List of governors of Manipur
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The Governor of Manipur is the constitutional head of state of the Indian state of Manipur. The governor is appointed by the president of India. Though all official affairs of the state are administered and carried out in the name of the governor, the real executive power rests with the chief minister who is a member of the legislative assembly and is the leader of the majority party in the house. The official residence of the governor is Lok Bhavan.
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| Governor of Manipur | |
|---|---|
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Lok Bhavan; Imphal |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Inaugural holder | B. K. Nehru |
| Formation | 21 January 1972 |
The position of the governor of Manipur came into existence in January 1972. The first governor to be appointed was Braj Kumar Nehru, then Governor of Assam who also served as the governor of the other north-eastern states of Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Tripura. The current governor is Ajay Kumar Bhalla who has been in office since January 2025.
List
- Legend
- Color key
- indicates acting/additional charge
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) |
Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | .jpg) |
Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001) |
Uttar Pradesh | 21 January 1972[α] |
20 September 1973 |
1 year, 242 days | V. V. Giri |
| 2 |  |
Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd) (1912–1998) |
Bihar | 21 September 1973[β] |
11 August 1981 |
7 years, 323 days | |
| 3 | |
S. M. H. Burney IAS (Retd) (1924–2014) |
Uttar Pradesh | 11 August 1981[γ] |
11 June 1984[§][δ] |
2 years, 305 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 4 |  |
General K. V. Krishna Rao (Retd) PVSM (1923–2016) |
Andhra Pradesh | 11 June 1984[γ] |
10 July 1989[§][ε] |
5 years, 29 days | Zail Singh |
| 5 | Chintamani Panigrahi (1922–2000) |
Orissa | 10 July 1989 |
19 March 1993[‡] |
3 years, 252 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | |
| 6 | .jpg) |
K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) (Additional Charge) |
Andhra Pradesh | 20 March 1993 |
30 August 1993[§][ζ] |
163 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 7 | |
Lieutenant General V. K. Nayar (Retd) PVSM SM (d. 2015) |
– | 30 August 1993 |
22 December 1994[‡] |
1 year, 114 days | |
| 8 |  |
Oudh Narayan Shrivastava IPS (Retd) (born 1935) (Additional charge till 11 November 1996) |
Madhya Pradesh | 23 December 1994 |
1 December 1999 |
4 years, 343 days | |
| 9 | .jpg) |
Ved Marwah IPS (Retd) (1934–2020) |
National Capital Territory of Delhi | 2 December 1999 |
12 June 2003[§][η] |
3 years, 192 days | K. R. Narayanan |
| 10 |  |
Arvind Dave IPS (Retd) (born 1940) |
Uttar Pradesh | 13 June 2003 |
5 August 2004 |
1 year, 53 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 11 |  |
Shivinder Singh Sidhu IAS (Retd) (1929–2018) |
Punjab | 6 August 2004 |
22 July 2008[§][θ] |
3 years, 351 days | |
| 12 |  |
Gurbachan Jagat IPS (Retd) (born 1942) |
Chandigarh | 23 July 2008 |
28 July 2013 |
5 years, 5 days | Pratibha Patil |
| 13 | .jpg) |
Ashwani Kumar IPS (Retd) (1950–2020) (Additional Charge) |
Himachal Pradesh | 29 July 2013 |
30 December 2013 |
154 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 14 | .jpg) |
Vinod Kumar Duggal IAS (Retd) (born 1944) |
Punjab | 31 December 2013 |
14 September 2014[‡] |
257 days | |
| 15 | .jpg) |
Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd) (born 1948) (Additional Charge) |
Chandigarh | 16 September 2014 |
15 May 2015 |
241 days | |
| 16 | .jpg) |
Syed Ahmed (1943–2015) |
Maharashtra | 16 May 2015 |
27 September 2015[†] |
134 days | |
| 17 | .jpg) |
V. Shanmuganathan (born 1949) (Additional Charge) |
Tamil Nadu | 30 September 2015 |
20 August 2016 |
325 days | |
| 18 | .jpg) |
Najma Heptulla (born 1940) |
Madhya Pradesh | 21 August 2016 |
1 May 2018 |
1 year, 253 days | |
| 19 | .JPG) |
Jagdish Mukhi (born 1942) (Acting) |
National Capital Territory of Delhi | 2 May 2018 |
30 May 2018 |
28 days | Ram Nath Kovind |
| (18) | |
Najma Heptulla (born 1940) |
Madhya Pradesh | 31 May 2018 |
26 June 2019 |
1 year, 26 days | |
| 20 | .jpg) |
Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (1931–2023) (Acting) |
Karnataka | 27 June 2019 |
22 July 2019 |
25 days | |
| (18) | |
Najma Heptulla (born 1940) |
Madhya Pradesh | 23 July 2019 |
11 August 2021 |
2 years, 19 days | |
| 21 | .jpg) |
Ganga Prasad (born 1939) (Additional Charge) |
Bihar | 12 August 2021 |
26 August 2021 |
14 days | |
| 22 |  |
La. Ganesan (1945–2025) |
Tamil Nadu | 27 August 2021 |
21 February 2023[§][ι] |
1 year, 178 days | |
| 23 | .jpg) |
Anusuiya Uikey (born 1957) |
Madhya Pradesh | 22 February 2023 |
29 July 2024 |
1 year, 158 days | Droupadi Murmu |
| 24 | .jpg) |
Lakshman Prasad Acharya (born 1954) (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh | 31 July 2024 |
2 January 2025 |
155 days | |
| 25 | |
Ajay Kumar Bhalla IAS (Retd.) (born 1960) |
Punjab | 3 January 2025 |
Incumbent | 1 year, 120 days | |
- Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam and Nagaland (1968–1973); and Governor of Meghalaya and Tripura (1972–1973)
- Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura
- Concurrently also served as the Governor of Nagaland and Tripura
- Transferred as the Governor of Haryana
- Transferred as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
- Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
- Transferred as the Governor of Jharkhand
- Transferred as the Governor of Goa
- Transferred as the Governor of Nagaland
Oath
“I, A. B., do swear in the name of God/solemly affirm that I will faithfully execute the office of Governor (or discharge the functions of the Governor) of .............(name of the State) and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of ..………(name of the State).”