# List of governors of Uttarakhand

The Governor of Uttarakhand is the nominal head of state of the Indian state of Uttarakhand and a representative of the president of India and is appointed by him for a term of five years, and holds office at the president's pleasure. The governor is de jure head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected Uttarakhand Council of Ministers, headed by the chief minister of Uttarakhand, who thus hold de facto executive authority at the state-level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon his or her own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent. The governor of Uttarakhand has their official residences at the Raj Bhavans in Dehradun and Nainital.
Uttarakhand was created on 9 November 2000, when it was carved out from the Himalayan districts of Uttar Pradesh. The first governor of the state was Surjit Singh Barnala who served in office between 2000 and 2003. The current governor is Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh (Retd.) who has been in office since 14 September 2021. As of date, eight individuals have served as the governor of the state including two women - Margaret Alva and Baby Rani Maurya. No governor has till date completed full term in office. Sudarshan Agarwal holds the record of the longest-serving governor with 4 years, 293 days in office.

## Qualifications

Article 157 and Article 158 of the Constitution of India specify eligibility requirements for the post of governor. They are as follows:
A governor must:
* be a citizen of India.
* be at least 35 years of age.
* not be a member of either house of the parliament or house of the state legislature.
* not hold any office of profit.

## Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:
* Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
* Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) & vidhan parishad, and
* Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor.
Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Uttarakhand is the ex-officio Chancellor of the state universities of Uttarakhand. The universities include Kumaun University, Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Doon University, Uttarakhand Open University, Uttarakhand Technical University, Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Uttarakhand Medical Education University, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttarakhand Residential University, Soban Singh Jeena University.

## List of rulers

All of these rulers used the title of Nawab from 1722 to 1856:
| Titular Name | Personal Name | Birth | Reign | Death |
| Burhan ul Mulk Sa'adat Khan برہان الملک سعادت خان | Saadat Ali Khan I | 1680 Nishapur, Khurasan, Safavid dynasty, Persia | 1722 – 19 March 1739 | 1739 |
| Abul-Mansur Khan Safdar Jung ابو المنصور خان صفدرجنگ | Muhammad Muqim | 1708 | 1739 – 5 October 1754 | 1754 |
| Shuja-ud-Daula شجاع الدولہ | Jalal-ud-din Haider Abul-Mansur Khan | 1732 | 1754 – 26 January 1775 | 1775 |
| Asaf-ud-Daula آصف الدولہ | Muhammad Yahya Mirza Amani | 1748 | 26 January 1775 – 20 April 1797 | 1798 |
| Asif Jah Mirza | Wazir Ali Khan وزیر علی خان | 1780 | 21 September 1797 – 21 January 1798 | 1817 |
| Yamin-ud-Daula | Saadat Ali Khan II سعادت علی خان | 1752 | 21 January 1798 – 11 July 1814 | 1814 |
| Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah | Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah غازی الدیں حیدر شاہ | 1769 | 11 July 1814 – 19 October 1827 | 1827 |
| Abul- Mansur Qutub-ud-din Sulaiman jah | Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah ناصر الدیں حیدر شاہ | 1803 | 19 October 1827 – 7 July 1837 | 1837 |
| Abul Fateh Moin-ud-din | Muhammad Ali Shah محمّد علی شاہ | 1777 | 7 July 1837 – 7 May 1842 | 1842 |
| Najm-ud-Daula Abul-Muzaffar Musleh-ud-din | Amjad Ali Shah امجد علی شاہ | 1801 | 7 May 1842 – 13 February 1847 | 1847 |
| Abul-Mansur Mirza | Wajid Ali Shah واجد علی شاہ | 1822 | 13 February 1847 – 11 February 1856 | 1 September 1887 |
| Mohammadi Khanum | Begum Hazrat Mahal بیگم حضرت محل | 1820 | 11 February 1856 – 5 July1857 Wife of Wajid Ali Shah and mother of Birjis Qadra (in rebellion) | 7 April 1879 |
| Ramzan Ali رمضان علی | Birjis Qadr بر جیس قدر | 1845 | 5 July 1857 – 3 March 1858 (in rebellion) | 14 August 1893 |

