# List of governors of Punjab, India

This is a list of the governors of Punjab state in India since its partition on 15 August 1947. Since 1985, the governor of Punjab has acted as the administrator of Chandigarh as well.

## List of heads of the Punjab (1849–1947)

| No. | Name (birth–death) | Took office | Left office | Notes |
| President of the Board of Administration ||||||
| 1 | Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence (1806–1857) | 1 April 1849 | 17 January 1853 | Assisted by John Lawrence and Charles Grenville Mansel Creation of the Punjab Irregular Force |
| Chief Commissioners ||||||
| 1 | John Laird Mair Lawrence (1811–1879) | 18 January 1853 | 31 December 1858 | Creation of the Punjab Railway Indian Mutiny of 1857 Government of India Act 1858 |
| Lieutenant-Governors ||||||
| 1 | Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, Bt (1811–1879) | 1 January 1859 | 25 February 1859 | Delhi transferred from the North-Western Provinces to the Punjab |
| 2 | Sir Robert Montgomery (1809–1887) | 25 February 1859 | 10 January 1865 | Upper Doab famine of 1860–61 Establishment of Lawrence College, Murree, King Edward Medical University, Government College University, Lahore, Glancy Medical College and Forman Christian College Founding of the town of Montgomery |
| 3 | Sir Donald Friell McLeod (1810–1872) | 10 January 1865 | 1 June 1870 | Establishment of the Lahore Museum Punjab Murderous Outrages Act 1867 |
| 4 | Sir Henry Marion Durand (1812–1871) | 1 June 1870 | 20 January 1871 | |
| 5 | Sir Robert Henry Davies (1824–1902) | 20 January 1871 | 2 April 1877 | Murree made summer capital in 1873 Singh Sabha Movement Establishment of the Mayo School of Industrial Arts Opening of Lahore Zoo Simla made summer capital in 1876 Delhi Durbar of 1877 |
| 6 | Sir Robert Eyles Egerton (1827–1912) | 2 April 1877 | 3 April 1882 | |
| 7 | Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchinson (1832–1896) | 3 April 1882 | 2 April 1887 | Commencement of the Sidhnai and Sohag Para Colonies Establishment of Aitchison College, University of the Punjab and University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Creation of the Lahore Bar Association Opening of the Punjab Public Library |
| 8 | Sir James Broadwood Lyall (1838–1916) | 2 April 1887 | 5 March 1892 | Commencement of the Chenab Colony Founding of Lyallpur Ahmadiyya movement |
| 9 | Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick (1837–1920) | 5 March 1892 | 6 March 1897 | Commencement of the Chunian Colony Establishment of Khalsa College, Amritsar and School of Medicine for Christian Women |
| 10 | Sir William Mackworth Young (1840–1924) | 6 March 1897 | 6 March 1902 | Punjab Land Alienation Act, 1900 Frontier districts transferred to newly created North-West Frontier Province Commencement of the Jhelum Colony |
| 11 | Sir Charles Montgomery Rivaz (1845–1926) | 6 March 1902 | 6 March 1907 | Delhi Durbar of 1903 Founding of Sargodha Establishment of the Punjab Agricultural College and Research Institute Colonisation Bill, 1906 1907 Punjab unrest |
