List of governors of Sikkim

This is a list of the governors of Sikkim, a state in northeast India.

British Political Officers
May 1889 - Mar 1908        John Claude White                  (b. 1853 - d. 1918)
May 1904 - Sep 1904        Charles Alfred Bell                (b. 1870 - d. 1945)

Sep 1906 - Jan 1907        Charles Alfred Bell                (s.a.)

Mar 1908 - 16 Apr 1918     Charles Alfred Bell (1st time)     (s.a.)
10 Aug 1911 –  8 Nov 1911  James Leslie Rose Weir             (b. 1883 - d. 1950)

13 Oct 1913 –  5 Oct 1914  Basil John Gould                   (b. 1883 - d. 1956)

16 Apr 1918 - Jan 1920     William Lachlan Campbell           (b. 1880 - d. 1937)

Jan 1920 - Dec 1920        Charles Alfred Bell (2nd time)     (s.a.)
7 Dec 1920 – 24 Jan 1921  John Bartley (acting)              (b. 1886 - d. 1954)
Jan 1921 - Mar 1921        William Frederick Travers O'Connor (b. 1870 - d. 1943)

Mar 1921 – 18 Jun 1921     David Macdonald                    (b. 1870 - d. 1962)
19 Jun 1921 –  6 Jun 1926  Frederick Marshman Bailey          (b. 1882 - d. 1967)

7 Jun 1926 - 16 Dec 1926  Frederick Williamson (1st time)    (b. 1891 - d. 1935)

16 Dec 1926 – 16 Oct 1928  Frederick Marshman Bailey          (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
16 Oct 1928 – 2 Apr 1931   James Leslie Rose Weir (1st time)  (s.a.)
3 Apr 1931 - Aug 1931     Frederick Williamson (2nd time)    (s.a.)
                             (acting)
5 Nov 1931 –  3 Jan 1933  James Leslie Rose Weir (2nd time)  (s.a.)         
4 Jan 1933 - 17 Nov 1935  Frederick Williamson (3rd time)    (s.a.)
18 Nov 1935 – 22 Dec 1935  Richmond Keith Molesworth Battye   (b. 1905 - d. 1958)
                             (acting)
22 Dec 1935 - May 1937     Basil John Gould (1st time)        (s.a.)
May 1937 - Nov 1937        Hugh Edward Richardson (acting)    (b. 1905 - d. 2000)
Nov 1937 - Jun 1945        Basil John Gould (2nd time)        (s.a.)

Jun 1945 - 14 Aug 1947     Arthur John Hopkinson              (b. 1894 - d. 1953)

Indian Political Officers
15 Aug 1947 - Sep 1948     Arthur John Hopkinson              (s.a.)
Sep 1948 - Feb 1952        Harishwar Dayal                    (s.a.)
Mar 1952 - Mar 1955        Balraj Krishna Kapur               (b. 1910 - d. ....)
1955 - 1961                Apa Parshuram Rao Pant             (b. 1912 - d. 1992) 
23 Oct 1961 -  3 Jan 1964  Inder Jeet Bahadur Singh           (b. 1914 - d. 1987)
3 Jan 1964 - 11 Feb 1964  J.L. Malhautra (acting)            (b. 1915)
11 Feb 1964 - 1966         Avtar Singh                        (b. 1921) 
1966 - 27 Jun 1967         Vincent Herbert Coelho             (b. 1917 - d. 2004)
3 Jul 1967 - May 1970     Nedyam Balachandran Menon          (b. 1921 - d. 2006)
Aug 1970 - 19 Sep 1974     Kayatyani Shankar Bajpai           (s.a.)
19 Sep 1974 - 16 May 1975  Gurbachan Singh

Governors of Sikkim

+ # Name Portrait Took office Left office Term in Office Home State  Appointed by   1. B. B. Lal 18 May 1975 9 January 1981Not Known Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 2. Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan 10 January 1981 17 June 1984MaharashtraNeelam Sanjeeva Reddy 3. Kona Prabhakar Rao 18 June 1984 30 May 1985Andhra PradeshZail Singh – Bhishma Narain Singh   31 May 1985 20 November 1985Jharkhand 4. T.V. Rajeswar72x72px 21 November 1985 1 March 1989Tamil Nadu 5. S.K. Bhatnagar 2 March 1989 7 February 1990Not Known R. Venkataraman 6. Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani72x72px 8 February 1990 20 September 1994Maharashtra 7. P. Shiv Shankar76x76px 21 September 1994 11 November 1995Andhra PradeshShankar Dayal Sharma – K.V. Raghunatha Reddy77x77px 12 November 1995 9 February 1996 8. Chaudhary Randhir Singh 10 February 1996 17 May 2001Haryana 9. Kidar Nath Sahani 18 May 2001 25 October 2002DelhiK. R. Narayan 10. V. Rama Rao 26 October 2002 12 July 2006Andhra PradeshA. P. J. Abdul Kalam —R.S. Gavai 13 July 2006 12 August 2006Maharashtra (10). V. Rama Rao 13 August 2006 25 October 2007Andhra Pradesh 11. Sudarshan Agarwal77x77px 25 October 2007 8 July 2008PunjabPratibha Patil 12. Balmiki Prasad Singh89x89px 9 July 2008 30 June 2013Bihar 13. Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil75px 1 July 2013 26 August 2018MaharashtraPranab Mukherjee 14. Ganga Prasad75px 26 August 2018 12 February 2023BiharRamnath Kovind 15. Lakshman Acharya75px 13 February 2023 30 July 2024Uttar PradeshDraupadi Murmu16.Om Prakash Mathur75px31 July 2024IncumbentRajasthan

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