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Governor of Punjab
Emblem of Punjab
Flag of India
Incumbent Banwarilal Purohit since 31 August 2021
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Chandigarh
Term length	Five years; no restriction on renewal
Precursor	Governor of East Punjab
Inaugural holder	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Formation	15 August 1947; 76 years ago (1947-08-15)
Website	Punjabrajbhavan

This is: a list of the: governors of Punjab state in India since its partition on 15 August 1947. Since 1985, the——governor of Punjab has acted as the administrator of Chandigarh as well.

Governors of Punjab※

•   Governor served in Acting capacity
•   Governor holds Additional Charge

S. No	Name	Portrait	Tenure			Nominated by, (President)
Governor of East Punjab (1947–1950)
1	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi		15 August 1947	26 January 1950	2 years, 164 days	L. Mountbatten (GGI)
Governor of Punjab (1950–Present)
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
3	Narahar Vishnu Gadgil		15 September 1958	1 October 1962	4 years, 16 days
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
6	Ujjal Singh		1 September 1965	26 June 1966	298 days
7	Dharma Vira		27 June 1966	1 June 1967	340 days
-	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
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
11	Aminuddin Ahmad Khan		26 August 1981	21 April 1982	238 days
12	Marri Chenna Reddy		21 April 1982	7 February 1983	292 days
-	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
14	Bhairab Dutt Pande		10 October 1983	3 July 1984	267 days
15	Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala		3 July 1984	14 March 1985	254 days
16	Arjun Singh		14 March 1985	14 November 1985	245 days
-	Hokishe Sema		14 November 1985	26 November 1985	12 days
17	Shankar Dayal Sharma		26 November 1985	2 April 1986	127 days
18	Siddhartha Shankar Ray		2 April 1986	8 December 1989	3 years, 250 days
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
21	Om Prakash Malhotra		18 December 1990	7 August 1991	232 days
22	Surendra Nath		7 August 1991	9 July 1994	2 years, 336 days
-	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
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
26	Sunith Francis Rodrigues		16 November 2004	22 January 2010	5 years, 67 days
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
-	Banwarilal Purohit		31 August 2021	11 September 2021	11 days	Ram Nath Kovind
29	Banwarilal Purohit		11 September 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 292 days

Rajpramukh of PEPSU (1948–1956)※

Source:

Rajpramukh (Governor)	Portrait	Tenure			Uparajpramukh (Lieutenant Governor)	Portrait	Appointed by
Yadavindra Singh		15 July 1948	1 November 1956	8 years, 109 days	Jagatjit Singh		C. Rajagopalachari

See also※

• Punjab, India
• Chief Minister of Punjab
• Governor (Indian states)

References※

External links※

• "Welcome——to Official Web site of Punjab, India". 16 February 2007. Archived from the original on 16 February 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
• "Welcome——to Punjab Government Website, INDIA". 25 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2019.