| 12 | Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson (1847–1908) | 6 March 1907 | 26 May 1907 | |
| – | Thomas Gordon Walker (1849–1917) | 26 May 1907 | 12 August 1907 | Acting Lieutenant-Governor |
| 12 | Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson (1847–1908) | 12 August 1907 | 22 January 1908 | Creation of the Punjab Muslim League |
| – | Thomas Gordon Walker (1849–1917) | 22 January 1908 | 25 May 1908 | Acting Lieutenant-Governor |
| 13 | Sir Louis William Dane (1856–1946) | 25 May 1908 | 28 April 1911 | Anand Marriage Act, 1909 |
| – | James McCrone Douie (1854–1935) | 28 April 1911 | 4 August 1911 | Acting Lieutenant-Governor |
| 13 | Sir Louis William Dane (1856–1946) | 4 August 1911 | 26 May 1913 | Delhi Durbar of 1911 Delhi transferred from the Punjab and designated the capital of British India Establishment of Kinnaird College for Women Colonisation of Government Lands Act, 1912 |
| 14 | Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer (1864–1940) | 26 May 1913 | 26 May 1919 | First World War Commencement of the Lower Bari Doab, Upper Chenab, Upper Jhelum, Nili Bar Colonies Lahore Conspiracy Case trial Government of India Act 1919 Rowlatt Act Jallianwala Bagh massacre |
| 15 | Sir Edward Douglas Maclagan (1864–1952) | 26 May 1919 | 3 January 1921 | Akali movement |
| Governors ||||||
| 1 | Sir Edward Douglas Maclagan (1864–1952) | 3 January 1921 | 31 May 1924 | Nankana massacre Creation of the Unionist Party Establishment of Maclagan Engineering College and Lahore College for Women University Members of Executive Council: John Maynard (Finance), Sundar Singh Majithia (Revenue) Ministers: Fazl-i-Hussain (Education, Health and Local government), Lala Harkishan Lal (Agriculture) |
| 2 | Sir William Malcolm Hailey (1872–1969) | 31 May 1924 | 9 August 1928 | Ministers: Manohar Lal (Education) (1927–1930), Joginder Singh (Agriculture) (1927–1930), Feroz Khan Noon (Local Self-government) (1927–1930) |
| 3 | Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency (1876–1955) | 9 August 1928 | 19 July 1932 | Birth of Lollywood Execution of Bhagat Singh Khaksar movement |
| – | Sikandar Hayat Khan (1892–1942) | 19 July 1932 | 19 October 1932 | Acting Governor |
| 3 | Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency (1876–1955) | 19 October 1932 | 12 April 1933 | |
| 4 | Sir Herbert William Emerson (1881–1962) | 12 April 1933 | 1 February 1934 | |
| – | Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan (1892–1942) | 15 February 1934 | 9 June 1934 | Acting Governor |
| 4 | Sir Herbert William Emerson (1881–1962) | 9 June 1934 | 4 April 1938 | Government of India Act 1935 1937 Indian provincial elections |
| 5 | Sir Henry Duffield Craik, Bt (1876–1955) | 4 April 1938 | 7 April 1941 | Lahore Resolution |
| 6 | Sir Bertrand James Glancy (1882–1953) | 7 April 1941 | 8 April 1946 | Simla Conference 1946 Indian provincial elections |
| 7 | Sir Evan Meredith Jenkins (1896–1985) | 8 April 1946 | 15 August 1947 | Partition of India |

