List of governors of Rajasthan

The governor of Rajasthan is the nominal head of the Indian state of Rajasthan. The governor's powers are mostly ceremonial and the executive powers of the governor are exercised by the chief minister, who is the head of the executive of the state government of Rajasthan.

The following is a list of governors of Rajasthan.

Haribhau Kisanrao Bagade is currently serving as the 22nd governor of the state and has been in office since 31 July 2024.

Rajpramukhs (19481956)

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Died in office
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indicates acting/additional charge

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| Sir Bhim Singh II Bahadur

| 1948

| rowspan="2"| Lord Mountbatten

! 2

| 70px

| Sir Bhupal Singh Bahadur

| 1948

| 1949

! 3

| 70px

| Sir Man Singh II

| 1949

| 1956

| C. Rajagopalachari

Maha-Rajpramukh (19491955)

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! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" | Appointer

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

! 1

| 70px

| Sir Bhupal Singh Bahadur

| 1949

| 1955

| C. Rajagopalachari

Governors (1956present)

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Died in office
Transferred
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indicates acting/additional charge

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! rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| Portrait

! rowspan="2" style="width:14em" | Name (borndied)

! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Home state

! colspan="3"| Tenure in office

! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" | Appointer (President)

! style="width:7em"| From

! style="width:7em"| To

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

! 1

| 70px

| Gurmukh Nihal Singh

| Delhi

| 1956

| 1962

| rowspan="2"| Rajendra Prasad

! 2

| 70px

| Sampurnanand

| Uttar Pradesh

| 1962

| 1967

! 3

| 70px

| Sardar Hukam Singh

| Punjab

| 1967

| 1970

| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

! 4

| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px

| bgcolor="wheat"| Jagat Narain (Acting)

| bgcolor="wheat"| Rajasthan

| bgcolor="wheat"| 1970

| bgcolor="wheat"|

| rowspan="3"| V. V. Giri

! 5

| 70px

| Sardar Hukam Singh

| Punjab

| 1970

| 1972

! 6

| 70px

| Jogendra Singh

| Uttar Pradesh

| 1972

| 1977

! 7

| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px

| bgcolor="wheat"| Vedpal Tyagi (Acting)

| bgcolor="wheat"| Rajasthan

| bgcolor="wheat"| 1977

| bgcolor="wheat"|

| rowspan="2"| B. D. Jatti

! 8

| 70px

| Raghukul Tilak

| Uttar Pradesh

| 1977

| 1981

! 9

| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px

| bgcolor="wheat"| K. D. Sharma (Acting)

| bgcolor="wheat"| Rajasthan

| bgcolor="wheat"| 1981

| bgcolor="wheat"| 1982

| bgcolor="wheat"|

| rowspan="2"| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

! 10

| 70px

| Om Prakash Mehra

| Delhi

| 1982

| 1985

! 11

| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px

| bgcolor="wheat"| P. K. Banerjee (Acting)

| bgcolor="wheat"| West Bengal

| bgcolor="wheat"| 1985

| bgcolor="wheat"|

| rowspan="4"| Zail Singh

! (10)

| 70px

| Om Prakash Mehra

| Delhi

| 1985

|- bgcolor="wheat"

! 12

| 70px

| D. P. Gupta (Acting)

| Rajasthan

| 1985

! 13

| 70px

| Vasantdada Patil

| Maharashtra

| 1985

| 1987

! 14

| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px

| bgcolor="wheat"| Jagdish Sharan Verma (1933- 2013) (Acting)

| bgcolor="wheat"| Madhya Pradesh

| bgcolor="wheat"| 1987

| bgcolor="wheat"| 1988

| bgcolor="wheat"|

| rowspan="8"| Ramaswamy Venkataraman

! 15

| 70px

| Sukhdev Prasad

| Uttar Pradesh

| 1988

| 1989

|- bgcolor="wheat"