## 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 | - |
| Graphical Timeline |||||

## Lieutenant-Governors of the North-Western Provinces of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal (1835–1878)

The Government of India Act of 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 be 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 |

### Graphical Timeline
## 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 | 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) |||||
| 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

| # | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office |
| Governors of Uttar Pradesh (26 January 1950–Present) |||||
| 1 | Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi | – | 26 January 1950 | 1 June 1952 |
| 2 | Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi | | 2 June 1952 | 9 June 1957 |
| 3 | Varahgiri Venkat Giri | | 10 June 1957 | 30 June 1960 |
| 4 | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao | | 1 July 1960 | 15 April 1962 |
| 5 | Bishwanath Das | | 16 April 1962 | 30 April 1967 |
| 6 | Dr. Bezwada Gopala Reddy | | 1 May 1967 | 30 June 1972 |
| – | Justice Shashi Kant Varma | – | 1 July 1972 | 13 November 1972 |
| 7 | Akbar Ali Khan | – | 14 November 1972 | 24 October 1974 |
| 8 | Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy | | 25 October 1974 | 1 October 1977 |
| 9 | Ganpatrao Devji Tapase | – | 2 October 1977 | 27 February 1980 |
| 10 | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh | | 28 February 1980 | 31 March 1985 |
| 11 | Mohammed Usman Arif | – | 31 March 1985 | 11 February 1990 |
| 12 | B. Satya Narayan Reddy | – | 12 February 1990 | 25 May 1993 |
| 13 | Motilal Vora | | 26 May 1993 | 3 May 1996 |
| – | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | – | 3 May 1996 | 19 July 1996 |
| 14 | Romesh Bhandari | – | 19 July 1996 | 17 March 1998 |
| – | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | – | 17 March 1998 | 19 April 1998 |
| 15 | Suraj Bhan | – | 20 April 1998 | 9 November 2000 |

## List of governors
### Key

* $^†$ Died in office
* $^§$ Resigned from office
* $^ẟ$ Removed from office
| No. | Portrait | Name (born – died) | Home state | Tenure in office | Tenure in office | Tenure in office | Immediate prior position held | Appointed by |
| No. | Portrait | Name (born – died) | Home state | From | To | Time in office | Immediate prior position held | Appointed by |
| 1 | | Surjit Singh Barnala (1925–2017) | Punjab | 9 November 2000 | 7 January 2003 | 2 years, 59 days | Union Cabinet Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers (until 1999) | K. R. Narayanan (President) |
| 2 | | Sudarshan Agarwal (1931–2019) | Punjab | 8 January 2003 | 28 October 2007 | 4 years, 293 days | Member, National Human Rights Commission | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (President) |
| 3 | | Banwari Lal Joshi IPS (Retd.) (1936–2017) | Rajasthan | 29 October 2007 | 5 August 2009 | 1 year, 280 days | Governor of Meghalaya | Pratibha Patil (President) |
| 4 | | Margaret Alva (born 1942) | Karnataka | 6 August 2009 | 14 May 2012 | 2 years, 282 days | General Secretary, All India Congress Committee | Pratibha Patil (President) |
| 5 | | Aziz Qureshi (born 1941) | Madhya Pradesh | 15 May 2012 | 7 January 2015 | 2 years, 237 days | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (until 1989) | Pratibha Patil (President) |
| 6 | | Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd.) (born 1948) | Chandigarh | 8 January 2015 | 21 August 2018 | 3 years, 225 days | Governor of Meghalaya | Pranab Mukherjee (President) |
| 7 | | Baby Rani Maurya (born 1956) | Uttar Pradesh | 26 August 2018 | 14 September 2021 | 3 years, 19 days | Member, Uttar Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights | Ram Nath Kovind (President) |
| 8 | | Lieutenant General (Retd.) Gurmit Singh PVSM UYSM AVSM VSM (born 1956) | Punjab | 15 September 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 185 days | Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems and Training) (until 2016) | Ram Nath Kovind (President) |