List of governors of Manipur
Governors of Manipur

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Name
Took Office
Left Office
1
B. K. Nehru
21 January 1972
20 September 1973
2
L.P. Singh
21 September 1973
11 August 1981
3
S. M. H. Burney
18 August 1981
11 June 1984
4
K. V. Krishna Rao
2 June 1984
7 July 1989
5
Chintamani Panigrahi
10 July 1989
19 March 1993
6
K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
20 March 1993
30 August 1993
7
V.K. Nayar
31 August 1993
22 December 1994
8
O.N. Shrivastava
23 December 1994
11 February 1999
9
Ved Marwah
2 December 1999
12 June 2003
10
Arvind Dave
13 June 2003
5 August 2004
11
Shivinder Singh Sidhu
6 August 2004
22 July 2008
12
Gurbachan Jagat
23 July 2008
22 July 2013
13
Ashwani Kumar
23 July 2013
31 December 2013
14
Vinod Duggal
31 December 2013
28 August 2014
15
K. K. Paul (Addl Charge)
16 September 2014
15 May 2015
16
Syed Ahmed
16 May 2015
27 September 2015
17
V. Shanmuganathan (Addl. charge)
30 September 2015
17 August 2016
18
Najma A. Heptulla
21 August 2016
Incumbent

Question: Who was the 17th Governor of Manipur? Since when?
Answer: On 30 September 2015, V. Shanmuganathan was the 17th Governor of Manipur after Syed Ahmed.