List of governors of Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia List of governors of Tamil Nadu This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( September 2017 ) The state of Tamil Nadu in India has had 25 Governors since 1946 The Governor of Tamil Nadu is the constitutional head of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Like all states, the governor is a nominal head and representative of the President of India. The governor is appointed by the president for a five - year term. This list includes both nominated and acting heads of state in the history of the state of Tamil Nadu in India since 1946. The area under the present - day state of Tamil Nadu has been part of different territorial configurations under Madras Presidency and Madras State in its history. The current governor is His Excellency Banwarilal Purohit Contents 1 Governors 1.1 Madras Presidency and Madras State 1.2 Tabular 1.3 Graphical 1.4 Tamil Nadu 2 Records 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links Governors Madras Presidency and Madras state Madras Presidency in 1909, southern portion Headquartered in Fort St. George, Madras Presidency was a province of British India. It comprised present day Tamil Nadu, the Malabar region of North Kerala, the coastal and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh, and the Bellary, Dakshina Kannada, and Udupi districts of Karnataka. It was established in 1653 to be the headquarters of the English settlements on the Coromandel Coast. After India 's independence in 1947, Madras State, the precursor to the present day state of Tamil Nadu, was carved out of Madras Presidency. It comprised present - day Tamil Nadu and parts of present - day Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. Tabular # Name Took Office Left Office Term Lieutenant - General Sir Archibald Edward Nye 6 May 1946 7 September 1948 Maharaja Sir Krishna Kumarasinhji Bhavsinhji 7 September 1948 12 March 1952 Sri Prakasa 12 March 1952 10 December 1956 A.J. John, Anaparambil 10 December 1956 30 September 1957 5 Pakala Venkata Rajamannar ( acting ) 1 October 1957 24 January 1958 6 Bhishnuram Medhi 24 January 1958 4 May 1964 7 Maharaja Sir Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur 4 May 1964 24 November 1964 8 P. Chandra Reddy ( acting ) 24 November 1964 7 December 1965 9 Maharaja Sir Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur 7 December 1965 28 June 1966 10 Sardar Ujjal Singh ( acting till 16 June 1967 ) 28 June 1966 14 January 1969 Graphical Tamil Nadu Madras State was renamed as Tamil Nadu ( Tamil for Tamil country ) on 14 January 1969. Governors have similar powers and functions at the state level as that of the President of India at the Central government level. The Governor acts as the nominal head of the state while the Chief Ministers of the states and the Chief Minister 's Council of Ministers are invested with most executive powers. Tabular Surjit Singh Barnala is the only appointed Governor to have served two terms in office ௩௪bfg ( rt950p - ௬ ௴ ௳ ௯௭௬ K. Rosaiah # Name Took Office Left Office Term President who appointed the Governor Sardar Ujjal Singh 14 January 1969 27 May 1971 Zakir Hussain Kodardas Kalidas Shah 27 May 1971 16 June 1976 Varaha Venkata Giri Mohan Lal Sukhadia 16 June 1976 8 April 1977 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed P. Govindan Nair ( acting ) 9 April 1977 27 April 1977 5 Prabhudas Patwari 27 April 1977 27 October 1980 Basappa Danappa Jatti 6 M.M. Ismail ( acting ) 27 October 1980 4 November 1980 7 Sadiq Ali 4 November 1980 3 September 1982 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 8 Sundar Lal Khurana, IAS ( Retired ) 3 September 1982 17 February 1988 Giani Zail Singh 9 P.C. Alexander, IAS ( Retired ) 17 February 1988 24 May 1990 R. Venkataraman 10 Surjit Singh Barnala 24 May 1990 15 February 1991 R. Venkataraman 11 Bhishma Narain Singh 15 February 1991 31 May 1993 R. Venkataraman 12 Marri Chenna Reddy 31 May 1993 2 December 1996 Shankar Dayal Sharma 13 Krishan Kant ( additional charge ) 2 December 1996 25 January 1997 14 M. Fathima Beevi 25 January 1997 3 July 2001 Shankar Dayal Sharma 15 C. Rangarajan ( additional charge ) 3 July 2001 18 January 2002 16 P.S. Ramamohan Rao, IPS ( Retired ) 18 January 2002 3 November 2004 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 17 Surjit Singh Barnala 3 November 2004 31 August 2011 18 Konijeti Rosaiah 31 August 2011 30 August 2016 Pratibha Patil 