Former Governors (Since Independence)
| Name | Tenure |
| Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari | 15/08/1947 – 20/06/1948 |
| Dr. Kailash Nath Katju | 21/06/1948 – 31/10/1951 |
| Dr. Harendra Coomer Mookerjee | 01/11/1951 – 07/08/1956 |
| Smt. Padmaja Naidu | 03/11/1956 – 31/05/1967 |
| Shri Dharma Vira | 01/06/1967 – 31/03/1969 |
| Shri Shanti Swarup Dhavan | 19/09/1969 – 20/08/1971 |
| Shri Anthony Lancelot Dias | 21/08/1971 – 05/11/1977 |
| Shri Tribhuvan Narayan Singh | 06/11/1977 – 11/09/1981 |
| Shri Bhairab Dutt Pande | 12/09/1981 – 09/10/1983 |
| Shri Anant Prasad Sharma | 10/10/1983 – 15/08/1984 |
| Shri Uma Shankar Dikshit | 01/10/1984 – 11/08/1986 |
| Prof. Saiyid Nurul Hasan | 12/08/1986 – 01/03/1989 07/02/1990 – 12/07/1993 |
| Shri T. V. Rajeswar | 02/03/1989 – 06/02/1990 |
| Shri K. V. Raghunath Reddy | 14/08/1993 – 26/04/1998 |
| Dr. Akhlaq-Ur-Rahman Kidwai | 27/04/1998 – 17/05/1999 |
| Justice Shri Shyamal Kumar Sen | 18/05/1999 – 03/12/1999 |
| Shri Viren J. Shah | 04/12/1999 – 13/12/2004 |
| Shri Gopal Krishna Gandhi | 14/12/2004 – 23/01/2010 |
| Shri M. K. Narayanan | 24/01/2010 – 30/06/2014 |
| Dr. D. Y. Patil | 04/07/2014 – 17/07/2014 |
| Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi | 24/07/2014 – 29/07/2019 |