The Teaching aspirants who are preparing for the upcoming Teaching Exams 2023 must go through all the crucial and vital General Awareness topics. They must have a good grip on current affairs, static GK and trending topics of national and international topics. One such very important Static GK topic is the Governor of all India States. Therefore, in the following article, we will discuss the List of Karnataka Governors from 1947 -2023. Read the following article carefully to prepare better for the upcoming Government Teaching Exams.
Karnataka Governors 1947- 2023
The Karnataka Governor, formerly Governor of Mysore, is the constitutional head of Karnataka, an India State in the Souther part of the country. The state of Karnataka was formerly known as Mysore and Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar was the rajpramuskh of Mysore from 1950 to 1956. On 1st November 1973, Mysore was renamed Karnataka. Since 1956, the state has witnessed 18 Governors of Karnataka.
List of Karnataka Governors 1947- 2023
Check out the List of Karnataka Governors 1947- 2023 in detail. The candidates will find the name of the Governors along with dates on which they took charge of their office and end of their tenure.
| Name | Term of office | Selected former office(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar | 1 November 1956 | 4 May 1964 | Maharaja of Mysore, Rajpramukh of Mysore |
| S. M. Shrinagesh | 4 May 1964 | 2 April 1965 | Chief of the Army Staff |
| V. V. Giri | 2 April 1965 | 13 May 1967 | Fourth President of India |
| Gopal Swarup Pathak | 13 May 1967 | 30 August 1969 | Fourth Vice-President of India |
| Justice Somanath Iyer (Acting) | 30 August 1969 | 23 October 1969 | Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court |
| Dharma Vira | 23 October 1970 | 1 February 1972 | Governor of Punjab, Haryana, and West Bengal |
| Mohanlal Sukhadia | 1 February 1972 | 10 January 1976 | Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu |
| Uma Shankar Dikshit | 10 January 1976 | 2 August 1977 | Governor of West Bengal and the Minister of Home Affairs |
| Govind Narain | 2 August 1977 | 15 April 1982 | First and the only member of the Imperial Civil Service to have been appointed and served as Governor of Karnataka |
| Ashoknath Banerji | 16 April 1982 | 25 February 1987 | First member of the Indian Administrative Service to have served in this office |
| Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah | 26 February 1987 | 5 February 1990 | Governor of Bihar, Minister of Home and Parliamentary Affairs |
| S. Mohan (Acting) | 5 February 1990 | 8 May 1990 | Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
| Bhanu Pratap Singh | 8 May 1990 | 6 January 1992 | Governor of Goa |
| Khurshed Alam Khan | 6 January 1992 | 2 December 1999 | Member of Parliament, Governor of Goa |
| V. S. Ramadevi | 2 December 1999 | 20 August 2002 | Chief Election Commissioner of India, Secretary General of Rajya Sabha, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, the first and only female governor of Karnataka |
| T. N. Chaturvedi | 21 August 2002 | 20 August 2007 | Comptroller and Auditor General of India |
| Rameshwar Thakur | 21 August 2007 | 24 June 2009 | Governor of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, & Rajasthan (Additional charge) |
| Hansraj Bhardwaj | 24 June 2009 | 29 June 2014 | Union Minister of Law and Justice, Governor of Kerala |
| Konijeti Rosaiah | 29 June 2014 | 31 August 2014 | Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Governor of Tamil Nadu |
| Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala | 1 September 2014 | 10 July 2021 | Speaker of Gujarat Vidhan Sabha |
| Thawar Chand Gehlot | 11 July 2021 | Incumbent | Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha |
