List of governors of Chhattisgarh

Head of state in state of Chhattisgarh

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Governor of Chhattisgarh

Emblem of Chhattisgarh

Incumbent
Ramen Deka

since 31 July 2024

Style| His Excellency
Residence| Raj Bhavan; Raipur
Appointer| President of India
Term length| At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder| D. N. Sahay
Formation| 1 November 2000; 24 years ago (2000-11-01)

The governor of Chhattisgarh is the nominal head of state of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The official residence of the governor is Raj Bhavan.

The position of the governor of Chhattisgarh came into existence following the creation of the state in November 2000 as a result of the bifurcation of Madhya Pradesh. The first governor to be appointed was Dinesh Nandan Sahay who served in office between 2000 and 2003. The current governor is Remen Deka who has been in office since 31 July 2024.

## Powers and functions

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Chhattisgarh is in central India.

See also: Governors of India § Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

* Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
* Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
* Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor.

Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Chhattisgarh is the ex-officio Chancellor of the state universities of Chhattisgarh. The universities include Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya, Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Memorial Health Sciences and Ayush University of Chhattisgarh, Bastar Vishwavidyalaya, Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Hemchand Yadav Vishwavidyalaya, Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Sarguja University, etc.

## History

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The inaugural governor of Chhattisgarh was retired Indian Police Service officer and former Bihar DGP Dinesh Nandan Sahay who served in office since the state's creation in November 2000 until he swapped positions with then Governor of Tripura Lieutenant General Krishna Mohan Seth (retired) in June 2003. Seth served in office until retiring in January 2007 and was succeeded by former Intelligence Bureau director E. S. L. Narasimhan. Narasimhan served as the state's governor until being permanently transferred as Governor of Andhra Pradesh in January 2010, a position he was holding on additional basis since December 2009 following the resignation of N. D. Tiwari. Following the transfer of Narasimhan, former Defence Secretary Shekhar Dutt was appointed as the governor and he remained in office until resigning in June 2014.

Following Dutt's resignation, Madhya Pradesh governor Ram Naresh Yadav briefly acted as the state's governor. He was relieved of the additional duties following the appointment of Balram Das Tandon the following month. Tandon remained the governor until his demise in office on 14 August 2018, thus becoming the first and only sitting governor of the state to die in office. He was succeeded by Madhya Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel on acting basis who served till July the next year and was succeeded by Anusuiya Uikey. Uikey served as the state's governor until February 2023 and was transferred as Governor of Manipur and was succeeded by Andhra Pradesh governor Biswabhusan Harichandan. Harichandan has since then being the governor of the state.

## List

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Legend

* † Died in office
* § Transferred
* ‡ Resigned/removed

Color key

* indicates acting/additional charge

#  | Portrait  | Name
(born - died) | Home state  | Tenure in office  | Appointer
(President)

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From  | To  | Time in office
1  |  | Dinesh Nandan Sahay
IPS (Retd)
(1936–2018) | Bihar | 1 November
2000  | 1 June
2003[§][α] | 2 years, 212 days | K. R. Narayanan
2  |  | Lieutenant General
Krishna Mohan Seth (Retd)
PVSM AVSM
(born 1939) | Uttar Pradesh | 2 June
2003  | 25 January
2007  | 3 years, 237 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
3  |  | E. S. L. Narasimhan
IPS (Retd)
(born 1945) | Tamil Nadu | 26 January
2007  | 23 January
2010[§][β] | 2 years, 362 days
4  |  | Shekhar Dutt
SM IAS (Retd)
(1945–2025) | Assam | 23 January
2010  | 19 June
2014[‡] | 4 years, 147 days | Pratibha Patil
–  |  | Ram Naresh Yadav
(1928–2016)
Governor of Madhya Pradesh
(Additional Charge)  | Uttar Pradesh | 19 June
2014  | 14 July
2014  | 25 days | Pranab Mukherjee
5  |  | Balram Das Tandon
(1927–2018) | Punjab | 18 July
2014  | 14 August
2018[†] | 4 years, 27 days
–  |  | Anandiben Patel
(born 1941)
Governor of Madhya Pradesh
(Additional Charge)  | Gujarat | 15 August
2018  | 28 July
2019[§][γ] | 347 days | Ram Nath Kovind
6  |  | Anusuiya Uikey
(born 1957) | Madhya Pradesh | 29 July
2019  | 22 February
2023[§][δ] | 3 years, 208 days
7  |  | Biswabhusan Harichandan
(born 1934) | Odisha | 23 February
2023[1] | 30 July
2024  | 1 year, 158 days | Droupadi Murmu
8  |  | Ramen Deka
(born 1954) | Assam | 31 July
2024  | Incumbent | 1 year, 12 days

1. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Tripura
2. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh
3. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh
4. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Manipur

## See also

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* Governors of India
* Powers and functions of the governors of India

## References

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1. ^ ThePrint (23 February 2023). "Biswa Bhusan Harichandan sworn in as Chhattisgarh governor". Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

## External links

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* http://www.dprcg.gov.in/content/राज्यपाल-परिचय

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Lists of governors of the states of India (and incumbents)

| Andhra Pradesh|

Syed Abdul Nazeer

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Arunachal Pradesh|

Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik

Assam|

Lakshman Acharya

Bihar|

Arif Mohammad Khan

Chhattisgarh|

Ramen Deka

Goa|

Ashok Gajapathi Raju

Gujarat|

Acharya Devvrat

Haryana|

Ashim Kumar Ghosh

Himachal Pradesh|

Shiv Pratap Shukla

Jharkhand|

Santosh Gangwar

| Karnataka|

Thawar Chand Gehlot

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Kerala|

Rajendra Arlekar

Madhya Pradesh|

Mangubhai C. Patel

Maharashtra|

C. P. Radhakrishnan

Manipur|

Ajay Kumar Bhalla

Meghalaya|

C. H. Vijayashankar

Mizoram|

V. K. Singh

Nagaland|

La. Ganesan

Odisha|

Kambhampati Hari Babu

Punjab|

Gulab Chand Kataria

| Rajasthan|

Haribhau Bagade

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Sikkim|

Om Prakash Mathur

Tamil Nadu|

R. N. Ravi

Telangana|

Jishnu Dev Varma

Tripura|

N. Indrasena Reddy

Uttar Pradesh|

Anandiben Patel

Uttarakhand|

Gurmit Singh

West Bengal|

C. V. Ananda Bose

* Official residence
* Female governors

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State of Chhattisgarh

Capital: Raipur (current) Nava Raipur (future)

State symbols|

* Emblem: Emblem of Chhattisgarh
* Anthem: Arpa Pairi Ke Dhar
* Animal: Wild water buffalo
* Bird: Common hill myna
* Fish: Walking catfish
* Flower: Marigold
* Tree: Sal tree
* Fruit: Jackfruit

History|

* Jogimara and Sitabenga Caves
* Dakshina Kosala
* Panduvanshi dynasty
* Chindaka Nagavanshi dynasty
* Kalachuri dynasty (Ratnapura \- Raipur)
* Bastar Kingdom
* Nagpur Kingdom (Maratha invasion)
* Chhattisgarh Division
* Sonakhan rebellion
* Bhumkal rebellion
* Formation of Chhattisgarh state
* Naxal insurgency

Geography|

* Bailadila Range
* Maikal Hills
* Teerathgarh Falls
* Chitrakote Falls
* Upper Mahanadi basin

Governance|

* Legislature
* Chief Ministers
* Governors
* High Court
* Police
* Human Rights Commission

Topics|

* Education
* Election
* Language
* Music
* Tourism
* Highest point

Divisions|

* Raipur
* Bilaspur
* Durg
* Bastar
* Sarguja

Districts|

* Balod
* Baloda Bazar
* Balrampur
* Bastar
* Bemetara
* Bijapur
* Bilaspur
* Dantewada
* Dhamtari
* Durg
* Gariaban
* Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi
* Janjgir–Champa
* Jashpur
* Kawardha
* Kanker
* Kondagaon
* Korba
* Koriya
* Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur
* Mahasamund
* Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki
* Mungeli
* Narayanpur
* Raigarh
* Raipur
* Rajnandgaon
* Sarangarh-Bilaigarh
* Sakti
* Sukma
* Surajpur
* Surguja

Cities|

* Ambikapur
* Bhilai
* Bilaspur
* Charoda
* Dhamtari
* Durg
* Jagdalpur
* Korba
* Nava Raipur
* Raipur
* Raigarh
* Rajnandgaon

* Chhattisgarh

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Governors of Chhattisgarh

* Dinesh Nandan Sahay
* Krishna Mohan Seth
* E. S. L. Narasimhan
* Shekhar Dutt
* Ram Naresh Yadav (acting)
* Balram Das Tandon
* Anandiben Patel (acting)
* Anusuiya Uikey
* Biswabhusan Harichandan

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