# List of governors of Uttar Pradesh

The governor of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttara Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla) is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The post is preceded by the governor of United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh on 24 January 1950.

## Powers and functions

The governor has:
* Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
* Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
* Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.
In his ex-officio capacity, the governor of Uttar Pradesh is chancellor of the universities of Uttar Pradesh as per the Acts of the Universities.

## Governors of Agra (1834–1836)

In 1833 an act of Parliament was passed to constitute a new presidency (province), with its capital at Agra.
| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Remarks |
| 1 | Sir C. T. Metcalfe | 14 November 1834 | 20 March 1835 | - |
| 2 | W. Blunt | 20 March 1835 | 1 December 1835 | - |
| 3 | A. Ross | 1 December 1835 | 1 June 1836 | - |
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## Lieutenant-governors of the North-Western Provinces of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal (1836–1877)

The Government of India Act 1833 had intended that there be four presidencies comprising India – that of Fort William in Bengal, Bombay, Madras and Agra. The new Presidency of Agra was being created from the Ceded and Conquered Provinces of the Bengal Presidency. However the presidency was never fully created. Instead a new act of Parliament in 1835, dissolved the new presidency and established the lieutenant-governorship of North-Western Provinces within the Bengal Presidency. The lieutenant governorship was finally separated from the Bengal Presidency in 1878 and merged with the Oudh Province which had been a Chief Commissioner's Province under the direct supervision of the Indian Government till then and the office of the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal was abolished.
| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Appointer (Governor-General of India) |
| 1 | Sir C. T. Metcalfe | 1 June 1836 | 1 June 1838 | The Earl of Auckland |
| 2 | T. C. Robertson | 4 February 1840 | 31 December 1842 | The Earl of Auckland |
| 3 | Sir G. R. Clerk | 30 June 1843 | 22 December 1843 | The Lord Ellenborough |
| 4 | James Thomason | 22 December 1843 | 10 October 1853 | The Lord Ellenborough |
| 5 | J. R. Colvin | 7 November 1853 | 9 September 1857 | The Earl of Dalhousie |
| 6 | Colonel H. Fraser | 30 September 1857 | 9 February 1858 | The Viscount Canning |
| 7 | Sir G. F. Edmonstone | 19 January 1859 | 27 February 1863 | The Viscount Canning |
| 8 | The Hon. Edmund Drummond | 7 March 1863 | 10 March 1868 | The Earl of Elgin |
| 9 | Sir William Muir | 10 March 1868 | 7 April 1874 | Sir John Lawrence |
| 10 | Sir John Strachey | 7 April 1874 | 26 July 1876 | The Lord Northbrook |
| 11 | Sir G. E. W. Couper | 26 July 1876 | 15 February 1877 | The Lord Lytton |

## Chief commissioners of Oudh (1856–1877)

In 1856, the office was created.
| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Remarks |
| 1 | Major General Sir James Outram | 1 February 1856 | 8 May 1856 | – |
| 2 | Colville Coverly Jackson | 8 May 1856 | 21 March 1857 | Officiating |
| 3 | Major General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence | 21 March 1857 | 5 July 1857 | Killed at Lucknow, July, 1857 |
| 4 | Major John Sherbroke Banks | 5 July 1857 | 11 September 1857 | Killed at Lucknow, July, 1857 |
| 5 | Lieut General Sir James Outram | 11 September 1857 | 3 April 1858 | – |
| 6 | Robert Montgomery | 3 April 1858 | 15 February 1859 | – |
| 7 | Charles John Wingfield | 15 February 1859 | 20 April 1860 | – |
| 8 | Lieutenant Colonel Lousada Barrow | 20 April 1860 | 4 April 1861 | Officiating |
| 9 | George Udny Yule | 4 April 1861 | 26 August 1865 | Officiating |
| 10 | Robert Henry Davies | 26 August 1865 | 17 March 1866 | Officiating |
| 11 | John Strachey | 17 March 1866 | 24 May 1868 | – |
| 12 | Robert Henry Davies | 24 May 1868 | 18 January 1871 | Officiating, Confirmed 9 March 1868 |
| 13 | Major General Lousada Barrow | 18 January 1871 | 20 April 1871 | – |
| 14 | Sir George Couper | 20 April 1871 | 15 March 1875 | Officiating, Confirmed 9 December 1873 |
| 15 | John Forbes David Inglis | 15 March 1875 | 15 February 1877 | Officiating, until 15 November 1875 and from 26 July 1876 to 15 February 1877 |

## Lieutenant-governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh (1877–1902)

In 1877 the office of lieutenant governor was combined with that of Chief Commissioner of Oudh, which had existed since 1857, in the same person.
* Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper, 15 February 1877 – 17 April 1882, continued
* Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall, 17 April 1882 – 21 November 1887
* Sir Auckland Colvin, 21 November 1887 – 28 November 1892
* Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite, 28 November 1892 – 9 January 1895
* Alan Cadell, 9 January 1895 – 6 November 1895, acting
* Sir Anthony Patrick MacDonnell, 6 November 1895 – 14 November 1901
* Sir James John Digges La Touche, 14 November 1901 – 22 March 1902

## Lieutenant-governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (1902–1921)

In 1902, the province was renamed the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. With the new name, the former commissionership was abolished.
* Sir James John Digges La Touche, 22 March 1902 – 1 January 1907, continued.
* Sir John Prescott Hewett, 1 January 1907 – 15 September 1912.
** Sir Leslie Alexander Selim Porter, 30 April 1910 – 20 October 1910, acting for Hewett, first time.
** Sir Leslie Alexander Selim Porter, 1 April 1911 – 16 December 1911, acting for Hewett, second time.
* Sir James Scorgie Meston, 15 September 1912 – 7 February 1917.
** Sir Duncan Colvin Baillie, 18 September 1913 – 15 November 1913, acting for Meston.
* John Mitchell Holmes, 7 February 1917 – 15 February 1918, acting.
* Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, 15 February 1918 – 3 January 1921.

## Governors of United Provinces (1921–1950)

| # | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office |
| Governors of United Provinces of British India (3 January 1921 – 1 April 1937) ||||||
| 1 | Harcourt Butler | | 3 January 1921 | 21 December 1922 |
| - | Ludovic Charles Porter | | 21 December 1922 | 24 December 1922 |
| 2 | William Sinclair Marris | | 24 December 1922 | 13 August 1926 |
| - | Samuel Perry O'Donnell | | 13 August 1926 | 1 December 1926 |
| (2) | William Sinclair Marris | | 1 December 1926 | 14 January 1928 |
| 3 | Alexander Phillips Muddiman | | 15 January 1928 | 17 June 1928 |
| 4 | William Malcolm Hailey | | 10 August 1928 | 21 December 1928 |
| 4 | William Malcolm Hailey | | 22 April 1929 | 16 October 1930 |
| - | George Bancroft Lambert | | 16 October 1930 | 19 April 1931 |
| (4) | William Malcolm Hailey | | 19 April 1931 | 6 April 1933 |
| - | Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari | | 8 April 1933 | 27 November 1933 |
| (4) | William Malcolm Hailey | | 27 November 1933 | 5 December 1934 |
| 5 | Harry Graham Haig | | 6 December 1934 | 1 April 1937 |
| Governors of United Provinces (1 April 1937 – 25 January 1950) | Governors of United Provinces (1 April 1937 – 25 January 1950) | Governors of United Provinces (1 April 1937 – 25 January 1950) | Governors of United Provinces (1 April 1937 – 25 January 1950) | Governors of United Provinces (1 April 1937 – 25 January 1950) |
| 5 | Harry Graham Haig | | 1 April 1937 | 16 May 1938 |
| 5 | Harry Graham Haig | | 17 September 1938 | 6 December 1939 |
| 6 | Maurice Garnier Hallett | | 7 December 1939 | 6 December 1945 |
| 7 | Francis Verner Wylie | | 7 December 1945 | 14 August 1947 |
| 8 | Sarojini Naidu | | 15 August 1947 | 2 March 1949 |
| - | Justice B.B Malik | | 3 March 1949 | 1 May 1949 |
| 9 | Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi | | 2 May 1949 | 25 January 1950 |

