| Sl.No. | NAME OF THE GOVERNOR | TENURE |
| 1 | Shri C.M. Trivedi | 01/10/1953 to 31/07/1957 |
| 2 | Shri Bhimsen Sachar | 01/08/1957 to 07/09/1962 |
| 3 | Gen. S.M. Shrinagesh | 08/09/1962 to 03/05/1964 |
| 4 | Shri Pattom A. Thanu Pillai | 04/05/1964 to 10/04/1968 |
| 5 | Shri Khandubhai Kasanji Desai | 11/04/1968 to 25/01/1975 |
| 6 | Shri Justice S.Obul Reddy | 25/01/1975 to 09/01/1976 |
| 7 | Shri Mohanlal Sukhadia | 10/01/1976 to 15/06/1976 |
| 8 | Shri R.D. Bhandare | 16/06/1976 to 16/02/1977 |
| 9 | Shri Justice B.J. Diwan | 17/02/1977 to 04/05/1977 |
| 10 | Smt. Sharada Mukherjee | 05/05/1977 to 14/08/1978 |
| 11 | Shri K.C. Abraham | 15/08/1978 to 14/05/1983 |
| 12 | Shri Ram Lal | 15/08/1983 to 29/08/1984 |
| 13 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma | 29/08/1984 to 26/11/1985 |
| 14 | Smt. Kumudben Manishankar Joshi | 26/11/1985 to 07/02/1990 |
| 15 | Shri Krishan Kant | 07/02/1990 to 21/08/1997 |
| 16 | Shri G.Ramanujam (Governor of Orissa) | 22/08/1997 to 23/11/1997 |
| 17 | Dr. C. Rangarajan | 24/11/1997 to 03/01/2003 |
| 18 | Shri Surjit Singh Barnala | 03/01/2003 to 03/11/2004 |
| 19 | Shri Sushilkumar Shinde | 04/11/2004 to 04/01/2006 |
| 20 | Shri Rameshwar Thakur | 04/01/2006 to 21/08/2007 |
| 21 | Shri Narayan Datt Tiwari | 22/08/2007 to 27/12/2009 |
| 22 | E. S. L. Narasimhan | 27/12/2009 to |