List of governors of Uttarakhand

Governor of Uttarakhand

Emblem of Uttarakhand

Incumbent
Gurmit Singh

since 15 September 2021

Government of Uttarakhand
Style| His Excellency (within Uttarakhand)
The Honourable (outside Uttarakhand)
Status| Head of state
Residence| Raj Bhavan, Nainital (summer)
Raj Bhavan, Dehradun (winter)
Nominator| Union Government of India
Appointer| President of India
Term length| At the pleasure of the President
Inaugural holder| Surjit Singh Barnala (2000–2003)
Formation| 9 November 2000; 24 years ago (2000-11-09)
Website| Governor of Uttarakhand
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* Government Structure

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Elections

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Politics

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* Urban

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The governor of Uttarakhand is the nominal head of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Appointed by the president of India, the governor holds office at the president's pleasure. The governor is de jure head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected Uttarakhand Council of Ministers, headed by the chief minister of Uttarakhand, who thus hold de facto executive authority at the state-level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon his or her own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent. The governor of Uttarakhand has their official residences at the Raj Bhavans in Dehradun and Nainital.

Raj Bhavan retreat at Nainital, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand was created on 9 November 2000, when it was carved out from the Himalayan districts of Uttar Pradesh. The first governor of the state was Surjit Singh Barnala who served in office between 2000 and 2003. The current governor is Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh (Retd.) who has been in office since 14 September 2021. As of date, eight individuals have served as the governor of the state including two women - Margaret Alva and Baby Rani Maurya. No governor has till date completed full term in office. Sudarshan Agarwal holds the record of the longest-serving governor with 4 years, 293 days in office.

## Qualifications

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Article 157 and Article 158 of the Constitution of India specify eligibility requirements for the post of governor. They are as follows:

A governor must:

* be a citizen of India.
* be at least 35 years of age.
* not be a member of either house of the parliament or house of the state legislature.
* not hold any office of profit.

## Powers and functions

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See also: Powers and functions of the governor

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 (legislative assembly) & 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 Uttarakhand is the ex-officio Chancellor of the twelve state universities of Uttarakhand. The universities include Doon University, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Uttarakhand Medical Education University, Kumaun University, Soban Singh Jeena University, Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University, Uttarakhand Ayurved University, Uttarakhand Open University, Uttarakhand Residential University, Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Uttarakhand Technical University, and Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry

## List of governors

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No. | Name
(Lifespan) | Portrait  | Home state  | Tenure in office  | Immediate prior position held  | Appointed by (President)

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From  | To  | Time in office
1  | Surjit Singh Barnala
(1925–2017) |  | Punjab | 9 November
2000  | 7 January
2003  | 2 years, 59 days  | Union Cabinet Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers (until 1999) | K. R. Narayanan
2  | Sudarshan Agarwal
(1931–2019) |  | Punjab | 8 January
2003  | 28 October
2007  | 4 years, 293 days  | Member, National Human Rights Commission | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
3  | Banwari Lal Joshi
(1936–2017) |  | Rajasthan | 29 October
2007  | 5 August
2009  | 1 year, 280 days  | Governor of Meghalaya | Pratibha Patil
4  | Margaret Alva
(born 1942) |  | Karnataka | 6 August
2009  | 14 May
2012  | 2 years, 282 days  | General Secretary, All India Congress Committee
5  | Aziz Qureshi
(1941–2024) |  | Madhya Pradesh | 15 May
2012  | 7 January
2015  | 2 years, 237 days  | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (until 1989)
6  | Krishan Kant Paul
(born 1948) |  | Chandigarh | 8 January
2015  | 21 August
2018  | 3 years, 225 days  | Governor of Meghalaya | Pranab Mukherjee
7  | Baby Rani Maurya
(born 1956) |  | Uttar Pradesh | 26 August
2018  | 14 September
2021[a] | 3 years, 19 days  | Member, Uttar Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights  | Ram Nath Kovind
8  | Lieutenant General
Gurmit Singh
(Retd.)
PVSM UYSM AVSM VSM
(born 1956) |  | Punjab | 15 September
2021  | Incumbent  | 3 years, 206 days  | Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Information Systems and Training) (until 2016)

## Timeline

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## Notes

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1. ^ Resigned from office.

## See also

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* Government of Uttarakhand
* Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
* Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
* Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
* Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
* Cabinet of Uttarakhand
* Chief Justice of Uttarakhand
* List of current Indian governors
* List of presidents of India

## References

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## External links

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* India States
* Official website

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Governors of Uttarakhand

Governors|

1. Surjit Singh Barnala
2. Sudarshan Agarwal
3. Banwari Lal Joshi
4. Margaret Alva
5. Aziz Qureshi
6. Krishan Kant Paul
7. Baby Rani Maurya
8. Gurmit Singh (incumbent)

* Official residence
* Dehradun
* Nainital

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

| Andhra Pradesh|

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Arunachal Pradesh|

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Assam|

Lakshman Acharya

Bihar|

Rajendra Arlekar

Chhattisgarh|

Ramen Deka

Goa|

P. S. Sreedharan Pillai

Gujarat|

Acharya Devvrat

Haryana|

Bandaru Dattatreya

Himachal Pradesh|

Shiv Pratap Shukla

Jharkhand|

Santosh Gangwar

| Karnataka|

Thawar Chand Gehlot

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Kerala|

Arif Mohammad Khan

Madhya Pradesh|

Mangubhai C. Patel

Maharashtra|

C. P. Radhakrishnan

Manipur|

Lakshman Acharya (additional charge)

