 1974

(9)	Gati Krushna Misra	21 August 1974	25 October 1974

11	Akbar Ali Khan	25 October 1974	17 April 1976

Shiva Narayin Sankar (Acting)	17 April 1976	7 February 1977

12	Harcharan Singh Brar	7 February 1977	22 September 1977

13	Bhagwat Dayal Sharma	23 September 1977	30 April 1980

14	Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha	30 April 1980	30 September 1980

S. K. Ray (Acting)	1 October 1980	3 November 1980

(14)	Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha	4 November 1980	24 June 1982

Ranganath Misra (Acting)	25 June 1982	31 August 1982

(14)	Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha	1 September 1982	17 August 1983

15	Bishambhar Nath Pande	17 August 1983	20 November 1988

16	Saiyid Nurul Hasan	20 November 1988	6 February 1990

17	Yagya Dutt Sharma	7 February 1990	1 February 1993

(16)	Saiyid Nurul Hasan	1 February 1993	31 May 1993

18	B. Satya Narayan Reddy	1 June 1993	17 June 1995

19	Gopala Ramanujam	18 June 1995	30 January 1997

20	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy	31 January 1997	12 February 1997

(19)	Gopala Ramanujam	13 February 1997	13 December 1997

(20)	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy	13 December 1997	27 April 1998

21	C. Rangarajan	27 April 1998	14 November 1999

22	M. M. Rajendran	15 November 1999	17 November 2004

23	Rameshwar Thakur	18 November 2004	21 August 2007

24	Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare	21 August 2007	9 March 2013

25	S.C. Jamir	21 March 2013	20 March 2018

Satya Pal Malik (Additional Charge)	21 March 2018	28 May 2018

26	Prof. Ganeshi Lal	29 May 2018	Till now

Sentence(s)

K. V. Raghunatha Reddy served as the Governor of Odisha (31 January 1997 - 12 February 1997 and 13 December 1997 – 27 April 1998).

final_sentence: K. V. Raghunatha Reddy served as the Governor of Odisha (31 January 1997 - 12 February 1997 and 13 December 1997 – 27 April 1998).