List of governors of Odisha
Governors of Odisha
Table:
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Name

Took Office

Left Office

British India (Before 1947)

1

Sir John Austen Hubback

1 April 1936

11 August 1938

-

George Townsend Boag (Acting)

11 August 1938

7 December 1938

2

Sir John Austen Hubback

8 December 1938

31 March 1941

3

Howthorne Lewis

1 April 1941

31 March 1946

4

Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi

1 April 1946

14 August 1947

Independent India (After 1947)

1

Kailash Nath Katju

15 August 1947

20 June 1948

2

Asaf Ali

21 June 1948

5 May 1951

-

V. P. Menon (Acting)

6 May 1951

17 July 1951

(2)

Asaf Ali

18 July 1951

6 June 1952

3

Fazal Ali

7 June 1952

9 February 1954

4

P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja

10 February 1954

11 September 1956

5

Bhim Sen Sachar

12 September 1956

31 July 1957

6

Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar

31 July 1957

15 September 1962

7

Ajudhia Nath Khosla

16 September 1962

5 August 1966

-

Khaleell Ahommed (Acting)

5 August 1966

11 September 1966

(7)

Ajudhia Nath Khosla

12 September 1966

30 January 1968

8

Shaukatullah Shah Ansari

31 January 1968

20 September 1971

-

Sardar Jojendra Singh (Acting)

20 September 1971

30 June 1972

9

Gati Krushna Misra

1 July 1972

8 November 1972

10

Basappa Danappa Jatti

8 November 1972

20 August 1974

(9)

Gati Krushna Misra

21 August 1974

25 October 1974

11

Akbar Ali Khan

25 October 1974

17 April 1976

-

Shiva Narayin Sankar (Acting)

17 April 1976

7 February 1977

12

Harcharan Singh Brar

7 February 1977

22 September 1977

13

Bhagwat Dayal Sharma

23 September 1977

30 April 1980

14

Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha

30 April 1980

30 September 1980

-

S. K. Ray (Acting)

1 October 1980

3 November 1980

(14)

Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha

4 November 1980

24 June 1982

-

Ranganath Misra (Acting)

25 June 1982

31 August 1982

(14)

Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha

1 September 1982

17 August 1983

15

Bishambhar Nath Pande

17 August 1983

20 November 1988

16

Saiyid Nurul Hasan

20 November 1988

6 February 1990

17

Yagya Dutt Sharma

7 February 1990

1 February 1993

(16)

Saiyid Nurul Hasan

1 February 1993

31 May 1993

18

B. Satya Narayan Reddy

1 June 1993

17 June 1995

19

Gopala Ramanujam

18 June 1995

30 January 1997

20

K. V. Raghunatha Reddy

31 January 1997

12 February 1997

(19)

Gopala Ramanujam

13 February 1997

13 December 1997

(20)

K. V. Raghunatha Reddy

13 December 1997

27 April 1998

21

C. Rangarajan

27 April 1998

14 November 1999

22

M. M. Rajendran

15 November 1999

17 November 2004

23

Rameshwar Thakur

18 November 2004

21 August 2007

24

Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare

21 August 2007

9 March 2013

25

S.C. Jamir

21 March 2013

20 March 2018

-

Satya Pal Malik (Additional Charge)

21 March 2018

28 May 2018

26

Prof. Ganeshi Lal

29 May 2018

Till now

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