## List of governors of Uttar Pradesh (1950–present)

Key :
| • | indicates that this was an additional charge |
| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
| Governors of Uttar Pradesh (26 January 1950–Present) ||||||||
| 1. | Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi | 26 January 1950 | 1 June 1952 | 2 years, 127 days | Bombay | Rajendra Prasad |
| 2. | Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi | 2 June 1952 | 9 June 1957 | 5 years, 7 days | Gujarat | Rajendra Prasad |
| 3. | Varahgiri Venkat Giri | 10 June 1957 | 30 June 1960 | 3 years, 20 days | Odisha | Rajendra Prasad |
| 4. | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao | 1 July 1960 | 15 April 1962 | 1 year, 288 days | Andhra Pradesh | Rajendra Prasad |
| 5. | Bishwanath Das | 16 April 1962 | 30 April 1967 | 5 years, 14 days | Odisha | Rajendra Prasad |
| 6. | Dr. Bezwada Gopala Reddy | 1 May 1967 | 30 June 1972 | 5 years, 60 days | Andhra Pradesh | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| – | Shashi Kant Varma | 1 July 1972 | 13 November 1972 | 135 days | Not Known | V. V. Giri |
| 7. | Akbar Ali Khan | 14 November 1972 | 24 October 1974 | 1 year, 344 days | Andhra Pradesh | V. V. Giri |
| 8. | Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy | 25 October 1974 | 1 October 1977 | 2 years, 341 days | Andhra Pradesh | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| 9. | Ganpatrao Devji Tapase | 2 October 1977 | 27 February 1980 | 2 years, 148 days | Maharashtra | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy |
| 10. | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh | 28 February 1980 | 31 March 1985 | 5 years, 31 days | Bihar | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy |
| 11. | Mohammed Usman Arif | 31 March 1985 | 11 February 1990 | 4 years, 317 days | Rajasthan | Zail Singh |
| 12. | B. Satya Narayan Reddy | 12 February 1990 | 25 May 1993 | 3 years, 102 days | Andhra Pradesh | R. Venkataraman |
| 13. | Motilal Vora | 26 May 1993 | 3 May 1996 | 2 years, 343 days | Madhya Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| – | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | 3 May 1996 | 19 July 1996 | 77 days | Jammu and Kashmir | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 14. | Romesh Bhandari | 19 July 1996 | 17 March 1998 | 1 year, 241 days | Punjab | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| – | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | 17 March 1998 | 19 April 1998 | 33 days | Jammu and Kashmir | K. R. Narayan |
| 15. | Suraj Bhan | 20 April 1998 | 23 November 2000 | 2 years, 217 days | Haryana | K. R. Narayan |
| 16. | Vishnu Kant Shastri | 24 November 2000 | 2 July 2004 | 3 years, 221 days | West Bengal | K. R. Narayan |
| – | Sudarshan Agrawal | 3 July 2004 | 7 July 2004 | 4 days | Punjab | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 17. | T. V. Rajeswar | 8 July 2004 | 27 July 2009 | 5 years, 19 days | Tamil Nadu | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 18. | Banwari Lal Joshi | 28 July 2009 | 17 June 2014 | 4 years, 324 days | Rajasthan | Pratibha Patil |
| – | Aziz Qureshi | 17 June 2014 | 22 July 2014 | 35 days | Madhya Pradesh | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 19. | Ram Naik | 22 July 2014 | 28 July 2019 | 5 years, 7 days | Maharashtra | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 20. | Anandiben Patel | 29 July 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 233 days | Gujarat | Ramnath Kovind |