Former Governors
17 Feb 2023 to 01 Jan 2025
Honorable Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
29 Jul 2019 to 16 Feb 2023
H.E. Shri Phagu Chauhan
23 Aug 2018 to 28 Jul 2019
H.E. Shri Lal Ji Tandon
04 Oct 2017 to 22 Aug 2018
H.E. Shri Satya Pal Malik
22 Jun 2017 to 03 Oct 2017
H.E. Shri Keshri Nath Tripathi (Offg)
16 Aug 2015 to 21 Jun 2017
H.E. Shri Ram Nath Kovind
27 Nov 2014 to 15 Aug 2015
H.E. Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi
22 Mar 2013 to 26 Nov 2014
H.E. Dr. D. Y. Patil
29 Jun 2009 to 21 Mar 2013
H.E. Shri Devanand Konwar
10 Jul 2008 to 28 Jun 2009
H.E. Shri R. L. Bhatia
22 Jun 2006 to 10 Jul 2008
H.E. Shri R. S. Gavai
31 Jan 2006 to 21 Jun 2006
H.E. Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi (Offg)
05 Nov 2004 to 30 Jan 2006
H.E. Shri Buta Singh
01 Nov 2004 to 04 Nov 2004
H.E. Shri Ved Prakash Marwah (Offg)
12 Jun 2003 to 31 Oct 2004
H.E. Shri Justice Mandagadde Rama Jois (Retd.)
23 Nov 1999 to 12 Jun 2003
H.E. Shri Vinod Chandra Pande
06 Oct 1999 to 22 Nov 1999
H.E. Shri Suraj Bhan (Offg)
15 Mar 1999 to 05 Oct 1999
H.E. Shri Justice Brij Mohan Lal (Offg)
27 Apr 1998 to 15 Mar 1999
H.E. Shri Sundar Singh Bhandari
14 Aug 1993 to 26 Apr 1998
H.E. Dr. Akhlaq-Ur-Rahman Kidwai
19 Mar 1991 to 13 Aug 1993
H.E. Shri Mohd. Shafi Qureshi
14 Feb 1991 to 18 Mar 1991
H.E. Shri B. Satyanarayan Reddy (Offg)
16 Feb 1990 to 13 Feb 1991
H.E. Shri Mohammad Yunus Saleem
02 Feb 1990 to 16 Feb 1990
H.E. Shri Justice G.G. Sohoni (Offg)
03 Mar 1989 to 02 Feb 1990
H.E. Shri Jagannath Pahadia
29 Jan 1989 to 02 Mar 1989
H.E. Shri Ramchandra Dattatraya Pradhan
24 Jan 1989 to 28 Jan 1989
H.E. Shri Justice Dipak Kumar Sen (Offg)
26 Feb 1988 to 24 Jan 1989
H.E. Shri Govind Narain Singh
15 Mar 1985 to 25 Feb 1988
H.E. Shri Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah
20 Sep 1979 to 15 Mar 1985
H.E. Dr. Akhlaq-Ur-Rahman Kidwai
31 Jan 1979 to 19 Sep 1979
H.E. Shri Justice Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh (Offg.)
16 Jun 1976 to 31 Jan 1979
H.E. Shri Jagan Nath Kaushal
04 Feb 1973 to 15 Jun 1976
H.E. Shri Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare
01 Feb 1971 to 04 Feb 1973
H.E. Shri Devkant Baruah
21 Jan 1971 to 31 Jan 1971
H.E. Shri Justice Ujjal Narain Sinha (Offg)
07 Dec 1967 to 20 Jan 1971
H.E. Shri Nityanand Kanungo
12 May 1962 to 06 Dec 1967
H.E. Shri Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
06 Jul 1957 to 11 May 1962
H.E. Dr. Zakir Husain
15 Jun 1952 to 05 Jul 1957
H.E. Shri Ranganath Ramchandra Diwakar
12 Jan 1948 to 14 Jun 1952
H.E. Shri Madhav Shrihari Aney
15 Aug 1947 to 11 Jan 1948
H.E. Shri Jairamdas Daulatram
Before Independence
Governors of Bihar (1937 to 1947)
13 May 1946 to 14 Aug 1947
H.E. Sir Hugh Dow
24 Apr 1944 to 12 May 1946
H.E. Sir Thomas George Rutherford
07 Sep 1943 to 23 Apr 1944
H.E. Mr. (Later Sir) Robert Francis Mudie (Offg)
03 Feb 1943 to 06 Sep 1943
H.E. Sir Thomas George Rutherford
06 Aug 1939 to 02 Feb 1943
H.E. Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart
17 Sep 1938 to 05 Aug 1939
H.E. Sir Maurice Garnier Hallet
15 May 1938 to 16 Sep 1938
H.E. Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart (Offg)
11 Mar 1937 to 15 May 1938
H.E. Sir Maurice Garnier Hallet
Bihar and Orissa
Governors(1920 to 1937)
11 Feb 1935 to 10 Mar 1937
H.E. Sir James David Sifton
12 Oct 1934 to 11 Feb 1935
Hon’ble (Later Sir) John Tarlton Whitty (Offg)
07 Apr 1932 to 12 Oct 1934
H.E. Sir James David Sifton
21 Sep 1930 to 07 Apr 1932
H.E. Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson
05 Jun 1930 to 21 Sep 1930
H.E. Sir James David Sifton (Offg)
25 Aug 1929 to 05 Jun 1930
H.E. Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson
26 Apr 1929 to 25 Aug 1929
H.E. Sir James David Sifton (Offg)
07 Apr 1927 to 26 Apr 1929
H.E. Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson
26 Jul 1925 to 07 Apr 1927
H.E. Sir Henry Wheeler
27 Mar 1925 to 26 Jul 1925
H.E. Sir Hugh McPherson (Offg)
12 Apr 1922 to 26 Mar 1925
H.E. Sir Henry Wheeler
30 Nov 1921 to 12 Apr 1922
H.E. Sir Havilland Le Mesurier (Offg)
29 Dec 1920 to 30 Nov 1921
H.E. Lord Satyendra Prasanna Sinha
Lt. Governors (1912 to 1920)
12 Feb 1918 to 29 Dec 1920
H.E. Sir Edward Albert Gait
05 Apr 1918 to 12 Aug 1918
H.E. Sir Edward Vere Levinge
19 Nov 1915 to 04 Apr 1918
H.E. Sir Edward Albert Gait
01 Apr 1912 to 19 Nov 1915
H.E. Sir Charles Stuart Bayley