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Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators pose with the President of India at the ‘2024 Governors Conference’, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi in August 2024. In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of Constitution of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states.
List of governors of the United Provinces of British India (1921–1937, United Kingdom) List of governors of the United Provinces (1937–1950, United Kingdom) List of colonial governors and presidents of Madras Presidency (1746–1749, French East India Company) (1746–1789, British East India Company) (1785–1947, United Kingdom)
The Government of India Act 1858 created the office of Secretary of State for India in 1858 to oversee the affairs of India, which was advised by a new Council of India with 15 members (based in London). The existing Council of Four was formally renamed as the Council of Governor-General of India or Executive Council of India.
The lieutenant governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President's pleasure. Since the union territories of Delhi , Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry have a measure of self-government with an elected legislature and council of ministers , the role of the lieutenant governor there is ...
Map showing the number of the female Governors, Lieutenant Governors and Administrators served in Indian States and Union Territories. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state. [2] She governed Uttar Pradesh from 15 August 1947 to 2 March 1949.
In the Republic of India, a chief minister is the head of government of each of the twenty-eight states and three of the eight union territories. According to the Constitution of India, at the state level, the governor is de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister.
List of governors of Meghalaya; List of governors of Mizoram; N. ... List of governors of Punjab, India; R. List of governors of Rajasthan; S. List of governors of ...
Since its establishment in 1935 by the government of the Republic of India, the RBI has been headed by twenty-five governors. The governor of the Reserve Bank of India is a member of the Strategic Policy Group headed by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. It is a crucial wing of the National Security Council. [clarification needed]