Candidates preparing for the Government Teaching Exams must have an in-depth knowledge of the Current Affairs of national and international importance. As General Awareness is an essential part of these Government Teaching Job Exams, teaching aspirants must stay updated with the trending news through various online and offline modes. One of the trending topics in the teaching exams is the head of the nations and states. Therefore, we are discussing the List of Bihar Governors from 1947 to 2923 in the following article.
List of Bihar Governors 1947 – 2023
The Governor of Bihar is the nominal head of Bihar State. The Bihar Governor is a representative of the President of India in the State of Bihar and he has various executive, legislative and discretionary powers. Jairamdas Daulatram was the first Governor of Bihar after India attained Independence. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar is the Current Governor of Bihar and he was appointed on 14th February 2023. The Former Presidents of India, Zakir Hussain and Ram Nath Kovind also served as the Governors of Bihar before they became Presidents of India.
List of Bihar Governors 1947 – 2023
Check out the list of Bihar Governors from 1947 to 2023. The candidates will find the name of the Bihar Governors and their tenure in the office of Governor in the following table.
| Name of Governor | Term of Office | |
| Jairamdas Daulatram | 15 August 1947 | 11 January 1948 |
| Madhav Shrihari Aney | 12 January 1948 | 14 June 1952 |
| R. R. Diwakar | 15 June 1952 | 5 July 1957 |
| Zakir Hussain | 6 July 1957 | 11 May 1962 |
| M. A. Ayyangar | 12 May 1962 | 6 December 1967 |
| Nityanand Kanungo | 7 December 1967 | 20 January 1971 |
| Justice U.N. Sinha (acting) | 21 January 1971 | 31 January 1971 |
| Dev Kant Baruah | 1 February 1971 | 4 February 1973 |
| Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare | 4 February 1973 | 15 June 1976 |
| Jagannath Kaushal | 16 June 1976 | 31 January 1979 |
| Justice K.B.N. Singh (acting) | 31 January 1979 | 19 September 1979 |
| Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | 20 September 1979 | 15 March 1985 |
| P. Venkatasubbaiah | 15 March 1985 | 25 February 1988 |
| Govind Narain Singh | 26 February 1988 | 24 January 1989 |
| Justice Dipak Kumar Sen (acting) | 24 January 1989 | 28 January 1989 |
| R.D. Pradhan | 29 January 1989 | 2 February 1989 |
| Jagannath Pahadia | 3 March 1989 | 2 February 1990 |
| Justice G.G. Sohoni (acting) | 2 February 1990 | 16 February 1990 |
| Mohammad Saleem | 16 February 1990 | 13 February 1991 |
| B. Satya Narayan Reddy (acting) | 14 February 1991 | 18 March 1991 |
| Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | 19 March 1991 | 13 August 1993 |
| Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | 14 August 1993 | 26 April 1998 |
| Sunder Singh Bhandari | 27 April 1998 | 15 March 1999 |
| Justice B.M. Lall (acting) | 15 March 1999 | 5 October 1999 |
| Suraj Bhan (additional charge) | 6 October 1999 | 22 November 1999 |
| V. C. Pande | 23 November 1999 | 12 June 2003 |
| M R Jois | 12 June 2003 | 31 October 2004 |
| Ved Prakash Marwah (acting) | 1 November 2004 | 4 November 2004 |
| Buta Singh | 5 November 2004 | 29 January 2006 |
| Gopalkrishna Gandhi | 31 January 2006 | 21 June 2006 |
| R. S. Gavai | 22 June 2006 | 9 July 2008 |
| R. L. Bhatia | 10 July 2008 | 28 June 2009 |
| Devanand Konwar | 29 June 2009 | 21 March 2013 |
| D. Y. Patil | 22 March 2013 | 26 November 2014 |
| Keshari Nath Tripathi (additional charge) | 27 November 2014 | 15 August 2015 |
| Ram Nath Kovind | 16 August 2015 | 20 June 2017 |
| Keshari Nath Tripathi (additional charge) | 20 June 2017 | 29 September 2017 |
| Satya Pal Malik | 30 September 2017 | 23 August 2018 |
| Lalji Tandon | 23 August 2018 | 28 July 2019 |
| Phagu Chauhan | 29 July 2019 | 13 February 2023 |
| Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar | 14 February 2023 | Incumbent |
