| Sl.No. | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
| 1 | Sir James Sifton | 4/1/1936 | 3/11/1937 |
| 2 | Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett | 3/11/1937 | 8/5/1939 |
| 3 | Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart | 8/5/1939 | 1/9/1943 |
| 4 | Sir Thomas George Rutherford | 1/9/1943 | 3/1/1943 |
| 5 | Sir Francis Mudie (acting) | 3/1/1943 | 4/27/1905 |
| 6 | Sir Thomas George Rutherford | 4/27/1905 | 5/13/1946 |
| 7 | Sir Hugh Dow | 5/13/1946 | 8/15/1947 |
| 8 | Jairamdas Daulatram | 8/15/1947 | 1/11/1948 |
| 9 | Madhav Shrihari Aney | 1/12/1948 | 6/14/1952 |
| 10 | R R Diwakar | 1/15/1952 | 7/5/1957 |
| 11 | Zakir Hussain | 7/6/1957 | 5/11/1962 |
| 12 | M. A. S. Ayyangar | 5/12/1962 | 12/6/1967 |
| 13 | Nityanand Kanungo | 12/7/1967 | 1/20/1971 |
| 14 | Devkant Barooah | 2/1/1971 | 2/4/1971 |
| 15 | Ramchandra Dhondhiba Bhandare | 2/4/1973 | 6/15/1976 |
| 16 | Jagannath Kaushal | 6/16/1976 | 1/31/1979 |
| 17 | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | 9/20/1979 | 3/15/1985 |
| 18 | P. Venkatasubbaiah | 3/15/1985 | 2/25/1988 |
| 19 | Govind Narain Singh | 2/26/1988 | 1/24/1989 |
| 20 | R.D. Pradhan | 1/29/1989 | 2/2/1989 |
| 21 | Jagannath Pahadia | 3/3/1989 | 2/2/1990 |
| 22 | Mohammad Saleem | 2/16/1990 | 2/13/1991 |
| 23 | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | 3/19/1991 | 8/13/1993 |
| 24 | A R Kidwai | 8/14/1993 | 4/26/1998 |
| 25 | S S Bhandari | 4/27/1998 | 3/15/1999 |
| 26 | V C Pande | 11/23/1999 | 6/12/2003 |
| 27 | M R Jois | 6/12/2003 | 10/31/2004 |
| 28 | Buta Singh | 11/5/2004 | 1/29/2006 |
| 29 | Gopalkrishna Gandhi | 1/31/2006 | 6/21/2006 |
| 30 | R. S. Gavai | 6/22/2006 | 7/10/2008 |
| 31 | R. L. Bhatia | 7/10/2008 | 7/23/2009 |
| 32 | Devanand Konwar | 7/24/2009 |
