List of governors of Tamil Nadu
The Governor of the State of Tamil Nadu is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Like all states, the governor is nominated by the President of India.[1]
| Governor of Tamil Nadu
தமிழக ஆளுநர் | |
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| Style | His Excellency (Formal) Mr. Governor (Informal) |
| Reports to | President of India Government of India |
| Residence |
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| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | Five years Renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Archibald Edward Nye (1946–48) |
| Formation | 6 May 1946 |
| Salary |  350,000 (US$6,000) (per month) |
| Website | www |
List
| S.No | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office[2] | Previous post | Appointed by | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Sardar Ujjal Singh (1895–1983) |
14 January 1969 | 27 May 1971 | 1st (2 years, 133 days) |
Governor of Punjab | Zakir Hussain |
| 2 |
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Kodardas Kalidas Shah (1908–1986) |
27 May 1971 | 16 June 1976 | 1st (5 years, 20 days) |
- | Varaha Venkata Giri |
| 3 | 
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Mohan Lal Sukhadia (1916–1982) |
16 June 1976 | 8 April 1977 | 1st (296 days) |
Governor of Andhra Pradesh | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| - |
|
P. Govindan Nair (Acting)[3] |
9 April 1977 | 27 April 1977 | 1st (18 days) |
- | Basappa Danappa Jatti |
| 4 |
|
Prabhudas Patwari (1909–1985) |
27 April 1977 | 27 October 1980 | 1st (3 years, 183 days) |
Indian Lawyer | |
| - |
|
M. M. Ismail (Acting) (1921–2005) |
27 October 1980 | 4 November 1980 | 1st (38 days) |
Chief Justice of Madras High Court | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 5 |
|
Sadiq Ali (1910–2001) |
4 November 1980 | 3 September 1982 | 1st (1 year, 303 days) |
Governor of Maharashtra | |
| 6 |
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Sundar Lal Khurana (1918–) |
3 September 1982 | 17 February 1988 | 1st (5 years, 167 days) |
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi | Giani Zail Singh |
| 7 |
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P. C. Alexander (1921–2011) |
17 February 1988 | 24 May 1990 | 1st (2 years, 96 days) |
IAS Officer | R. Venkataraman |
| 8 | 
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Surjit Singh Barnala (1925–2017) |
24 May 1990 | 15 February 1991 | 1st (267 days) |
Chief Minister of Punjab | |
| 9 |
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Bhishma Narain Singh (1933–2018) |
15 February 1991 | 31 May 1993 | 1st (2 years, 105 days) |
Governor of Assam | |
| 10 | Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996) |
31 May 1993 | 2 December 1996[†] | 1st (3 years, 185 days) |
Governor of Rajasthan | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
| - | 
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Krishan Kant (Additional Charge)[3] (1927–2002) |
2 December 1996 | 25 January 1997 | 1st (54 days) |
Governor of Andhra Pradesh | |
| 11 | 
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M. Fathima Beevi (1927-) |
25 January 1997 | 3 July 2001 | 1st (4 years, 159 days) |
Judge at the Supreme Court of India | |
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C. Rangarajan (Additional Charge) (1932-) |
3 July 2001 | 18 January 2002 | 1st (199 days) |
Governor of the Reserve Bank of India | K. R. Narayanan |
| 12 | 
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P. S. Ramamohan Rao (1934-) |
18 January 2002 | 3 November 2004 | 1st (2 years, 290 days) |
IAS Officer | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| (8) |
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Surjit Singh Barnala (1925–2017) |
3 November 2004 | 31 August 2011 | 2nd (6 years, 301 days) |
Governor of Andhra Pradesh | |
| 13 | 
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Konijeti Rosaiah (1933–) |
31 August 2011 | 30 August 2016 | 1st (4 years, 365 days) |
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh | Pratibha Patil |
| - | 
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C. Vidyasagar Rao (Additional Charge) (1942–) |
2 September 2016 | 6 October 2017 | 1st (1 year, 34 days) |
Governor of Maharashtra | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 14 | 
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Banwarilal Purohit (1939–) |
6 October 2017 | 17 September 2021 | 1st (3 years, 346 days) |
Governor of Assam | Ram Nath Kovind |
List Of Governors Of Tamil Nadu Media
The state of Tamil Nadu in India has had 26 Governors since 1946
Portrait of Sir William Denison, Sydney, 1859, by Freeman Brothers Studio, from vintage albumen, State Library of New South Wales, P1/463
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Portrait of Sir William Denison, Sydney, 1859, by Freeman Brothers Studio, from vintage albumen, State Library of New South Wales, P1/463
References
- ↑ Governors of Tamil Nadu since 1946 Archived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, (Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, 15 September 2008)
- ↑ The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Past Governors (Raj Bhavan, Chennai, 20 September 2008)
