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The governor of Himachal Pradesh (ISO: Himachal Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla) is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Kavinder Gupta is the 32nd of Himachal Pradesh since 10th March 2026.
Out of the 32 governors (except the present one) of the state only three have been able to complete their full terms: S. Chakravarti (1971–77), Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje (2003–08) and Urmila Singh (2010–15).
Lieutenant Governors
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! Portrait
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Duration
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! 1
| 60px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| Maj. Gen.<br>K. S. Himmatsinhji Jadeja (Retd.)
| 1 March 1952
| 31 December 1954
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|-
! 2
|
| Rai Bajrang Bahadur Singh
| 1 January 1955
| 13 August 1963
|
|-
! 3
| 60px
| Bhagawan Sahay
| 14 August 1963
| 25 February 1966
|bgcolor="#ddeeff" |
|-
! 4
| 60px
| <small>ICS</small>
V. Viswanathan
<small>(Retd)</small>
| 26 February 1966
| 6 May 1967
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|-
! 5
| 60px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| Om Parkash
| 7 May 1967
| 15 May 1967
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|-
! 6
| 60px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| <small>Lt. Gen.</small><br>K. Bhadur Singh <small>(Retd.)</small>
| 16 May 1967
| 24 January 1971
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|}
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:7em" | Appointer<br/>(President)
|-
! style="width:7em"| From
! style="width:7em"| To
! style="width:5em"| Time in office
|-
! 1
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| S. Chakravarti<br/>
|
| <br/>1971
| <br/>1977
|
| V. V. Giri
|-
! 2
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan<br/>
| Rajasthan
| <br/>1977
| <br/>1981
|
| Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
|-
! 3
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| Ashoknath Banerji<br/>
| West Bengal
| <br/>1981
| <br/>1983
|
| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
|-
! 4
| 70px
| Hokishe Sema<br/>
| Nagaland
| <br/>1983
| <br/>1986
|
| rowspan="3"| Zail Singh
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 5
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| <br/>Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai<br/><br/>(Acting)
| Gujarat
| <br/>1986
| <br/>1986
|
|-
! 6
| 70px
| <br/>Rustom K. S. Ghandhi <br/><br/>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>1986
| <br/>1987
|
|-
! 7
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| bgcolor="wheat"| S. M. H. Burney<br/><br/>(Acting)
| bgcolor="wheat"| Uttar Pradesh
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1987
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1988
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="6"| Ramaswamy Venkataraman
|-
! (6)
| 70px
| <br/>Rustom K. S. Ghandhi <br/><br/>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>1988
| <br/>1989
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 8
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| Hari Anand Barari<br/><br/>(Acting)
| West Bengal
| <br/>1989
| <br/>1990
|
|-
! (6)
| 70px
| <br/>Rustom K. S. Ghandhi <br/><br/>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>1990
| <br/>1990
|
|-
! 9
| 70px
| B. Rachaiah<br/>
| Karnataka
| <br/>1990
| <br/>1990
|
|-
! 10
| 70px
| Virendra Verma<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1990
| <br/>1993
|
|-
! 11
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| bgcolor="wheat"| Surendra Nath<br/><br/>(Additional Charge)
| bgcolor="wheat"| National Capital Territory of Delhi
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1993
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1993
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="10"| Shankar Dayal Sharma
|-
! 12
| 70px
| Bali Ram Bhagat<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>1993
| <br/>1993
|
|-
! 13
| 70px
| Gulsher Ahmed<br/>
| Madhya Pradesh
| <br/>1993
| <br/>1993
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! (11)
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| Surendra Nath<br/>
| National Capital Territory of Delhi
| <br/>1993
| <br/>1994
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 14
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| <br/>Viswanathan Ratnam<br/><br/>(Acting)
| Tamil Nadu
| <br/>1994
| <br/>1994
|
|-
! 15
| 70px
| Sudhakarrao Naik<br/>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>1994
| <br/>1995
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 16
| 70px
| Mahabir Prasad<br/><br/>(Additional Charge)
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1995
| <br/>1995
|
|-
! 17
| 70px
| Sheila Kaul<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1995
| <br/>1996
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! (16)
| 70px
| Mahabir Prasad<br/><br/>(Additional Charge)
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1996
| <br/>1997
|
|-
! 18
| 70px
| V. S. Ramadevi<br/>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1997
| <br/>1999
|
|-
! 19
| 70px
| Vishnu Kant Shastri<br/>
| West Bengal
| <br/>1999
| <br/>2000
|
| rowspan="2"| K. R. Narayanan
|-
! 20
| 70px
| Suraj Bhan<br/>
| Haryana
| <br/>2000
| <br/>2003
|
|-
! 21
| 70px
| <br/>Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje<br/>
| Madhya Pradesh
| <br/>2003
| <br/>2008
|
| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
|-
! 22
| 70px
| Prabha Rau<br/>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>2008
| <br/>2010
|
| rowspan="2"| Pratibha Patil
|-
! 23
| 70px
| Urmila Singh<br/>
| Madhya Pradesh
| <br/>2010
| <br/>2015
|
|-
! 24
| bgcolor="wheat"| 99x99px
| bgcolor="wheat"| Kalyan Singh<br/><br/>(Additional Charge)
| bgcolor="wheat"| Uttar Pradesh
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2015
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2015
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| Pranab Mukherjee
|-
! 25
| 90x90px
| Acharya Dev Vrat<br/>
| Haryana
| <br/>2015
| <br/>2019
|
|-
! 26
| 84x84px
| Kalraj Mishra<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>2019
| <br/>2019
|
| rowspan="3"| Ramnath Kovind
|-
! 27
| 102x102px
| Bandaru Dattatreya<br/>
| Telangana
| <br/>2019
| <br/>2021
|
|-
! 28
| 86x86px
| Rajendra Arlekar<br/>
| Goa
| <br/>2021
| <br/>2023
|
|-
! 29
| 70px
| Shiv Pratap Shukla<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>2023
| <br/>2026
|
| rowspan="2"| Droupadi Murmu
|-
!30
| 100x100px
|Kavinder Gupta
<small>(born 1960)</small>
|Jammu and Kashmir
|<br/>2026
|Incumbent
|
|}
See also
- Himachal Pradesh
- Governors of India
- Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
- Government of Himachal Pradesh
References
== Oath == Main, [Name], Ishwar ki shapath leta hoon (ya nishtha se pratigya karta hoon) ki main sachhe mann se Governor (Rajyapal) ke roop mein [State Name] ke pad ka karyabhar sambhalunga (ya zimmedari uthaunga).
Main apni poori kabiliyat se Samvidhan (Constitution) aur kanoon (Law) ki raksha, suraksha aur bachaav karunga, aur main apne aap ko [State Name] ki janta ki seva aur kalyan (well-being) mein samarpit karunga."
External links
- H.P.Vidhan Sabha-Past Governor's