Governors of Orissa
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Governors of Orissa
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
| 1 | Sir John Austen Hubback | 1 April 1936 | 11 August 1938 |
| 2 | George Townsend Boag (Acting) | 11 August 1938 | 7 December 1938 |
| 3 | Sir John Austen Hubback | 8 December 1938 | 31 March 1941 |
| 4 | Sir Howthorne Lewis | 1 April 1941 | 31 March 1946 |
| 5 | Sir Chandulal Trivedi | 1 April 1946 | 14 August 1947 |
| 6 | Dr. Kailash Nath Katju | 15 August 1947 | 20 June 1948 |
| 7 | M.Asaf Ali Asaf Ali Asaf Ali was an Indian independence fighter and noted Indian lawyer. He was the first ambassador from India to the United States. He also worked as the governor of Orissa.... |
21 June 1948 | 5 May 1951 |
| 8 | V.P. Menon(Acting) | 6 May 1951 | 17 July 1951 |
| 9 | M.Asaf Ali Asaf Ali Asaf Ali was an Indian independence fighter and noted Indian lawyer. He was the first ambassador from India to the United States. He also worked as the governor of Orissa.... |
18 July 1951 | 6 June 1952 |
| 10 | Saiyid Fazl Ali | 7 June 1952 | 9 February 1954 |
| 11 | P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja Poosapati Sanjeevi Kumarswamy Raja was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu , India from April 6, 1949 to April 10, 1952. He was born in Rajapalayam in Tamil Nadu.-Early life:... |
10 February 1954 | 11 September 1956 |
| 12 | Bhim Sen Sachar Bhim Sen Sachar Bhim Sen Sachar was an Indian politician. He was the Chief Minister of Punjab from April 13, 1949to October 18, 1949 and again from April 17, 1952to January 23, 1956.... |
12 September 1956 | 31 July 1957 |
| 13 | Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar | 31 July 1957 | 15 September 1962 |
| 14 | Dr. Ajudhia Nath Khosla | 16 September 1962 | 5 August 1966 |
| 15 | Khaleell Ahommed (Acting) | 5 August 1966 | 11 September 1966 |
| 16 | Dr. Ajudhia Nath Khosla | 12 September 1966 | 30 January 1968 |
| 17 | Dr. Shaukatullah Shah Ansari | 31 January 1968 | 20 September 1971 |
| 18 | Sardar Jojendra Singh(Acting) | 20 September 1971 | 30 June 1972 |
| 19 | Justice Gatikrishna Mishra | 1 July 1972 | 8 November 1972 |
| 20 | Basappa Danappa Jatti Basappa Danappa Jatti Basappa Danappa Jatti was born to Kannada Lingayat family at Savalgi, Bijapur district of Karnataka state. Jatti graduated as a lawyer from Sykes Law College, Kolhapur and became a pleader in Jamakhandi... |
8 November 1972 | 20 August 1974 |
| 21 | Justice Gatikrishna Mishra | 21 August 1974 | 25 October 1974 |
| 22 | A A Khan A A Khan Akbar Ali Khan was governor of Uttar Pradesh in India from 1972 to 1974.He was a member of the Rajya Sabha for 18 years and he was deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha for 12 years. He was associated with Osmania University and was a member of the Senates of Aligarh Muslim University, Jamia... |
25 October 1974 | 17 April 1976 |
| 23 | Justice Shiva Narayin Sankar (Acting) | 17 April 1976 | 7 February 1977 |
| 24 | Harcharan Singh Brar Harcharan Singh Brar Harcharan Singh Brar was the Chief Minister of Indian Punjab from August 31, 1995 to November 21, 1996. He succeeded the assassinated Chief Minister Beant Singh.... |
7 February 1977 | 22 September 1977 |
| 25 | Bhagwat Dayal Sharma | 23 September 1977 | 30 April 1980 |
| 26 | Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha | 30 April 1980 | 30 September 1980 |
| 27 | Justice S.K. Ray (Acting) | 1 October 1980 | 3 November 1980 |
| 28 | Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha | 4 November 1980 | 24 June 1982 |
| 29 | Justice R.N. Mishra (Acting) | 25 June 1982 | 31 August 1982 |
| 30 | Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha | 1 September 1982 | 17 August 1983 |
| 31 | Bishambhar Nath Pande | 17 August 1983 | 20 November 1988 |
| 32 | Prof.SaiyidNurul Hasan | 20 November 1988 | 6 February 1990 |
| 33 | Yagya Datt Sharma | 7 February 1990 | 1 February 1993 |
| 34 | Prof. Saiyid Nurul Hasan | 1 February 1993 | 31 May 1993 |
| 35 | B. Satyanarayan Reddy | 1 June 1993 | 17 June 1995 |
| 36 | Gopala Ramanujam | 18 June 1995 | 30 January 1997 |
| 37 | K.V. Raghunatha Reddy | 31 January 1997 | 12 February 1997 |
| 38 | Gopala Ramanujam | 13 February 1997 | 13 December 1997 |
| 39 | K.V. Raghunatha Reddy | 13 December 1997 | 27 April 1998 |
| 40 | Dr. C. Rangarajan C. Rangarajan C. Rangarajan is an Indian economist and a distinguished former Member of Parliament and Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council... |
27 April 1998 | 14 November 1999 |
| 41 | M.M.Rajendran | 15 November 1999 | 17 November 2004 |
| 42 | Rameshwar Thakur Rameshwar Thakur Shri Rameshwar Thakur , a senior Indian National Congress politician and former union minister of India, is the former Governor of Madhya Pradesh from 2009 to 2011 and a former Governor of Orissa from 2004 to 2006, Andhra Pradesh from 2006 to 2007 and Karnataka from 2007 to 2009. He is a chartered... |
18 November 2004 | 21 August 2007 |
| 43 | Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare is the Governor of Orissa.... |
21 August 2007 | incumbent |
See also
- OrissaOrissaOrissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
- Governor of Bihar and Orissa
- Governors of India
External links
- http://www.rajbhavanorissa.gov.in/