## Governors of Punjab

* Governor served in Acting capacity
* Governor holds Additional Charge
| S. No | Name | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Nominated by (President) |
| Governor of East Punjab (1947–1950) |||||||
| 1 | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | 15 August 1947 | 26 January 1950 | 2 years, 164 days | L. Mountbatten (GGI) |
| Governor of Punjab (1950–Present) |||||||
| 1 | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | 26 January 1950 | 11 March 1953 | 3 years, 44 days | Rajendra Prasad |
| 2 | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh | 11 March 1953 | 15 September 1958 | 5 years, 188 days | Rajendra Prasad |
| 3 | Narahar Vishnu Gadgil | 15 September 1958 | 1 October 1962 | 4 years, 16 days | Rajendra Prasad |
| 4 | Pattom A. Thanu Pillai | 1 October 1962 | 4 May 1964 | 1 year, 216 days | S. Radhakrishnan |
| 5 | Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim | 4 May 1964 | 1 September 1965 | 1 year, 120 days | S. Radhakrishnan |
| 6 | Ujjal Singh | 1 September 1965 | 26 June 1966 | 298 days | S. Radhakrishnan |
| 7 | Dharma Vira | 27 June 1966 | 1 June 1967 | 340 days | S. Radhakrishnan |
| - | Mehar Singh | 1 June 1967 | 16 October 1967 | 137 days | Zakir Husain |
| 8 | Dadappa Chintappa Pavate | 16 October 1967 | 21 May 1973 | 5 years, 217 days | Zakir Husain |
| 9 | Mahendra Mohan Choudhry | 21 May 1973 | 1 September 1977 | 4 years, 103 days | V. V. Giri |
| - | Ranjit Singh Narula | 1 September 1977 | 24 September 1977 | 23 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 10 | Jaisukh Lal Hathi | 24 September 1977 | 26 August 1981 | 3 years, 336 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 11 | Aminuddin Ahmad Khan | 26 August 1981 | 21 April 1982 | 238 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 12 | Marri Chenna Reddy | 21 April 1982 | 7 February 1983 | 292 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| - | Surjit Singh Sandhawalia | 7 February 1983 | 21 February 1983 | 14 days | Zail Singh |
| 13 | Anant Prasad Sharma | 21 February 1983 | 10 October 1983 | 231 days | Zail Singh |
| 14 | Bhairab Dutt Pande | 10 October 1983 | 3 July 1984 | 267 days | Zail Singh |
| 15 | Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala | 3 July 1984 | 14 March 1985 | 254 days | Zail Singh |
| 16 | Arjun Singh | 14 March 1985 | 14 November 1985 | 245 days | Zail Singh |
| - | Hokishe Sema | 14 November 1985 | 26 November 1985 | 12 days | Zail Singh |
| 17 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | 26 November 1985 | 2 April 1986 | 127 days | Zail Singh |
| 18 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 2 April 1986 | 8 December 1989 | 3 years, 250 days | Zail Singh |
| 19 | Nirmal Kumar Mukherjee | 8 December 1989 | 14 June 1990 | 188 days | R. Venkataraman |
| 20 | Virendra Verma | 14 June 1990 | 18 December 1990 | 187 days | R. Venkataraman |
| 21 | Om Prakash Malhotra | 18 December 1990 | 7 August 1991 | 232 days | R. Venkataraman |
| 22 | Surendra Nath | 7 August 1991 | 9 July 1994 | 2 years, 336 days | R. Venkataraman |
| - | Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar | 10 July 1994 | 18 September 1994 | 70 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 23 | Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber | 18 September 1994 | 27 November 1999 | 5 years, 70 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 24 | Jack Farj Rafael Jacob | 27 November 1999 | 8 May 2003 | 3 years, 162 days | K. R. Narayanan |
| 25 | Om Prakash Verma | 8 May 2003 | 3 November 2004 | 1 year, 179 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | 3 November 2004 | 16 November 2004 | 13 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 26 | Sunith Francis Rodrigues | 16 November 2004 | 22 January 2010 | 5 years, 67 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 27 | Shivraj Vishwanath Patil | 22 January 2010 | 22 January 2015 | 5 years, 0 days | Pratibha Patil |
| - | Kaptan Singh Solanki | 22 January 2015 | 22 August 2016 | 1 year, 213 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 28 | Vijayendra Pal Singh Badnore | 22 August 2016 | 30 August 2021 | 5 years, 8 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
| - | Banwarilal Purohit | 31 August 2021 | 11 September 2021 | 11 days | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 29 | Banwarilal Purohit | 11 September 2021 | 30 July 2024 | 2 years, 323 days | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 30 | Gulab Chand Kataria | 31 July 2024 | Incumbent | 231 days | Droupadi Murmu |

## Rajpramukh of PEPSU (1948–1956)

Source:
| Rajpramukh (Governor) | Portrait | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Uparajpramukh (Lieutenant Governor) | Portrait | Appointed by |
| Yadavindra Singh | | 15 July 1948 | 1 November 1956 | 8 years, 109 days | Jagatjit Singh | | C. Rajagopalachari |