Governor of Madhya Pradesh

Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramaiah (01.11.1956 to 13.6.1957)      

Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramaiah

• Born in Present Andhra Pradesh

• Chief Minister During his tenure: Ravishankar Shukla, Bhagwant Rao Mandloi, Kailash Nath

• President of the All-India State Praja Parishad in 1936

• Member of the Constituent Assembly 

• President of INC from 1948-49

• First Governor of the old Madhya Pradesh in 1952

• Member of JVP Committee on State reorganisation

Hari Vinayak Pataskar (14.6.1957 to 10.2.1965)

Hari Vinayak Pataskar

• Born in Maharashtra

• Member of Bombay Legislative Council from 1926 -1930

• During his tenure following Chief Minister took oath: Kailash Nath Katju, Bhagwantrao Mandloi, Dwarka Prasad Mishra

• Member of the Constitution Assembly

• Member of the All-India Congress Committee 

• Longest serving Governor of Madhya Pradesh

• Awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1963

Kyasamballi Chengalrao Reddy (11.02.1965 to 02.02.1966) / (10.02.1966 to 07.03.1971)

Kyasamballi Chengalrao Reddy

• Chief Minister During his tenure: Dwarka Prasad Mishra, Govind Narayan Singh, Naresh Chandra Singh, Shyama Charan Shukla

• Chief Minister of Mysore State 

• Editor of "Janvani"

• Don’t Know Hindi

 

Purushottam Vinayak Dixit - Acting Governor (3.02.1966 to 09.02.1966)           

• Judge

• Gwalior High Court (1941-42)

• Madhya Bharat High Court (1948-56)

• Chief Justice of Gwalior High Court (1944-48)

• Acting Chief Justice of Madhya Bharat High Court (1954)

• Madhya Pradesh High Court (1956-59)

• Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court (1959-69)

Satyanarayan Sinha (08.03.1971 to 13.10.1977)

Satyanarayan Sinha

• Chief Minister During his tenure: Shyama Charan Shukla, Prakash Chandra Sethi, Kailash Chandra Joshi

• Member of the Central Legislative Assembly (1934) 

• Member of the first, second, third Lok Sabha

• First Leader of the House in Lok Sabha not be a prime minister.

Niranjan Nath Wanchoo (14.10.1977 to 16.8.1978)

Niranjan Nath Wanchoo

• Born in Satna

• In 1934 Selected ICS and served in Bihar

• Chief Minister During his tenure: Kailash Chandra Joshi, Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha, Satya Narayan Sinha

• Chairman of Bokaro Steel Limited (1965 - 1970)

• Governor of Kerala and Madhya Pradesh 

Cheppudira Muthana Punacha (17.8.1978 to 29.4.1980.)     

Cheppudira Muthana Punacha

• Participated in Freedom Movement

• Elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1964

• Former Chief Minister of Coorg

Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (30 April 1980 to 14 May 1984)

Bhagwat Dayal Sharma

• Known as ‘Panditji’

• Governor of Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana

• Chief Minister During his tenure: Arjun Singh

• Represented Indian workers twice in the International Labor Organization (Geneva), Switzerland, in 1957 and 1958.

Guruprasanna Singh - Acting Governor (26.5.1981 to 09.7.1981)

Guruprasanna Singh

• Born in Rewa

• Advocate in the Judicial Commissioners' Court of Vindhya Pradesh

• Additional judge in the Madhya Pradesh High Court in 1967

• Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court from 1978 to 1984

• Author of Book Principles of statutory Interpretation

• Chairman Madhya Pradesh Law Commission from 1990 to 1992

• Lokayukt of Madhya Pradesh from 1992 to 1997.

Professor Kizhakkayil Mathai Chandy (30 December 1987 – 30 March 1989)   

Professor Kizhakkayil Mathai Chandy

• Governor- Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry

• Chief Minister During his tenure: Motilal Vora, Arjun Singh

• Autobiography- "Jeevitha Vazhiyorakazhchakal"

• Biography- Varika Varika Sahajare

Sarla Grewal (1 March 1989 to 05.02.1990)

Sarla Grewal

• First Female Governor of Madhya Pradesh

• Chief Minister During his tenure: Motilal Vora, Shyama Charan Shukla

• Second female Indian Administrative Service officer in India

• First woman Deputy Commissioner ever in India

• Awarded the British Council Scholarship

• Youngest Governor of Madhya Pradesh (61 years)

• Represented India in United Nations Population Commission

Mahmud Ali Khan (06.02.1990 to 23.06.1993) 

Mahmud Ali Khan

• Member Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission

• Member of Ashok Mehta Committee constituted on Panchayati Raj

• Member of National Language Committee

Mohd Shafi Qureshi (24.06.1993 to 21.04.1998)

Mohd Shafi Qureshi

• Founding President of Jammu and Kashmir National Congress

• Elected member of Rajya Sabha

• Elected Member of 4th, 5th, 6th Lok Sabha 

• Representation of India at Afro-Asian Islamic Conference, Bandung

• Governor: Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh 

Bhai Mahaveer (22.04.1998 to 06.05.2003)

Bhai Mahaveer

• Founder General Secretary of Bhartiya Jana Sangh

• All India Vice President of Jana Sangh

• Member of Rajya Sabha from 1968 to 1974 and from 1978 to 1984

Ram Prakash Gupta  (May 7, 2003 to May 01, 2004)  

Ram Prakash Gupta  

• Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1967

• Deputy Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh State Planning Board

• Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

Krishna Mohan Seth (02.05.2004 to 29.06.2004 )

Krishna Mohan Seth

• Governor: Acting Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Chhattisgarh

• Retd. Lt. General of AVSM and PVSM

Balram Jhakhar ( 30 June 2004 to 30 June 2009)          

Balram Jhakhar 

• 2 Time Lok Sabha Speaker – 1980 & 1984

• Book: People, Parliament and Administration ; New Horizons in Agriculture in India

• First Asian to be elected as Chairman of Commonwealth Parliamentarian Executive Forum.

Rameshwar Thakur (30 June 2009 – 7 September 2011)         

Rameshwar Thakur

• Took Part in Quit India Movement

• Detained in Central Jail Kolkata (Dum Dum)

• Governor: Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh

• President of the Bharat Scouts and Guides

Ram Naresh Yadav (8.9. 2011 to 7.9.2016)      

Ram Naresh Yadav

• Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

• Member -Indian Council of Agricultural Research

 

O. P. Kohli  ( 8 September 2016 to 23 January 2018)

O. P. Kohli

• Governor of Madhya Pradesh from 08/09/2016 to 23/01/2018

• Acting Governor from 16/05/2018 to 02/06/2018

• Governor of Gujrat

Anandi ben Patel - (23 January, 2018 to 28 July, 2019) (1.07.2020 to 08.07.2021)

Anandi ben Patel

• Member of Rajya Sabha from 1994-1998

• Four times elected member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly

• Governor: Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh from 29th July, 2019, Chhattisgarh, Acting Governor, Madhya Pradesh 

• Editor of 'Dharti', 'Sadhana' and 'Sakhi' magazines.

• First Female Chief Minister of Gujarat

Lal Ji Tondon (July 29, 2019 - July 21, 2020)

Lal Ji Tondon

• Governor of Madhya Pradesh 

• Member of Loksabha

• Wrote book Ankaha

Mangu Bhai Chhaganlal Patel (6 July 2021- Continue)

Mangu Bhai Chhaganlal Patel

• Acting Speaker of Gujarat Vidhan Sabha

• Current Governor of Madhya Pradesh