List of governors of Manipur

Governor of Manipur
Incumbent
Lakshman Prasad Acharya
(additional charge)
since 31 July 2024
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Imphal
AppointerPresident of India
Term length5 Years
Inaugural holderB. K. Nehru
Formation21 January 1972; 52 years ago (1972-01-21)

The governor of Manipur is the nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Manipur. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. The current governor of Manipur is Lakshman Prasad Acharya (additional charge), appointed by President Droupadi Murmu on 31 July 2024.[1]

Governors of Manipur

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Key
 • indicates that this was an additional charge
# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration Home State Appointed by
1. B. K. Nehru 21 January 1972 20 September 1973 1 year, 242 days Uttar Pradesh V. V. Giri
2. L.P. Singh 21 September 1973 11 August 1981 7 years, 324 days Bihar
3. S. M. H. Burney 11 August 1981 11 June 1984 2 years, 305 days Uttar Pradesh Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
4. K. V. Krishna Rao 11 June 1984 10 July 1989 5 years, 29 days Andhra Pradesh Zail Singh
5. Chintamani Panigrahi 10 July 1989 19 March 1993 3 years, 252 days Odisha R. Venkataraman
6. K. V. Raghunatha Reddy 20 March 1993 30 August 1993 163 days Andhra Pradesh Shankar Dayal Sharma
7. V. K. Nayar 31 August 1993 22 December 1994 1 year, 113 days Not Known
8. O.N. Shrivastava 23 December 1994 2 December 1999 4 years, 344 days Madhya Pradesh
9. Ved Marwah 2 December 1999 12 June 2003 3 years, 193 days Not Known K. R. Narayan
10. Arvind Dave 13 June 2003 5 August 2004 1 year, 53 days Rajasthan A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
11. Shivinder Singh Sidhu 6 August 2004 22 July 2008 3 years, 351 days Not Known
12. Gurbachan Jagat[2] 23 July 2008 23 July 2013 5 years, 0 days Punjab Pratibha Patil
13. Ashwani Kumar[3] 23 July 2013 31 December 2013 161 days Himachal Pradesh Pranab Mukherjee
14. Vinod Duggal[4] 31 December 2013 28 August 2014 240 days Punjab
— K. K. Paul 16 September 2014 15 May 2015 241 days
15. Syed Ahmed 16 May 2015 27 September 2015 134 days Maharashtra
— V. Shanmuganathan[5] 30 September 2015 17 August 2016 322 days Tamil Nadu
16. Najma Heptulla[6] 21 August 2016 1 May 2018 1 year, 253 days Madhya Pradesh
— Jagdish Mukhi 2 May 2018 30 May 2018 28 days Delhi Ramnath Kovind
(16). Najma Heptulla 31 May 2018 26 June 2019 1 year, 26 days Madhya Pradesh
— Padmanabha Acharya 27 June 2019[7] 23 July 2019 26 days Karnataka
(16). Najma Heptulla 24 July 2019 10 August 2021 2 years, 17 days Madhya Pradesh
— Ganga Prasad 12 August 2021 26 August 2021 14 days Bihar
17. La. Ganesan 27 August 2021 12 February 2023 1 year, 169 days Tamil Nadu
18. Anusuiya Uikey 12 February 2023 30 July 2024 1 year, 169 days Madhya Pradesh Draupadi Murmu
— Lakshman Prasad Acharya 31 July 2024 Incumbent 88 days Uttar Pradesh

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "India Political Updates: Resignation of Ladakh L-G R K Mathur accepted, Brig B D Mishra appointed in his place". Deccan Herald. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Manipur Legislative Assembly-Bills Passed-Subject-wise". manipurassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Ashwani Kumar sworn in as Governor of Manipur". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Vinod Kumar Duggal sworn in Manipur Governor". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  5. ^ "English Releases". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Press Releases". The President of India. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Acharya sworn in as Governor of Manipur". Business Standard. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

7. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other- states/sikkim-governor-sworn-in-as-governor-in-charge-of-manipur/article35875622.ece

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