List of Governors of Karnataka

This is a list of the Governors of Karnataka since the formation of the state in 1956.

S. No.	Name	From	To	Notes
1	Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur	1 November 1956	4 May 1964	He was the 25th and the last King of the princely state of Mysore.
2	S M Srinagesh	4 May 1964	2 April 1965	He previously served as 5th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army.
3	V. V. Giri	2 April 1965	13 May 1967
4	Gopal Swarup Pathak	13 May 1967	30 August 1969
5	Dharma Vira	23 October 1969	1 February 1972
6	Mohanlal Sukhadia	1 February 1972	10 January 1976
7	Uma Shankar Dikshit	10 January 1976	2 August 1977
8	Govind Narain	2 August 1977	15 April 1983	He was a member of the Indian Civil Service.
9	Ashoknath Banerji	16 April 1983	25 February 1988
10	P. Venkatasubbiah	26 February 1988	5 February 1990
11	B. P. Singh	8 May 1990	6 January 1991
12	Khurshed Alam Khan	6 January 1991	2 December 1999
13	V. S. Ramadevi	2 December 1999	20 August 2002
14	T. N. Chaturvedi	21 August 2002	20 August 2007
15	Rameshwar Thakur	21 August 2007	24 June 2009
16	Hansraj Bhardwaj	25 June 2009	Incumbent

See also

• Governors of India

External links

• [1]
• Karnataka Raj Bhavan Website