List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir
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Governor of Jammu and Kashmir | |
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Status | Abolished |
Residence |
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Appointer | President of India |
Term length | Five years |
Inaugural holder | Karan Singh |
Formation | 30 March 1965 |
Final holder | Satya Pal Malik |
Abolished | 30 October 2019 |
Website | http://jkrajbhawan.nic.in |
The governor of Jammu and Kashmir was the head of the Indian state Jammu and Kashmir.[1]
When
State of Jammu and Kashmir
. On 30 March 1965, Karan Singh became the first Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
The office of governor was abolished after the
Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.[3]
Sadr-e-Riyasat of Jammu and Kashmir
# | Name | Term of office | Ref | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
1 | Maharaja Karan Singh |
17 November 1952 | 30 March 1965 | 12 years, 133 days |
Governors of Jammu and Kashmir
# | Name | Term of office | Ref | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
1 | Maharaja Karan Singh |
30 March 1965 | 15 May 1967 | 2 years, 46 days (total: 14 years, 179 days) |
[4] |
2 | Bhagwan Sahay ICS |
15 May 1967 | 3 July 1973 | 6 years, 49 days | |
3 | L. K. Jha ICS |
3 July 1973 | 22 February 1981 | 7 years, 234 days | |
4 | B. K. Nehru ICS |
22 February 1981 | 26 April 1984 | 3 years, 64 days | |
5 | Jagmohan Malhotra IAS |
26 April 1984 | 11 July 1989 | 5 years, 76 days | |
6 | PVSM
|
11 July 1989 | 19 January 1990 | 192 days | |
(5) | Jagmohan Malhotra IAS |
19 January 1990 | 26 May 1990 | 127 days (total: 5 years, 203 days) |
|
7 | Girish Chandra Saxena IPS |
26 May 1990 | 12 March 1993 | 2 years, 290 days | |
(6) | PVSM
|
12 March 1993 | 2 May 1998 | 5 years, 51 days (total: 5 years, 243 days) |
|
(7) | Girish Chandra Saxena IPS |
2 May 1998 | 4 June 2003 | 5 years, 33 days (total: 7 years, 365 days) |
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8 | Lt. Gen S. K. Sinha PVSM, ADC |
4 June 2003 | 25 June 2008 | 5 years, 21 days | |
9 | N. N. Vohra IAS |
25 June 2008 | 23 August 2018 | 10 years, 59 days | |
10 | Satya Pal Malik | 23 August 2018 | 30 October 2019 | 1 year, 68 days | |
Jammu and Kashmir state partitioned on 31 October 2019 |
Janki Nath Wazir was acting governor after Karan Singh for two months,[1][5] and Vazhakkulangarayil Khalid was acting governor for 12 days.[6][5]
Timeline
See also
- Governors in India
- Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
- Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh
References
- ^ a b "Previous Governors". Lieutenant Governor Secretariat, Raj Bhawan, Jammu and Kashmir. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021.
- ^ "Reorganisation plan" (PDF). prsindia.org. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Reorganisation Bill" (PDF). thehindu.com. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ISBN 978-1-349-65771-1.
- ^ a b Maqbool, Umer (22 August 2018). "Career politician Satya Pal Malik new J&K Governor". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ Lateef, Samaan (22 August 2018). "State gets its 13th Governor, first career politician". Tribune India. Retrieved 22 January 2022.