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upright|thumb|Gujarat is in western India.
The governor of Gujarat is the nominal head of the Indian state of Gujarat. The governor is appointed by the president of India and resides in Lok Bhavan in Gandhinagar. Acharya Devvrat took charge as the 27th governor on 22 July 2019.
Powers and functions
The governor enjoys many different types of powers:
- Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
- Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
- Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor.
Governors of Bombay State (19481960)
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! rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:14em" | Name<br><small>(borndied)</small>
! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Home state
! colspan="3"| Tenure in office
! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Appointer<br/>(President)
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! style="width:7em"| From
! style="width:7em"| To
! style="width:5em"| Time in office
|-
! 1
| 70px
| Raja Sir Maharaj Singh<br/><br/>
| Punjab
| <br/>1948
| <br/>1952
|
| Lord Mountbatten<br>
|-
! 2
| 70px
| Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai<br> <br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1952
| <br/>1954
|
| rowspan="6"| Rajendra Prasad
|- bgcolor="wheat"
!
| 70px
| <br>M. C. Chagla<br><br/>(Acting)
| Bombay State
| <br/>1954
| <br/>1955
|
|-
! 3
| 70px
| Harekrushna Mahatab<br>
| Orissa
| <br/>1955
| <br/>1956
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
!
| 70px
| <br>M. C. Chagla<br><br/>(Acting)
| Bombay State
| <br/>1956
| <br/>1956
|
|-
! 4
| 70px
| Sri Prakasa<br>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1956
| <br/>1960
|
|-
|}
List of governors
;Legend
- Died in office
- Transferred
- Resigned/removed
;Color key
- indicates acting/additional charge
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;"
! rowspan="2"| #
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:14em" | Name<br><small>(borndied)</small>
! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Home state
! colspan="3"| Tenure in office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" | Appointer<br/>(President)
|-
! style="width:7em"| From
! style="width:7em"| To
! style="width:5em"| Time in office
|-
! 1
| 70px
| <br/>Mehdi Nawaz Jung<br/>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1960
| <br/>1965
|
| Rajendra Prasad
|-
! 2
| 70px
| Nityanand Kanungo<br/>
| Orissa
| <br/>1965
| <br/>1967
|
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
|-
! 3
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>P. N. Bhagwati<br/><br/><small>(Acting)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| Gujarat
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1967
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1967
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| Zakir Husain
|-
! 4
| 70px
| Shriman Narayan<br/>
| Madhya Pradesh
| <br/>1967
| <br/>1973
|
|-
! 5
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>P. N. Bhagwati<br/><small>(1921- 2017)</small><br/><small>(Acting)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| Gujarat
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1973
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1973
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| V. V. Giri
|-
! 6
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| K. K. Viswanathan<br/>
| Kerala
| <br/>1973
| <br/>1978
|
|-
! 7
| 70px
| Sharda Mukherjee<br/>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>1978
| <br/>1983
|
| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
|-
! 8
| 70px
| <br/>K. M. Chandy<br/>
| Kerala
| <br/>1983
| <br/>1984
|
| rowspan="3"| Zail Singh
|-
! 9
| 70px
| Braj Kumar Nehru<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1984
| <br/>1986
|
|-
! 10
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| Ram Krishna Trivedi<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1986
| <br/>1990
|
|-
! 11
| 70px
| Mahipal Shastri<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1990
| <br/>1990
|
| rowspan="2"| Ramaswamy Venkataraman
|-
! 12
| 70px
| Sarup Singh<br/>
| Haryana
| <br/>1990
| <br/>1993
|
|-
! 13
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px
| bgcolor="wheat"| P. C. Alexander<br><small>IAS (Retd.)</small><br/><br/><small>(Acting)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| Kerala
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1993
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1993
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="4"| Shankar Dayal Sharma
|-
! 14
| 70px
| Sarup Singh<br/>
| Haryana
| <br/>1993
| <br/>1995
|
|-
! 15
| 70px
| Naresh Chandra<br/>
| Rajasthan
| <br/>1995
| <br/>1996
|
|-
! 16
| 70px
| Krishna Pal Singh<br/>
| Madhya Pradesh
| <br/>1996
| <br/>1998
|
|-
! 17
|
| <br/>Anshuman Singh<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1998
| <br/>1999
|
| rowspan="3"| K. R. Narayanan
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 18
| 70px
| <br/>K. G. Balakrishnan<br/><small>(born 1945)</small><br/><small>(Acting)</small>
| Kerala
| <br/>1999
| <br/>1999
|
|-
! 19
| 70px
| Sunder Singh Bhandari<br/>
| Rajasthan
| <br/>1999
| <br/>2003
|
|-
! 20
| 70px
| Kailashpati Mishra<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>2003
| <br/>2004
|
| rowspan="3"| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 21
| 70px
| Balram Jakhar<br/><small>(1923- 2016)</small><br/><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| Punjab
| <br/>2004
| <br/>2004
|
|-
! 22
| 70px
| Nawal Kishore Sharma<br/>
| Rajasthan
| <br/>2004
| <br/>2009
|
|-
! 23
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px
| bgcolor="wheat"| S. C. Jamir<br/><small>(born 1931)</small><br/><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| Nagaland
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2009
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2009
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| Pratibha Patil
|-
! 24
| 70px
| Kamla Beniwal<br/>
| Rajasthan
| <br/>2009
| <br/>2014
|
|-
! 25
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px
| bgcolor="wheat"| Margaret Alva<br/><br/><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| Karnataka
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2014
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2014
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| Pranab Mukherjee
|-
! 26
| 70x70px
| Om Prakash Kohli<br/>
| National Capital Territory of Delhi
| <br/>2014
| <br/>2019
|
|-
! 27
| 93x93px
| Acharya Devvrat<br/>
| Haryana
| <br/>2019
| Incumbent
|
| Ram Nath Kovind
|-
|}
Oath
"Hu, [Name], Bhagwan na name sogand lau chu ke, hu pramanikta purvak [Name of State] na Governor tarike ni mhari duty bajaveesh (ke Governor na badha functions ne execute kareesh).
Hu mhari poori ability thi Constitution ane Law ne preserve, protect, ane defend kareesh. Ane hu mhari jat ne [Name of State] na loko ni service ane emna well-being ma devote kareesh."