The governor of Jammu and Kashmir was the head of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

When India became independent, Hari Singh was the Maharaja of the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir. Technically he remained so until 17 November 1952, although from 20 June 1949 his son Karan Singh acted as regent. From 17 November 1952 to 30 March 1965, Karan Singh served as the Sadr-e-Riyasat of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. On 30 March 1965, Karan Singh became the first governor of Jammu and Kashmir.

The office of governor was abolished after the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 was passed in August 2019 in the Parliament of India, reorganising the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, on 31 October 2019. Provisions contained within the act created the positions of Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.

List of rulers of Jammu and Kashmir

This is a list of rulers of State of Jammu and Kashmir from 1846 to 1952 CE.

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|Maharaja Gulab Singh

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|16 March 1846 – 20 February 1856

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|Maharaja Ranbir Singh

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|20 February 1856 – 12 September 1885

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|Maharaja Pratap Singh

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|12 September 1885 – 23 September 1925

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|Maharaja Hari Singh

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|12 September 1925 – 17 November 1952

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Sadr-e-Riyasat of Jammu and Kashmir

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! scope="col" width="160px" | Took office

! scope="col" width="160px" | Left office

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! scope="row"| <br />Karan Singh

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Governors

Jammu and Kashmir had governors from 30 March 1965 to 31 October 2019, making a total of .

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  • Died in office
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  • indicates acting/additional charge

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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

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! 1

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| Karan Singh<br/>

| Jammu and Kashmir

| <br/>1965

| <br/>1967

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| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

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! 2

| 70px

| Bhagwan Sahay<br/>

| Uttar Pradesh

| <br/>1967

| <br/>1973

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| Zakir Husain

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! 3

| 70px

| Lakshmi Kant Jha<br/>

| Bihar

| <br/>1973

| <br/>1981

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| V. V. Giri

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! 4

| 70px

| Braj Kumar Nehru<br/>

| Uttar Pradesh

| <br/>1981

| <br/>1984

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| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

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! 5

| 70px

| Jagmohan<br/>

| Delhi

| <br/>1984

| <br/>1989

|

| Zail Singh

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! 6

| 70px

| <br/>K. V. Krishna Rao <br/><br/>

| Andhra Pradesh

| <br/>1989

| <br/>1990

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| rowspan="3"| Ramaswamy Venkataraman

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! 7

| 70px

| Jagmohan<br/>

| Delhi

| <br/>1990

| <br/>1990

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! 8

| 70px

| Girish Chandra Saxena<br/>

| Uttar Pradesh

| <br/>1990

| <br/>1993

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! 9

| 70px

| <br/>K. V. Krishna Rao <br/><br/>

| Andhra Pradesh

| <br/>1993

| <br/>1998

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| Shankar Dayal Sharma

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! 10

| 70px

| Girish Chandra Saxena<br/>

| Uttar Pradesh

| <br/>1998

| <br/>2003

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| K. R. Narayanan

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! 11

| 70px

| <br/>Srinivas Kumar Sinha <br/><br/>

| Bihar

| <br/>2003

| <br/>2008

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| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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! 12

| 70px

| Narinder Nath Vohra<br/>

| Punjab

| <br/>2008

| <br/>2018

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| Pratibha Patil

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! 13

| 70px

| Satya Pal Malik<br/>

| Uttar Pradesh

| <br/>2018

| <br/>2019

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| Ram Nath Kovind

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Lieutenant governors

On 31 October 2019, this state was made a union territory. The union territory of Ladakh was carved out from the same the same day.

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  • Died in office
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  • indicates acting/additional charge

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! 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)

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! style="width:7em"| From

! style="width:7em"| To

! style="width:5em"| Time in office

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! 1

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| Girish Chandra Murmu<br />

| Odisha

| <br/>2019

| <br/>2020

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| rowspan="2"|Ram Nath Kovind

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! 2

| 70px

| Manoj Sinha <br/>

| Uttar Pradesh

| 2020

| Incumbent

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Oath

"I, A. B., do swear in the name of God/solemly affirm that I will faithfully

execute the office of Lieutenant Governor (or discharge the functions

of the Lieutenant Governor) of .............(name of the Union Territory) and will to

the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the

Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to

the service and well-being of the people of ..………(name

of the Union Territory)."

Timeline

See also

  • Governors in India
  • Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
  • Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh
  • List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators

Notes

References

  • India
  • Raj Bhawan J&K