List of governors of Haryana
| Governor of Haryana | |
|---|---|
since 21 July 2025 | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Lok Bhavan; Chandigarh |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Inaugural holder | Dharma Vira |
| Formation | 1 November 1966 |
| Website | http://haryanarajbhavan.gov.in |
This is a list of governors of the Indian state of Haryana, which was carved out from Punjab on 1 November 1966.
List
- Legend
- Color key
- indicates acting/additional charge
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) |
Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| Governor of East Punjab | |||||||
| 1 | Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (1893–1980) |
Bombay Presidency | 15 August 1947 |
26 January 1950 |
2 years, 164 days | Lord Mountbatten (Governor-General) | |
| Governor of Punjab | |||||||
| (1) | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (1893–1980) |
Bombay Presidency | 26 January 1950 |
11 March 1953 |
3 years, 44 days | Rajendra Prasad | |
| 2 | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (1901–1994) |
Bihar | 11 March 1953 |
15 September 1958 |
5 years, 188 days | ||
| 3 | Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (1896–1966) |
Madhya Pradesh | 15 September 1958 |
1 October 1962 |
4 years, 16 days | ||
| 4 | Pattom A. Thanu Pillai (1885–1970) |
Kerala | 1 October 1962 |
4 May 1964[§][α] |
1 year, 216 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | |
| 5 | Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim (1889–1968) |
Uttar Pradesh | 4 May 1964 |
1 September 1965 |
1 year, 120 days | ||
| 6 | Ujjal Singh (1895–1983) |
Punjab | 1 September 1965 |
26 June 1966[§][β] |
298 days | ||
| 7 | Dharma Vira ICS (Retd) (1906–2000) |
Uttar Pradesh | 27 June 1966 |
1 June 1967[§][γ] |
339 days | ||
- ^ Transferred as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh
- ^ Transferred as the Governor of Tamil Nadu
- ^ Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
==List==
- Legend
- Color key
- indicates acting/additional charge
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) |
Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Dharma Vira ICS (Retd) (1906–2000) Governor of Punjab |
Uttar Pradesh | 1 November 1966 |
14 September 1967[§][α] |
317 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | |
| 2 | Birendra Narayan Chakraborty ICS (Retd) (1904–1976) |
West Bengal | 15 September 1967 |
26 March 1976[†] |
8 years, 193 days | Zakir Husain | |
| – | Justice Ranjit Singh Narula (1908–2005) Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court |
Punjab | 27 March 1976 |
13 August 1976 |
139 days | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | |
| 3 | Jaisukh Lal Hathi (1909–1982) |
Gujarat | 14 August 1976 |
23 September 1977[§][β] |
1 year, 40 days | ||
| 4 | Harcharan Singh Brar (1922–2009) |
Punjab | 24 September 1977 |
9 December 1979[‡] |
2 years, 76 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | |
| – | Justice Surjit Singh Sandhawalia (1925–2007) Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court |
Punjab | 10 December 1979 |
27 February 1980 |
79 days | ||
| 5 | Ganpatrao Devji Tapase (1909–1992) |
Maharashtra | 28 February 1980 |
13 June 1984 |
4 years, 106 days | ||
| 6 | S. M. H. Burney IAS (Retd) (1924–2014) |
Uttar Pradesh | 14 June 1984 |
21 February 1988 |
3 years, 252 days | Zail Singh | |
| 7 | Hari Anand Barari IPS (Retd) (1924–2014) |
West Bengal | 22 February 1988 |
6 February 1990[‡] |
1 year, 349 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | |
| 8 | Dhanik Lal Mandal (1932–2022) |
Bihar | 7 February 1990 |
13 June 1995 |
5 years, 126 days | ||
| 9 | Mahabir Prasad (1939–2010) |
Uttar Pradesh | 14 June 1995 |
18 June 2000 |
5 years, 4 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
| 10 | Babu Parmanand (1932–2008) |
Jammu and Kashmir | 19 June 2000 |
1 July 2004[‡] |
4 years, 12 days | K. R. Narayanan | |
| 11 | Justice (Retd) Om Prakash Verma (1937–2015) Governor of Punjab |
Uttar Pradesh | 2 July 2004 |
7 July 2004 |
5 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| 12 | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (1921–2016) |
Delhi | 7 July 2004 |
27 July 2009 |
5 years, 20 days | ||
| 13 | Jagannath Pahadia (1932–2021) |
Rajasthan | 27 July 2009 |
26 July 2014 |
4 years, 364 days | Pratibha Patil | |
| 14 | Kaptan Singh Solanki (born 1939) |
Madhya Pradesh | 27 July 2014 |
25 August 2018[§][γ] |
4 years, 29 days | Pranab Mukherjee | |
| 15 | Satyadev Narayan Arya (born 1939) |
Bihar | 25 August 2018 |
6 July 2021[§][γ] |
2 years, 315 days | Ram Nath Kovind | |
| 16 | Bandaru Dattatreya (born 1947) |
Telangana | 7 July 2021 |
20 July 2025 |
4 years, 13 days | ||
| 17 | Ashim Kumar Ghosh (born 1944) |
West Bengal | 21 July 2025 |
Incumbent | 241 days | Droupadi Murmu | |
- ^ Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
- ^ Transferred as the Governor of Punjab
- ^ a b Transferred as the Governor of Tripura
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).”
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