! (14)

| 70px

| Jagdish Sharan Verma (1933- 2013) (Acting)

| Madhya Pradesh

| 1989

! 16

| 70px

| Sukhdev Prasad

| Uttar Pradesh

| 1989

| 1990

|- bgcolor="wheat"

! 17

| 70px

| Milap Chand Jain (Acting)

| Rajasthan

| 1990

! 18

| 70px

| Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya

| West Bengal

| 1990

| 1991

|- bgcolor="wheat

! 19

| 70px

| Sarup Singh (1917- 2003) (Additional Charge)

| Haryana

| 1991

| 1992

! 20

| 70px

| Marri Chenna Reddy

| Andhra Pradesh

| 1992

| 1993

! 21

| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px

| bgcolor="wheat"| Dhanik Lal Mandal (1932- 2022) (Additional Charge)

| bgcolor="wheat"| Bihar

| bgcolor="wheat"| 1993

| bgcolor="wheat"|

| rowspan="2"| Shankar Dayal Sharma

! 22

| 70px

| Bali Ram Bhagat

| Bihar

| 1993

| 1998

! 23

| 70px

| Darbara Singh

| Punjab

| 1998

| rowspan="3"| K. R. Narayanan

|- bgcolor="wheat"

! 24

| Navrang Lal Tibrewal (1937- 2024) (Acting)

| Rajasthan

| 1998

| 1999

! 25

| Anshuman Singh

| Uttar Pradesh

| 1999

| 2003

! 26

| 70px

| Nirmal Chandra Jain

| Madhya Pradesh

| 2003

| rowspan="6"| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

|- bgcolor="wheat"

! 27

| 70px

| Kailashpati Mishra (1923- 2012) (Additional Charge)

| Bihar

| 2003

| 2004

! 28

| 70px

| Madan Lal Khurana

| Delhi

| 2004

|- bgcolor="wheat"

! 29

| 70px

| T. V. Rajeswar IPS (Retd) (Additional Charge)

| Tamil Nadu

| 2004

! 30

| 70px

| Pratibha Patil

| Maharashtra

| 2004

| 2007

|- bgcolor="wheat"

! 31

| 70px

| Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (1921- 2016) (Additional Charge)

| rowspan="2"|Delhi

| 2007

! 32

| 70px

| Shilendra Kumar Singh

| 2007

| 2009

| rowspan="4" | Pratibha Patil

! 33

|70px

|Prabha Rau (1935- 2010)

(Additional charge till 28 January 2010)

|Maharashtra

| 2 December 2009

| 2010

|- bgcolor="wheat"

! 34

| 70px

| Shivraj Patil (1935- 2025) (Additional Charge)

| Maharashtra

| 2010

| 2012

! 35

| 70px

| Margaret Alva

| Karnataka

| 2012

| 2014

! 36

| bgcolor="wheat" | 70px

| bgcolor="wheat" | Ram Naik (born 1934) (Additional Charge)

| bgcolor="wheat" | Maharashtra

| bgcolor="wheat" | 2014

| bgcolor="wheat" |

| rowspan="2" | Pranab Mukherjee

! 37

| 99x99px

| Kalyan Singh

| Uttar Pradesh

| 2014

| 4 September 2019

| 5 years, 0 days

! 38

| 87x87px

| Kalraj Mishra

| Uttar Pradesh

| 2019

| 31 July

2024

| 4 years, 326 days

| Ram Nath Kovind

! 39

| 70px

| Haribhau Bagade

| Maharashtra

| 2024

| Incumbent

| Droupadi Murmu

Timeline

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| Timeline of Rajasthan governors

Oath

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

execute the office of Governor (or discharge the functions

of the Governor) of .............(name of the State) 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 State).”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."

List of governors of Rajasthan

Rajpramukhs (19481956)

Maha-Rajpramukh (19491955)

Governors (1956present)

Timeline

Oath

See also

References

External links