The governor of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttara Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla) is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The post is preceded by the governor of United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh on 24 January 1950.
Powers and functions
The governor has:
- 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.
In his ex-officio capacity, the governor of Uttar Pradesh is chancellor of the universities of Uttar Pradesh as per the Acts of the Universities.
List
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- Died in office
- Transferred
- Resigned/removed
;Color key
- indicates acting/additional charge
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! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Appointer<br/>(President)
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| Hormasji Pherozeshah Mody<br/>
| Bombay
| <br/>1950
| <br/>1952
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| rowspan="5"| Rajendra Prasad
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! 2
| 70px
| Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi<br/>
| Bombay
| <br/>1952
| <br/>1957
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! 3
| 70px
| V. V. Giri<br/>
| Madras
| <br/>1957
| <br/>1960
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|-
! 4
| 70px
| Burgula Ramakrishna Rao<br/>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1960
| <br/>1962
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|-
! 5
| 70px
| Bishwanath Das<br/>
| Orissa
| <br/>1962
| <br/>1967
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|-
! 6
| 70px
| Bezawada Gopala Reddy<br/>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1967
| <br/>1972
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| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
|-
!
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| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>Shashi Kanta Verma<br/><br/>(Acting)
| bgcolor="wheat"| Uttar Pradesh
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1972
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1972
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| V. V. Giri
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! 7
| 70px
| Akbar Ali Khan<br/>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1972
| <br/>1974
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|-
! 8
| 70px
| Marri Chenna Reddy<br/>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1974
| <br/>1977
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| Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
|-
! 9
| 70px
| Ganpatrao Devji Tapase<br/>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>1977
| <br/>1980
|
| rowspan="2"| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
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! 10
| 70px
| Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>1980
| <br/>1985
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|-
! 11
| 70px
| Mohammed Usman Arif<br/>
| Rajasthan
| <br/>1985
| <br/>1990
|
| Zail Singh
|-
! 12
| 70px
| B. Satya Narayan Reddy<br/>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1990
| <br/>1993
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| Ramaswamy Venkataraman
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! 13
| 70px
| Motilal Vora<br/>
| Madhya Pradesh
| <br/>1993
| <br/>1996
|
| rowspan="3"| Shankar Dayal Sharma
|- bgcolor="wheat"
!
| 70px
| Mohammad Shafi Qureshi<br/><br/>(Additional Charge)
| Jammu and Kashmir
| <br/>1996
| <br/>1996
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|-
! 14
| 70px
| Romesh Bhandari<br/>
| Punjab
| <br/>1996
| <br/>1998
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|-
!
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px
| bgcolor="wheat"| Mohammad Shafi Qureshi<br/><br/>(Additional Charge)
| bgcolor="wheat"| Jammu and Kashmir
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1998
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1998
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="3"| K. R. Narayanan
|-
! 15
| 70px
| Suraj Bhan<br/>
| Haryana
| <br/>1998
| <br/>2000
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! 16
| 70px
| Vishnu Kant Shastri<br/>
| West Bengal
| <br/>2000
| <br/>2004
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|-
!
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px
| bgcolor="wheat"| Sudarshan Agarwal<br><br/>(Additional Charge)
| bgcolor="wheat"| Punjab
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2004
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2004
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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! 17
| 70px
| T. V. Rajeswar<br/>
| Tamil Nadu
| <br/>2004
| <br/>2009
|
|-
! 18
| 70px
| Banwari Lal Joshi<br>
| Rajasthan
| <br/>2009
| <br/>2014
|
| Pratibha Patil
|-
!
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px
| bgcolor="wheat"| Aziz Qureshi<br><br/>(Additional Charge)
| bgcolor="wheat"| Madhya Pradesh
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2014
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2014
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| Pranab Mukherjee
|-
! 19
| 70px
| Ram Naik<br/>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>2014
| <br/>2019
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|-
! 20
| 70px
| Anandiben Patel<br>
| Gujarat
| <br/>2019
| Incumbent
|
| Ram Nath Kovind
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Timeline
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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 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."
See also
- Uttar Pradesh
- (1732–1857) – Nawabs of Awadh
- (1834–1836) – Governors of Agra
- (1836–1877) – Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces
- (1856–1877) – Chief Commissioners of Oudh
- (1877–1902) – Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh
- (1902–1921) – Lieutenant Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
- (1921–1937) – Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
- (1937–1950) – Governors of the United Provinces
- Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Governors of India
References
External links
- Provinces of British India
- The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain
- http://upgovernor.gov.in/
- Governors of the United Provinces