The governor of Rajasthan is the nominal head of the Indian state of Rajasthan. The governor's powers are mostly ceremonial and the executive powers of the governor are exercised by the chief minister, who is the head of the executive of the state government of Rajasthan. The following is a list of governors of Rajasthan.
Haribhau Kisanrao Bagade is currently serving as the 22nd governor of the state and has been in office since 31 July 2024.
Rajpramukhs (19481956)
Legend Died in office Transferred Resigned/removed
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# Portrait Name(borndied) Tenure in office Appointer From To Time in office 1 Sir Bhim Singh II Bahadur 1948 1948 Lord Mountbatten 2 Sir Bhupal Singh Bahadur 1948 1949 3 Sir Man Singh II 1949 1956 C. Rajagopalachari
Maha-Rajpramukh (19491955)
# Portrait Name(borndied) Tenure in office Appointer From To Time in office 1 Sir Bhupal Singh Bahadur 1949 1955 C. Rajagopalachari
Governors (1956present) Legend Died in office Transferred Resigned/removed
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# Portrait Name(borndied) Home state Tenure in office Appointer(President) From To Time in office 1 Gurmukh Nihal Singh Delhi 1956 1962 Rajendra Prasad 2 Sampurnanand Uttar Pradesh 1962 1967 3 Sardar Hukam Singh Punjab 1967 1970 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 4 Jagat Narain(Acting) Rajasthan 1970 1970 V. V. Giri 5 Sardar Hukam Singh Punjab 1970 1972 6 Jogendra Singh Uttar Pradesh 1972 1977 7 Vedpal Tyagi(Acting) Rajasthan 1977 1977 B. D. Jatti 8 Raghukul Tilak Uttar Pradesh 1977 1981 9 K. D. Sharma(Acting) Rajasthan 1981 1982 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 10 Om Prakash Mehra Delhi 1982 1985 11 P. K. Banerjee(Acting) West Bengal 1985 1985 Zail Singh (10) Om Prakash Mehra Delhi 1985 1985 12 D. P. Gupta(Acting) Rajasthan 1985 1985 13 Vasantdada Patil Maharashtra 1985 1987 14 Jagdish Sharan Verma(1933- 2013)(Acting) Madhya Pradesh 1987 1988 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 15 Sukhdev Prasad Uttar Pradesh 1988 1989 (14) Jagdish Sharan Verma(1933- 2013)(Acting) Madhya Pradesh 1989 1989 16 Sukhdev Prasad Uttar Pradesh 1989 1990 17 Milap Chand Jain(Acting) Rajasthan 1990 1990 18 Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya West Bengal 1990 1991 19 Sarup Singh(1917- 2003)(Additional Charge) Haryana 1991 1992 20 Marri Chenna Reddy Andhra Pradesh 1992 1993 21 Dhanik Lal Mandal(1932- 2022)(Additional Charge) Bihar 1993 1993 Shankar Dayal Sharma 22 Bali Ram Bhagat Bihar 1993 1998 23 Darbara Singh Punjab 1998 1998 K. R. Narayanan 24 Navrang Lal Tibrewal(1937- 2024)(Acting) Rajasthan 1998 1999 25 Anshuman Singh Uttar Pradesh 1999 2003 26 Nirmal Chandra Jain Madhya Pradesh 2003 2003 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 27 Kailashpati Mishra(1923- 2012)(Additional Charge) Bihar 2003 2004 28 Madan Lal Khurana Delhi 2004 2004 29 T. V. RajeswarIPS (Retd)(Additional Charge) Tamil Nadu 2004 2004 30 Pratibha Patil Maharashtra 2004 2007 31 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai(1921- 2016)(Additional Charge)Delhi 2007 2007 32 Shilendra Kumar Singh 2007 2009 Pratibha Patil 33Prabha Rau(1935- 2010) (Additional charge till 28 January 2010)Maharashtra 2 December2009 2010 34 Shivraj Patil(1935- 2025)(Additional Charge) Maharashtra 2010 2012 35 Margaret Alva Karnataka 2012 2014 36 Ram Naik(born 1934)(Additional Charge) Maharashtra 2014 2014 Pranab Mukherjee 37 Kalyan Singh Uttar Pradesh 2014 4 September2019 5 years, 0 days 38 Kalraj Mishra Uttar Pradesh 2019 31 July 2024 4 years, 326 days Ram Nath Kovind 39 Haribhau Bagade Maharashtra 2024 Incumbent Droupadi Murmu
Timeline Timeline of Rajasthan governors
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 Rajasthan Government of Rajasthan Politics of Rajasthan Elections in Rajasthan Rajasthan High Court Bhajan Lal Sharma ministry Rajasthan Legislative Assembly List of districts of Rajasthan Rajasthan Administrative Service List of chief ministers of Rajasthan List of deputy chief ministers of Rajasthan
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