List of governors of Karnataka

The Governor of Karnataka is the constitutional head of the South Indian state of Karnataka. The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years.Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. . p. 237, 241–44. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Karnataka as well.

Maharajas of Mysore
The following lists the Maharajas of Mysore.
Mysore Kings(1399–present)Feudatory Monarchy(As vassals of Vijayanagara Empire) 1 Yaduraya Wodeyar (1399–1423) 2 Chamaraja Wodeyar I (1423–1459) 3 Timmaraja Wodeyar I (1459–1478) 4 Chamaraja Wodeyar II (1478–1513) 5 Chamaraja Wodeyar III (1513–1553)Absolute Monarchy(Independent Wodeyar Kings) 6 Timmaraja Wodeyar II (1553–1572) 7 Chamaraja Wodeyar IV (1572–1576) 8 Chamaraja Wodeyar V (1576–1578) 9 100px Raja Wodeyar I (1578–1617) 10 Chamaraja Wodeyar VI (1617–1637) 11 Raja Wodeyar II (1637–1638) 12 100px Narasaraja Wodeyar I (1638–1659) 13 Devaraja Wodeyar I (1659–1673) 14 100px Devaraja Wodeyar II (1673–1704) 15 Narasaraja Wodeyar II (1704–1714) 16 100px Krishnaraja Wodeyar I (1714–1732) 17 Chamaraja Wodeyar VII (1732–1734) 18 Krishnaraja Wodeyar II (1734–1761)Puppet Monarchy(Under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan) (18) Krishnaraja Wodeyar II (1761–1766) 19 Nanjaraja Wodeyar (1766–1770) 20 Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII (1770–1776) 21 Chamaraja Wodeyar IX (1776–1796)Puppet Monarchy(Under British Rule) 22 100px Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (1799–1831)Titular Monarchy(Monarchy abolished under Mysore Commission) (22) 100px Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (1831–1868) 23 100px Chamaraja Wadiyar X (1868–1881)Absolute MonarchyMonarchy restored by Rendition Act 1881(in subsidiary alliance with British Crown) (23) 100px Chamarajendra Wadiyar X (1881–1894) 24 100px Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (1894–1940) 25 100px Jayachamaraja Wadiyar (1940–1947)Constitutional Monarchy (Mysore State, Dominion of India)
Governors of Karnataka
This is a list of governors of Karnataka:

  Name(borndied) Portrait Home state Tenure in office Immediate prior position held Appointed by() From To Time in office Governor of Mysore State1Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar75pxKarnataka1 November19564 May1964Rajpramukh of Mysore StateRajendra Prasad2S. M. Shrinagesh75pxMaharashtra4 May19642 April1965 Governor of Andhra Pradesh Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan3V. V. Giri75pxOrissa2 April196513 May1967 Governor of Uttar Pradesh4G. S. Pathak75pxUttar Pradesh13 May196730 August1969 Union Cabinet Minister of Law and Justice A. R. Somanath Iyer(Acting)60x60pxTamil Nadu 30 August1969 23 October1969 Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court V. V. Giri5Dharma Vira75pxUttar Pradesh23 October19691 February1972 Governor of West Bengal6Mohan Lal Sukhadia75pxRajasthan1 February197231 October1973 Chief Minister of Rajasthan Governor of Karnataka(6)Mohan Lal Sukhadia75pxRajasthan1 November197310 January1976 Governor of Mysore State V. V. Giri7Uma Shankar Dikshit75pxUttar Pradesh10 January19762 August1977 Union Cabinet Minister for Home Affairs Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed8Govind Narain60x60pxUttar Pradesh2 August197715 April1983 Member of Andhra Pradesh Administration Tribunal B. D. Jatti9Ashoknath Banerji60x60pxWest Bengal16 April198325 February1988 Governor of Himachal Pradesh Zail Singh10Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah60x60pxAndhra Pradesh26 February19885 February1990 Governor of Bihar Ramaswamy Venkataraman S. Mohan(Acting)60x60pxTamil Nadu 5 February1990 8 May1990 Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court11Bhanu Pratap Singh60x60pxUttar Pradesh8 May19906 January1991 12Khurshed Alam Khan75pxUttar Pradesh6 January19912 December1999 Governor of Goa13V. S. Ramadevi75pxAndhra Pradesh2 December199920 February2002 Governor of Himachal Pradesh K. R. Narayanan14T. N. Chaturvedi75pxUttar Pradesh21 August200220 August2007 Member, Joint Committee on Installation of Portraits and statues of National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House A. P. J. Abdul Kalam15Rameshwar Thakur75pxJharkhand21 August200724 June2009 Governor of Andhra Pradesh Pratibha Patil16H. R. Bhardwaj75pxPunjab24 June200929 June2014 Union Cabinet Minister of Law and Justice  K. Rosaiah(Additional charge)75px Andhra Pradesh 29 June2014 31 August2014  Governor of Tamil Nadu Pranab Mukherjee17Vajubhai Vala75pxGujarat1 September201410 July2021 Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly18Thawar Chand Gehlot75pxMadhya Pradesh11 July2021Incumbent Union Cabinet Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Ram Nath Kovind

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