List of Governors of West Bengal

List of Governors of West Bengal

Sl.No. Name of Governor From To
1 Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari Apr 29, 1905 Jun 21, 1948
2 Kailash Nath Katju Jun 21, 1948 Nov 1, 1951
3 Harendra Coomar Mookerjee Nov 1, 1951 Aug 8, 1956
4 Phani Bhusan Chakraborty (acting) Aug 8, 1956 Nov 3, 1956
5 Padmaja Naidu Nov 3, 1956 Jun 1, 1967
6 Dharma Vira Jun 1, 1967 Apr 1, 1969
7 Deep Narayan Sinha (acting) Apr 1, 1969 Sep 19, 1969
8 Shanti Swaroop Dhavan Sep 19, 1969 Aug 21, 1971
9 Anthony Lancelot Dias Aug 21, 1971 Nov 6, 1979
10 Tribhuvana Narayana Singh Nov 6, 1979 Sep 12, 1981
11 Bhairab Dutt Pande Sep 12, 1981 Oct 10, 1983
12 Anant Prasad Sharma Oct 10, 1983 Aug 16, 1984
13 Satish Chandra (acting) Aug 16, 1984 Oct 1, 1984
14 Uma Shankar Dikshit Oct 1, 1984 Aug 12, 1986
15 Saiyid Nurul Hasan Aug 12, 1986 Mar 20, 1989
16 T. V. Rajeswar Mar 20, 1989 Feb 7, 1990
17 Saiyid Nurul Hasan Feb 7, 1990 Jul 12, 1993
18 B. Satyanarayan Reddy (additional charge) Jul 13, 1993 Aug 14, 1993
19 K.V. Raghunatha Reddy Aug 14, 1993 Apr 27, 1998
20 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (additional charge) Apr 27, 1998 May 18, 1999
21 Shyamal Kumar Sen (acting) May 18, 1999 Dec 4, 1999
22 Viren J. Shah Dec 4, 1999 Dec 14, 2004
23 Gopalkrishna Gandhi Dec 14, 2004 Dec 14, 2009
24 Devanand Konwar (additional charge) Dec 14, 2009 Jan 24, 2010
25 M.K. Narayanan Jan 24, 2010 Jun 30, 2014
26 D. Y. Patil (Acting Charge) Jul 3, 2014 Jul 17, 2014
27 Keshari Nath Tripathi