List of governors of Tamil Nadu

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.

List

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• Died in office
• Transferred
• Resigned/removed

;Color key

• indicates acting/additional charge

Governors of Madras State (1948{{ndash}}1969)

Governors of Tamil Nadu (1969{{ndash}}present)

Timeline

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from:1948 till:1952 color:PA text:"Maharaja Krishna Kumarasingh Bhavasingh (1948 – 1952)" from:1952 till:1956 color:PA text:"Sri Prakasa (1952 – 1956)" from:1956 till:1958 color:PA text:"A. J. John, Anaparambil (1956 – 1958)" from:1958 till:1958 color:GP text:"Dr. Pakala Venkata Rajamannar (1958 – 1958)" from:1958 till:1964 color:PA text:"Bhishnuram Medhi (1958 – 1964)" from:1964 till:1964 color:PA text:"Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur of Mysore (1964 – 1964)" from:1964 till:1965 color:GP text:"P. Chandra Reddy (1964 – 1965)" from:1965 till:1966 color:PA text:"Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur of Mysore (1965 – 1966)" from:1966 till:1969 color:PA text:"Sardar Ujjal Singh (1966 – 1969)"

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from: 14/01/1969 till: 25/05/1971 color:PA text:"Sardar Ujjal Singh" from: 26/05/1971 till: 15/06/1976 color:PA text:"Kodardas Kalidas Shah" from: 16/06/1976 till: 08/04/1977 color:PA text:"Mohan Lal Sukhadia" from: 09/04/1977 till: 26/04/1977 color:GP text:"P. Govindan Nair" from: 27/04/1977 till: 26/10/1980 color:PA text:"Prabhudas Patwari" from: 27/10/1980 till: 03/11/1980 color:GP text:"M. M. Ismail" from: 04/11/1980 till: 02/09/1982 color:PA text:"Sadiq Ali" from: 03/09/1982 till: 16/02/1988 color:PA text:"Sundar Lal Khurana" from: 17/02/1988 till: 23/05/1990 color:PA text:"P. C. Alexander" from: 24/05/1990 till: 14/02/1991 color:PA text:"Surjit Singh Barnala" from: 15/02/1991 till: 30/05/1993 color:PA text:"Bhishma Narain Singh" from: 31/05/1993 till: 02/12/1996 color:PA text:"Marri Chenna Reddy" from: 02/12/1996 till: 24/01/1997 color:GP text:"Krishan Kant" from: 25/01/1997 till: 02/07/2001 color:PA text:"M. Fathima Beevi" from: 03/07/2001 till: 17/01/2002 color:GP text:"C. Rangarajan" from: 18/01/2002 till: 02/11/2004 color:PA text:"P. S. Ramamohan Rao" from: 03/11/2004 till: 30/08/2011 color:PA text:"Surjit Singh Barnala" from: 31/08/2011 till: 01/09/2016 color:PA text:"Konijeti Rosaiah" from: 02/09/2016 till: 05/10/2017 color:GP text:"C. Vidyasagar Rao" from: 06/10/2017 till: 17/09/2021 color:PA text:"Banwarilal Purohit" from: 18/09/2021 till: color:PA text:"R. N. Ravi"

Records

• Surjit Singh Barnala is the only appointed Governor to have served two terms in office (24 May 1990–15 February 1991 and 3 November 2004–31 August 2011).
• The longest term in office was that of Surjit Singh Barnala who served as the Governor for a period of almost six and a half years (3 November 2004–31 August 2011).
• The shortest term in office was that of M. M. Ismail who served as the acting Governor for a period of nine days (27 October 1980–4 November 1980).
• The longest term in office as additional in-charge was that of C. Vidyasagar Rao for a period of 1 year 1 month and 4 days (2 September 2016– 6 October 2017).

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).”

References