List of Governors of Uttar Pradesh

This is a list of Governors of Uttar Pradesh from the independence of India in 1947. Before independence, the analogous office was the Governor of the United Provinces.

Governors of the United Provinces of Independent India (1947–1950)

On 15 August 1947 India achieved independence from the United Kingdom.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Remarks
1	Sarojini Naidu	15 August 1947	1 May 1949	acting
2	B.B. Malik	2 March 1949	5 March 1949
3	Hormasji Peroshaw Mody	2 May 1949	26 January 1950

Governors of Uttar Pradesh (1950–)

The province was renamed Uttar Pradesh on 26 January 1950, headed by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	Hormasji Peroshaw Mody	26 January 1950	1 June 1952
2	Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi	2 June 1952	9 June 1957
3	Varahgiri Venkatgiri	10 June 1957	30 June 1960
4	Burgula Ramakrishna Rao	1 July 1960	15 April 1962
5	Biswanath Das	16 April 1962	30 April 1967
6	Bezawada Gopala Reddy	1 May 1967	30 June 1972
7	Shashi Kanta Verma (Acting)	1 July 1972	13 November 1972
8	Akbar Ali Khan	14 November 1972	24 October 1974
9	Marri Chenna Reddy	25 October 1974	1 October 1977
10	Ganpatrao Devji Tapase	2 October 1977	27 February 1980
11	Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh	28 February 1980	31 March 1985
12	Mohammed Usman Arif	31 March 1985	11 February 1990
13	B. Satya Narayan Reddy	12 February 1990	25 May 1993
14	Motilal Vora	26 May 1993	3 May 1996
15	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi	3 May 1996	19 July 1996
16	Romesh Bhandari	19 July 1996	17 March 1998
17	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi	17 March 1998	19 April 1998
18	Suraj Bhan	20 April 1998	23 November 2000
19	Vishnu Kant Shastri	24 November 2000	2 July 2004
20	Sudarshan Agrawal (Acting)	3 July 2004	7 July 2004
21	T. V. Rajeswar	8 July 2004	27 July 2009
22	Banwari Lal Joshi	28 July 2009	incumbent

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 British India
• (1937–1950) - Governors of the United Provinces
• Governors of India

References

• Provinces of British India
• The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain

External links

• http://upgovernor.gov.in/Default.htm
• Governors of the United Provinces