List of governors of Rajasthan

The following is a list of governors of Rajasthan.^[1][2][3]

Governor of Rajasthan
Incumbent Kalraj Mishra since 9 September 2019
Style	Honourable(s.2012)
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Jaipur
Appointer	President of India
Term length	Five Years
Formation	30 May 1949; 75 years ago (1949-05-30)
Website	http://rajbhawan.rajasthan.gov.in

Kalraj Mishra is the Governor of Rajasthan since 9 September 2019.

Chief commissioners

• 1871–1873: Richard Harte Keatinge
• 1873–1878: Sir Lewis Pelly
• 1878–1887: Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford
• 1887–1890: Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter
• 1890–1895: George Herbert Trevor
• 1895–1898: Robert Joseph Crosthwaite
• 1898–1905: Arthur Henry Temple Martindale
• 1905–1918: Elliot Graham Colvin
• 1918–1919: John Manners Smith
• 1919–1925: Robert Erskine Holland
• 1925–1927: Stewart Blakeley Agnew Patterson
• 1927–1932: Leonard William Reynolds
• 1932–1937: George Drummond Ogilvie
• 1937–1942: Arthur Cunningham Lothian
• 1944–1947: Hiranand Rupchand Shivdasani

List

No.	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Tenure in office
			From	To
Rajpramukh of Rajasthan
1		Brigadier His Highness Sir Bhim Singh II KCSI (1909–1991)	25 March 1948	18 April 1948
2		Shri Maharana Sir Bhupal Singh KCIE (1884–1955)	18 April 1948	1 April 1949
3		Major General Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II GCSI GCIE (1912–1970)	30 March 1949	31 October 1956
Maha-Rajpramukh
4		Shri Maharana Sir Bhupal Singh KCIE (1884–1955)	1 April 1949	4 July 1955[†]
Governor of Rajasthan
5		Gurmukh Nihal Singh (1895–1969)	1 November 1956	16 April 1962
6		Sampurnanand (1891–1969)	16 April 1962	16 April 1967
7		Sardar Hukam Singh (1895–1973)	16 April 1967	19 November 1970
8		Justice Jagat Narain Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court (Acting)	20 November 1970	23 December 1970
9		Sardar Hukam Singh (1895–1973)	24 December 1970	30 June 1972
10		Jogendra Singh (1903–1979)	1 July 1972	15 February 1977[§]
11		Justice Vedpal Tyagi Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court (1915–1979) (Acting)	15 February 1977	11 May 1977
12		Raghukul Tilak (1900–1989)	17 May 1977	8 August 1981[ẟ]
13		Justice K. D. Sharma Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court (Acting)	8 August 1981	6 March 1982
14		Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) Om Prakash Mehra (1919–2015)	6 March 1982	4 January 1985
15		Justice P. K. Banerjee Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court (Acting)	5 January 1985	31 January 1985
16		Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) Om Prakash Mehra (1919–2015)	1 February 1985	3 November 1985
17		Justice D. P. Gupta Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court (Acting)	4 November 1985	19 November 1985
18		Vasantdada Patil (1917–1989)	20 November 1985	15 October 1987[§]
19		Justice J. S. Verma Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court (1933–2013) (Acting)	16 November 1987	20 February 1988
20		Sukhdev Prasad (1921–1995)	20 February 1988	2 February 1989
21		Justice J. S. Verma Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court (1933–2013) (Acting)	3 February 1989	19 February 1989
22		Sukhdev Prasad (1921–1995)	20 February 1989	2 February 1990[§]
23		Justice Milap Chand Jain Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court (1929–2015) (Acting)	3 February 1990	13 February 1990
24		Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya (1933–2022)	14 February 1990	25 August 1991[§]
25		Sarup Singh Governor of Gujarat (1917–2003) (Additional Charge)	26 August 1991	4 February 1992
26		Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996)	5 February 1992	31 May 1993
27		Dhanik Lal Mandal Governor of Haryana (1932–2022) (Additional Charge)	31 May 1993	29 June 1993
28		Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011)	30 June 1993	1 May 1998
29		Darbara Singh (1927–1998)	1 May 1998	24 May 1998[†]
30		Justice Navrang Lal Tibrewal Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court (born 1937) (Acting)	25 May 1998	16 January 1999
31		Anshuman Singh (1935–2021)	16 January 1999	13 May 2003
32		Nirmal Chandra Jain (1924–2003)	14 May 2003	22 September 2003[†]
33		Kailashpati Mishra Governor of Gujarat (1923–2012) (Additional Charge)	22 September 2003	14 January 2004
34		Madan Lal Khurana (1936–2018)	14 January 2004	1 November 2004[§]
35		T. V. Rajeswar IPS (Retd.) Governor of Uttar Pradesh (1926–2018) (Additional Charge)	1 November 2004	8 November 2004
36		Pratibha Patil (born 1934)	8 November 2004	23 June 2007[§]
37		Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Governor of Haryana (1921–2016) (Additional Charge)	21 June 2007	6 September 2007
38		Shilendra Kumar Singh (1932–2009)	6 September 2007	1 December 2009[†]
39		Prabha Rau (1935–2010) (Additional Charge until 24 January 2010)	2 December 2009	April 2010
40		Shivraj Patil Governor of Punjab (born 1935) (Additional Charge)	26 April 2010	12 May 2012
41		Margaret Alva (born 1942)	12 May 2012	7 August 2014
42		Ram Naik Governor of Uttar Pradesh (born 1934) (Additional Charge)	8 August 2014	3 September 2014
43		Kalyan Singh (1932–2021)	4 September 2014	8 September 2019
44		Kalraj Mishra (born 1941)	9 September 2019	31 July 2024
45		Haribhau Kishanrao Bagade (1945–)	31 July 2024	Incumbent