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Governors of Nagaland
Governor of Nagaland is the nominal head of the state. He/She is also the representative of the President of India in the state of Nagaland. R. N. Ravi is the present Governor of Nagaland since 2019.

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Sl.No. Name Took Office Left Office
1 Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd.) 12/1/1963 4/16/1968
2 B.K. Nehru, ICS (Retd.) 4/17/1968 9/18/1973
3 L.P. Singh, ICS (Retd.) 9/19/1973 8/9/1981
4 S.M.H. Burney, IAS (Retd.) 8/10/1981 6/12/1984
5 Gen.(Retd.) K. V. Krishna Rao, PVSM. 6/13/1984 7/19/1989
6 Dr. Gopal Singh 7/20/1989 5/3/1990
7 Dr. M.M. Thomas 5/9/1990 4/12/1992
8 Lok Nath Mishra 4/13/1992 10/1/1993
9 Lt. Gen.(Retd.)V.K. Nayyar PVSM, SM 10/2/1993 8/4/1994
10 O.N. Shrivastava, IPS (Retd) 8/5/1994 11/11/1996
11 Om Prakash Sharma, IPS (Retd.) 11/12/1996 1/27/2002
12 Shyamal Datta, IPS (Retd.) 1/28/2002 2/2/2007
13 K. Wilson 2/3/2007 2/4/2007
14 K. Sankaranarayanan 2/4/2007 7/28/2009
15 Gurbachan Jagat, IPS (Retd.) 7/28/2009 10/14/2009
16 Nikhil Kumar, IPS (Retd.) 10/15/2009 Incumbent



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