Meghalaya|

C. H. Vijayashankar

Mizoram|

Kambhampati Hari Babu

Nagaland|

La. Ganesan

Odisha|

Raghubar Das

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|

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West Bengal|

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State of Uttarakhand

State capitals: legislative: Dehradun (winter); Bhararisain (summer); judicial: Nainital

Government|

| Symbols|

* Day
* Emblem
* Song
* Motto

|

Executive|

* Governor
* Chief Minister
* Council of Ministers
* Cabinets
* Chief Secretary
* Gazette
* Agencies
* Departments
* Disaster Response Force
* Fire and Emergency Services
* Provincial Armed Constabulary
* Forest Department
* Police Department
* Public Works Department
* Public Service Commission
* Provincial Civil Service
* Provincial Police Service
* Provincial Forest Service

Legislature|

* Legislative Assembly
* History
* Speaker
* Leader of the Opposition

Judiciary|

* High Court
* Chief Justice
* Judges
* Bar Council
* Lok Adalat
* Lokayukta

History|

| Ancient
kingdoms|

* Uttarakuru kingdom
* Paurava kingdom
* Khasa Janapada kingdom
* Himalaya kingdom
* Parvata kingdom
* Kirata kingdom
* Nanda Empire
* Maurya Empire
* Kushan Empire
* Kuninda Kingdom
* Gupta Empire

|

Medieval
kingdoms|

* Garhwal Kingdom
* Panwar dynasty
* Kingdom of Kumaon
* Katyuri dynasty
* Chand dynasty
* Khasa Kingdom
* Raika Kingdom
* Gorkha Kingdom
* Shah dynasty
* Anglo-Nepalese War
* Treaty of Sugauli

Colonial
Uttarakhand|

| Company
rule|

* Ceded and Conquered Provinces
* North-Western Provinces
* Agra Presidency

|

Crown
rule|

* United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
* United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
* United Provinces

Contemporary
Uttarakhand|

* Rampur Tiraha firing
* Bifurcation of Uttar Pradesh

Geography
and
ecology|

| Geological
features|

| Mountains|

* Great Himalayas
* Garhwal Himalayas
* Sivalik Hills
* Mountain peaks
* Bugyals
* Lakes

|

Plains|

* Bhabar
* Terai
* Doab
* Ganges Basin

Ecoregions|

| Highlands|

* Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows
* Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
* Himalayan subtropical pine forests

|

Lowlands|

* Western Himalayan broadleaf forests
* Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests
* Terai–Duar savanna and grasslands
* Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests

Demographics|

| Ethnic
groups|

| Indo-Aryans|

* Garhwalis
* Kumaonis
* Jaunsaris
* Buksas
* Tharus

|

Tibeto-Burmans|

* Bhotiyas
* Shaukas
* Rajis
* Jads
* Banrawats

Scheduled Castes
and
Scheduled Tribes|

* Scheduled Castes
* Scheduled Tribes

Languages|

| Official|

* Hindi
* Sanskrit

|

Spoken|

| Indo-Aryan|

* Garhwali
* Kumaoni
* Jaunsari
* Bangani
* Buksa
* Tharu

|

Tibeto-Burman|

* Rongpo
* Byangsi
* Chaudangsi
* Darmiya
* Raji
* Rawat
* Jad

Administrative
divisions|

| Urban|

* Districts
* Tehsils
* Urban Local Bodies
* Municipal Corporations

|

Rural|

* Parganas
* Community Development Blocks

Politics|

* Coolie-Begar movement
* Statehood movement
* Chipko movement
* 2016 political crisis
* Elections
* Local elections
* Assembly constituencies
* Former constituencies
* Parliamentary constituencies
* Rajya Sabha members
* Lok Sabha members

Tourism|

| Monuments|

* World Heritage Site
* Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
* Ramsar Wetland
* Asan Barrage
* Monuments of National Importance
* State Protected Monuments
* Temples
* Tourist attractions in Dehradun

|

Chardham
circuit|

* Gangotri
* Yamunotri
* Yamunotri Temple
* Badrinath
* Badrinath Temple
* Kedarnath
* Kedarnath Temple
* Sapta Badri
* Panch Kedar
* Panch Prayag
* Gomukh

National
parks|

* Gangotri
* Govind Pashu Vihar
* Jim Corbett
* Nanda Devi
* Rajaji
* Valley of Flowers

Sports|

* Cricket
* Men's cricket team
* Women's cricket team
* Association football
* Men's football team
* Cricket Stadium
* Olympic Stadium
* Sports College

Other
topics|

* Transport
* Airports
* Char Dham Highway
* Char Dham Railway
* Dehradun–Rishikesh–Haridwar Metro
* Music
* Cuisine
* Kumaoni cuisine
* Economy
* Education
* School Education Board
* Institutes of higher education
* Awards and decorations
* Uttarakhand Ratna
* Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman

Districts|

| Kumaon|

* Almora
* Bageshwar
* Champawat
* Nainital
* Pithoragarh
* Udham Singh Nagar

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Garhwal|

* Chamoli
* Dehradun
* Haridwar
* Pauri Garhwal
* Rudraprayag
* Tehri Garhwal
* Uttarkashi

Major
cities|

* Dehradun
* Haridwar
* Haldwani
* Roorkee
* Kashipur
* Rudrapur
* Kotdwar
* Rishikesh
* Ramnagar
* Pithoragarh
* Srinagar
* New Tehri
* Nainital
* Mussoorie
* Almora
* Pauri

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