# List of administrators of Chandigarh

this article can be expanded in similar fashion to [[List of Chief Ministers of Kerala]]
The Administrator of Chandigarh is appointed by the President of India under article 239 of the Constitution of India.
Since 1984, the Governor of Punjab has acted as the administrator of Chandigarh. The official residence is Raj Bhavan, Punjab in Chandigarh.

## Chief commissioners

| # | Name | Took office | Left office |
| 1 | Mohinder Singh Randhawa | 1 November 1966 | 31 October 1968 |
| 2 | Damodar Das | 31 October 1968 | 8 April 1969 |
| 3 | B. P. Bagchi | 8 April 1969 | 1 September 1972 |
| 4 | Mohan Prakash Mathur | 1 September 1972 | December 1975 |
| 5 | G. P. Gupta | December 1975 | 15 June 1976 |
| 6 | T. N. Chaturvedi | 15 June 1976 | June 1978 |
| 7 | J. C. Agrawal | June 1978 | 19 July 1980 |
| 8 | B. S. Sarao | 19 July 1980 | 8 March 1982 |
| 9 | Krishna Banerjee | 8 March 1982 | 31 May 1984 |

## List of administrators of Chandigarh

| S. No | Name | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Nominated by (President) |
| 1 | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | 15 August 1947 | 26 January 1950 | 2 years, 164 days | L. Mountbatten (GGI) |
| 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 |