List of governors of Meghalaya

Governor of Meghalaya
Emblem of Meghalaya
Incumbent
C. H. Vijayashankar
since 30 July 2024
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holderBraj Kumar Nehru
Formation21 January 1972 (1972-01-21)
Websitemeggovernor.gov.in

This is a list of the governors of Meghalaya state in northeastern India. Meghalaya became an autonomous state within Assam on 1 April 1970 and a separate state on 21 January 1972.[1]

List

This is a list of the governors of Meghalaya state in northeastern India. Meghalaya became an autonomous state within Assam on 1 April 1970 and a separate state on 21 January 1972.[2]

Legend
  • † Died in office
  • § Transferred
  • ‡ Resigned/removed
Color key
  •    indicates acting/additional charge
# Portrait Name
(born – died)		 Home state Tenure in office Appointer
(President)
From To Time in office
1 Braj Kumar Nehru
ICS (Retd)
(1909–2001)		 Uttar Pradesh 21 January
1972[lower-greek 1]		 18 September
1973		 1 year, 240 days V. V. Giri
2 Lallan Prasad Singh
ICS (Retd)
(1912–1998)
Governor of Assam		 Bihar 19 September
1973[lower-greek 2]		 11 August
1981		 7 years, 325 days
3 Prakash Mehrotra
(1925–1988)		 Uttar Pradesh 12 August
1981[lower-greek 3]		 28 March
1984[‡]		 2 years, 229 days Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
– Justice
Tribeni Sahai Misra
(1922–2005)
Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court
(Acting)		 Uttar Pradesh 29 March
1984[lower-greek 3]		 15 April
1984		 18 days Zail Singh
4 Bhishma Narain Singh
(1933–2018)		 Bihar 16 April
1984[lower-greek 3]		 10 May
1989		 5 years, 25 days
5 Hari Dev Joshi
(1920–1995)		 Rajasthan 11 May
1989[lower-greek 3]		 26 July
1989[‡]		 72 days Ramaswamy Venkataraman
6 A. A. Rahim
(1920–2015)		 Kerala 27 July
1989		 8 May
1990[‡]		 285 days
7 Madhukar Dighe
(1920–2014)		 Uttar Pradesh 9 May
1990		 8 June
1995		 5 years, 30 days
8 M. M. Jacob
(1926–2018)		 Kerala 19 June
1995		 11 April
2007		 11 years, 296 days Shankar Dayal Sharma
9 Banwari Lal Joshi
IPS (Retd)
(1936–2017)		 Rajasthan 12 April
2007		 28 October
2007[§][lower-greek 4]		 199 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
– Shivinder Singh Sidhu
IAS (Retd)
(1929–2018)
Governor of Manipur
(Additional Charge)		 Punjab 29 October
2007		 30 June
2008		 245 days Pratibha Patil
10 Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary
IPS (Retd)
(born 1947)		 Assam 1 July
2008		 30 June
2013		 4 years, 364 days
11 Krishan Kant Paul
IPS (Retd)
(born 1948)		 Chandigarh 1 July
2013		 6 January
2015[§][lower-greek 4]		 1 year, 189 days Pranab Mukherjee
– Keshari Nath Tripathi
(1934–2023)
Governor of West Bengal
(Additional Charge)		 Uttar Pradesh 6 January
2015		 19 May
2015		 133 days
12 V. Shanmuganathan
(born 1949)		 Tamil Nadu 20 May
2015		 27 January
2017[‡]		 1 year, 252 days
– Banwarilal Purohit
(born 1940)
Governor of Assam
(Additional Charge)		 Maharashtra 27 January
2017		 5 October
2017[§][lower-greek 5]		 251 days
13 Ganga Prasad
(born 1939)		 Bihar 5 October
2017		 25 August
2018[§][lower-greek 6]		 324 days Ram Nath Kovind
14 Tathagata Roy
(born 1945)		 West Bengal 25 August
2018		 18 December
2019		 1 year, 115 days
– R. N. Ravi
IPS (Retd)
(born 1952)
Governor of Nagaland
(Acting)		 Bihar 18 December
2019		 26 January
2020		 39 days
(14) Tathagata Roy
(born 1945)		 West Bengal 27 January
2020		 18 August
2020		 204 days
15 Satya Pal Malik
(1946–2025)		 Uttar Pradesh 18 August
2020		 3 October
2022		 2 years, 46 days
– Brigadier
B. D. Mishra (Retd)
(born 1939)
Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
(Additional Charge)		 Uttar Pradesh 4 October
2022		 17 February
2023[§][lower-greek 7]		 136 days Droupadi Murmu
16 Phagu Chauhan
(born 1948)		 Uttar Pradesh 18 February
2023		 29 July
2024		 1 year, 162 days
17 C. H. Vijayashankar
(born 1956)		 Karnataka 30 July
2024		 Incumbent 1 year, 334 days
  1. ↑ Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam and Nagaland (1968–1973); and Governor of Manipur and Tripura (1972–1973)
  2. ↑ Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, and Tripura
  3. 1 2 3 4 Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam
  4. 1 2 Transferred as the Governor of Uttarakhand
  5. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Tamil Nadu
  6. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Sikkim
  7. ↑ Transferred as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh

References

  1. ↑ "Past Governors: Raj Bhavan, Meghalaya". meggovernor.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  2. ↑ "Past Governors: Raj Bhavan, Meghalaya". meggovernor.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
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