| Sr.no. |
Governors Name |
Took Office |
Left Office |
| 1 | Gurumukh Nihal Singh | 11/01/56 | 04/16/62 |
| 2 | Sampurnanand | 04/16/62 | 04/16/67 |
| 3 | Sardar Hukam Singh | 04/16/67 | 07/01/72 |
| 4 | Sardar Jogendra Singh | 07/01/72 | 02/15/77 |
| 5 | Vedpal Tyagi (acting) | 02/15/77 | 05/11/77 |
| 6 | Raghukul Tilak | 05/17/77 | 08/08/81 |
| 7 | K.D. Sharma (acting) | 08/08/81 | 03/06/82 |
| 8 | Om Prakash Mehra | 03/06/82 | 01/04/85 |
| 9 | Vasantrao Patil | 11/20/85 | 10/15/87 |
| 10 | Sukhdev Prasad | 02/20/88 | 02/03/90 |
| 11 | Milap Chand Jain (acting) | 02/03/90 | 02/14/90 |
| 12 | Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya | 02/14/90 | 08/26/91 |
| 13 | Swarup Singh (acting) | 08/26/91 | 02/05/92 |
| 14 | Marri Chenna Reddy | 02/05/92 | 05/31/93 |
| 15 | Dhanik Lal Mandal (additional charge) | 05/31/93 | 06/30/93 |
| 16 | Bali Ram Bhagat | 06/30/93 | 05/01/98 |
| 17 | Darbara Singh | 05/01/98 | 05/24/98 |
| 18 | Navrang Lal Tibrewal (acting) | 05/25/98 | 01/16/99 |
| 19 | Anshuman Singh | 01/16/99 | 05/14/03 |
| 20 | Nirmal Chandra Jain | 05/14/03 | 09/22/03 |
| 21 | Kailashpati Mishra (additional charge) | 09/22/03 | 01/14/04 |
| 22 | Madan Lal Khurana | 01/14/04 | 11/01/04 |
| 23 | T. V. Rajeswar (additional charge) | 11/01/04 | 11/08/04 |
| 24 | Pratibha Patil | 11/08/04 | 06/21/07 |
| 25 | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (additional charge) | 06/21/07 | 09/06/07 |
| 26 | S. K. Singh | 09/06/07 | 12/01/09 |
| 27 | Prabha Rau | 12/02/09 | 04/26/10 |
| 28 | Shivraj Patil (additional charge) | 04/26/10 | Incumbent |