19 C. Vidyasagar Rao ( additional charge ) 2 September 2016 6 October 2017 Pranab Mukherjee 20 Banwarilal Purohit 6 October 2017 Incumbent Ram Nath Kovind Graphical Records Surjit Singh Barnala is the only appointed Governor to have served two terms in office ( 24 May 1990 -- 15 February 1991 and 3 November 2004 -- 31 August 2011 ). The longest term in office was that of Surjit Singh Barnala who served as the Governor for a period of almost six and a half years ( 3 November 2004 -- 31 August 2011 ). The shortest term in office was that of M.M. Ismail who served as the acting Governor for a period of nine days ( 27 October 1980 -- 4 November 1980 ). The longest term in office as additional in - charge was that of C. Vidyasagar Rao for a period of 1 year 1 month and 4 days ( 2nd September 2016 -- 6th October 2017 ). See also Governors of India Governors of Madras History of Tamil Nadu List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu Notes ^ Jump up to : The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period Jump up ^ This term is a continuation of the Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur 's first term. P. Chandra Reddy served as the acting Governor while Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur was on foreign tours. References Jump up ^ Governors of Tamil Nadu since 1946, ( Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, 15 September 2008 ) Jump up ^ Tamil Nadu Secretariat -- Brief History Archived 2007 - 01 - 06 at Archive.is ( Government of Tamil Nadu, 17 September 2008 ) Jump up ^ ( Formerly the last Governor of the Madras Presidency. ) Jump up ^ HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P. CHANDRA REDDI Archived 2008 - 09 - 30 at the Wayback Machine. ( High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, 20 September 2008 ) ^ Jump up to : Past Governors ( Raj Bhavan, Chennai, 20 September 2008 ) External links Official website of the Governor of Tamil Nadu Lists of governors, lieutenant governors and administrators of Indian states and union territories ( and current incumbents ) Andaman and Nicobar Devendra Kumar Joshi Andhra Pradesh E.S.L. Narasimhan Arunachal Pradesh B.D. Mishra Assam Jagdish Mukhi Bihar Satya Pal Malik Chandigarh V.P. Singh Badnore Chhattisgarh Balram Das Tandon Dadra and Nagar Haveli Praful Khoda Patel Daman and Diu Praful Khoda Patel Delhi Anil Baijal Goa Mridula Sinha Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki Himachal Pradesh Acharya Dev Vrat Jammu and Kashmir Narinder Nath Vohra Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu Karnataka Vajubhai Vala Kerala P. Sathasivam Lakshadweep Farooq Khan Madhya Pradesh Anandiben Patel Maharashtra C. Vidyasagar Rao Manipur Najma Heptulla Meghalaya Ganga Prasad Mizoram Nirbhay Sharma Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya Odisha Satya Pal Malik Puducherry Kiran Bedi Punjab V.P. Singh Badnore Rajasthan Kalyan Singh Sikkim Shriniwas Patil Tamil Nadu Banwarilal Purohit Telangana E.S.L. Narasimhan Tripura Tathagata Roy Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi Governors of Tamil Nadu Madras Presidency Archibald Nye Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji Sri Prakasa A.J. John P.V. Rajamannar $ Bishnuram Medhi Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar P. Chandra Reddy $ Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar Ujjal Singh Tamil Nadu Ujjal Singh Kodardas Kalidas Shah Mohan Lal Sukhadia P. Govindan Nair $ Prabhudas Patwari M.M. Ismail $ Sri Sadiq Ali Sundar Lal Khurana P.C. Alexander Surjit Singh Barnala Bhishma Narain Singh Marri Chenna Reddy Krishan Kant # Fathima Beevi C. Rangarajan # P.S. Ramamohan Rao Surjit Singh Barnala Konijeti Rosaiah C. Vidyasagar Rao # Banwarilal Purohit $ - acting, # - additional charge Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_governors_of_Tamil_Nadu&oldid=828583120 '' Categories : Governors of Tamil Nadu Lists of governors of Indian states Tamil Nadu politics - related lists Hidden categories : Webarchive template archiveis links Webarchive template wayback links Wikipedia articles in need of updating from September 2017 All Wikipedia articles in need of updating Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch हिन्दी Bahasa Indonesia മലയാളം Nederlands தமிழ் Edit links This page was last edited on 3 March 2018, at 13 : 49. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who is the governor of tamilnadu 2017 in tamil
Answer: Banwarilal Purohit