List of governors of Tamil Nadu

The Governor of the State of Tamil Nadu is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Like all states, the governor is nominated by the President of India.Governors of Tamil Nadu since 1946 , (Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, 15 September 2008)

 Governors 
 # NamePortrait  Took office  Left office TermThe ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period 1 William Thomas Denison71x71px 18 February 1861 26 November 1863 2 Edward Maltby (acting)60x60px 26 November 1863 18 January 1864 3 William Thomas Denison71x71px 18 January 1864 27 March 1866 4 Lord Napier60x60px 27 March 1866 19 February 1872 5 Alexander John Arbuthnot (acting)60x60px 19 February 1872 15 May 1872 6 Lord Hobart60x60px 15 May 1872 29 April 1875 7 William Rose Robinson (acting)60x60px 29 April 1875 23 November 1875 8 Duke of Buckingham and Chandos60x60px 23 November 1875 20 December 1880 9 William Huddleston (acting)60x60px 24 May 1881  5 November 1881 10 Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff60x60px 5 November 1881 8 December 1886 11 Robert Bourke, Baron Connemara60x60px 8 December 1886 1 December 1890 12 John Henry Garstin60x60px 1 December 1890 23 January 1891 13 Bentley Lawley, Baron Wenlock60x60px 23 January 1891 18 March 1896 14 Arthur Elibank Havelock60x60px 18 March 1896 28 December 1900 15 Arthur Oliver Villiers-Russell, Baron Ampthill60x60px 28 December 1900 30 April 1904 16 James Thompson (acting)60x60px 30 April 1904 13 December 1904 17 Arthur Oliver Villiers-Russell, Baron Ampthill60x60px 13 December 1904 15 February 1906 18 Gabriel Stoles (acting)60x60px 15 February 1906 28 March 1906 19  Arthur Lawley, Baron Wenlock60x60px 28 March 1906  3 November 1911 20 Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, Baron Carmichael60x60px 3 November 1911 30 March 1912 21 Sir Murray Hammick (acting)60x60px 30 March 1912 30 October 1912 22 John Sinclair, Baron Pentland60x60px 30 October 1912 29 March 1919 23 Sir Alexander Gordon Cardew60x60px 29 March 1919 10 April 1919 24  George Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Baron Willingdon81x81px 10 April 1919 12 April 1924 25 Sir P. Rajagopalachari 1920 1923 26 Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Edward Nye[Formerly the last Governor of the Madras Presidency.]74x74px 6 May 1946 7 September 1948 1

 # NamePortrait  Took office  Left office TermThe ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period 27 Maharaja Sir Krishna Kumarasinhji Bhavsinhji 7 September 1948 12 March 1952 1 28 Sri Prakasa85x85px 12 March 1952 10 December 1956 1 29 A. J. John60x60px 10 December 1956 30 September 1957 1 - Pakala Venkata Rajamannar (acting)60x60px 1 October 1957 24 January 1958 1 30 Bhishnuram Medhi78x78px 24 January 1958 4 May 1964 1 31 Maharaja Sir Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur90x90px 4 May 1964 24 November 1964 1 - P. Chandra Reddy (acting)HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.CHANDRA REDDI  (High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, 20 September 2008)60x60px 24 November 1964 7 December 1965 1 (31) Maharaja Sir Jayachamaraja Wodeyar BahadurThis term is a continuation of the Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur's first term. P. Chandra Reddy served as the acting Governor while Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur was on foreign tours.90x90px 7 December 1965 28 June 1966 1 32 Sardar Ujjal Singh (acting)60x60px 28 June 1966 14 January 1969 1

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Tamil Nadu

Madras State was renamed as Tamil Nadu (Tamil for Tamil country) on 14 January 1969. Governors have similar powers and functions at the state level as that of the President of India at the Central government level. The Governor acts as the nominal head of the state while the Chief Ministers of the states and the Chief Minister's Council of Ministers are invested with most executive powers.
No.Name PortraitHome stateTerm of officeThe ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding periodPrevious postAppointed byAssumed officeLeft officeTime in office1Ujjal Singh100pxPunjab14 January 196925 May 19712 years, 131 daysGovernor of PunjabZakir Hussain2K. K. Shah(1908–1986)100pxGujarat26 May 197115 June 19765 years, 20 days–Varahagiri Venkata Giri3Mohan Lal Sukhadia(1916–1982)100pxRajasthan16 June 19768 April 1977296 daysGovernor of Andhra PradeshFakhruddin Ali Ahmed-P. Govindan Nair(Unknown–Unknown)(Acting)100pxKerala9 April 197726 April 197717 days–B. D. Jatti (Acting President)4Prabhudas B. Patwari(1909–1985)100pxGujarat27 April 197726 October 19803 years, 182 daysIndian Lawyer-M. M. Ismail(1921–2005) (Acting)100pxTamil Nadu27 October 19803 November 198037 daysChief Justice of Madras High CourtNeelam Sanjiva Reddy5Sadiq Ali(1910–2001)100pxRajasthan4 November 19802 September 19821 year, 302 daysGovernor of Maharashtra6S. L. Khurana(1918–2007)100pxNational Capital Territory of Delhi3 September 198216 February 19885 years, 166 daysLieutenant Governor of PuducherryGiani Zail Singh7P. C. Alexander(1921–2011)100px Kerala17 February 198823 May 19902 years, 95 daysI.A.S. OfficerR. Venkataraman8Surjit Singh Barnala(1925–2017)100pxHaryana24 May 199014 February 1991266 daysChief Minister of Punjab9Bhishma Narain Singh(1933–2018) Rajasthan15 February 199130 May 19932 years, 104 daysGovernor of Assam10M. Channa Reddy(1919–1996)100pxAndhra Pradesh31 May 19932 December 19963 years, 185 daysGovernor of RajasthanShanker Dayal Sharma–Krishan Kant(1927–2002) (Acting)100pxPunjab2 December 199624 January 199753 daysGovernor of Andhra Pradesh11M. Fathima Beevi(1927–2023)100pxKerala25 January 19972 July 20014 years, 158 daysJudge of the Supreme Court of India-C. Rangarajan(1932-) (Acting)100pxTamil Nadu3 July 200117 January 2002198 daysGovernor of the Reserve Bank of IndiaK. R. Narayanan12P. S. Ramamohan Rao(1934-) Andhra Pradesh18 January 20022 November 20042 years, 289 daysDirector General of Andhra Pradesh PoliceA. P. J. Abdul Kalam(8)Surjit Singh Barnala(1925–2017)100pxHaryana3 November 200430 August 20116 years, 300 daysGovernor of Andhra Pradesh13Konijeti Rosaiah(1933–2021)100pxAndhra Pradesh31 August 20111 September 20165 years, 1 dayChief minister of Andhra PradeshPratibha Devisingh Patil–C. Vidyasagar Rao(1942–)100pxAndhra Pradesh2 September 20165 October 20171 year, 33 daysGovernor of MaharashtraPranab Mukherjee 14Banwarilal Purohit(1939–)100pxRajasthan6 October 201717 September 20213 years, 346 daysGovernor of AssamRam Nath Kovind15R. N. Ravi(1952–)100pxBihar18 September 2021IncumbentGovernor of Nagaland

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