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The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President’s pleasure. The governor is de jure head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor’s name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers, headed by the chief minister, who thus hold de facto executive authority at the state-level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon their own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President’s rule, or reserve bills for the President’s assent. Over the years, the exercise of these discretionary powers have given rise to conflict between the elected chief minister and the union government\u2013appointed governor.[1] The union territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Puducherry are headed by lieutenant governors.As of 30 March 2023, Any woman not served as the administrator of any three union territories and Delhi does not have any woman lieutenant governor.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.  Her daughter, Padmaja Naidu, is the longest-serving female governor with almost 11 years tenure in West Bengal.[3]Tamilisai Soundararajan is the recentmost appointment as the first female governor of Telangana.[4]Table of ContentsGovernors[edit]Chronological list of lieutenant governors[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Governors[edit]Key*\u00a0 Incumbent GovernorS. No.NameImageFromToTerm lengthStateRef.1Sarojini Naidu15 August 19472 March 19491\u00a0year, 199\u00a0daysUnited Provinces[5]2Padmaja Naidu3 November 195631 May 196710\u00a0years, 209\u00a0daysWest Bengal[6]3Vijayalakshmi Pandit28 November 196218 October 19641\u00a0year, 325\u00a0daysMaharashtra[7]4Sharda Mukherjee5 May 197714 August 19781\u00a0year, 101\u00a0daysAndhra Pradesh[8]14 August 19785 August 19834\u00a0years, 356\u00a0daysGujarat[9]5Jothi Venkatachalam14 October 197727 October 19825\u00a0years, 13\u00a0daysKerala[10]6Kumudben Joshi26 November 19852 February 19904\u00a0years, 68\u00a0daysAndhra Pradesh[11]7Ram Dulari Sinha23 February 198812 February 19901\u00a0year, 354\u00a0daysKerala[10]8Sarla Grewal31 March 19895 February 1990311\u00a0daysMadhya Pradesh[12]9Sheila Kaul17 November 199523 April 1996158\u00a0daysHimachal Pradesh[13]10Fathima Beevi25 January 19971 July 20014\u00a0years, 157\u00a0daysTamil Nadu[14]11V. S. Ramadevi26 July 19971 December 19992\u00a0years, 128\u00a0daysHimachal Pradesh[13]2 December 199920 August 20022\u00a0years, 261\u00a0daysKarnataka[15]12Pratibha Devisingh Patil8 November 200423 June 20072\u00a0years, 227\u00a0daysRajasthan[16]13Prabha Rau19 July 200824 January 20101\u00a0year, 189\u00a0daysHimachal Pradesh[13]25 January 201026 April 201091\u00a0daysRajasthan[17]14Margaret Alva6 August 200914 May 20122\u00a0years, 262\u00a0daysUttarakhand[18]12 May 20127 August 20142\u00a0years, 87\u00a0daysRajasthan[19]15Kamla Beniwal27 November 20096 July 20144\u00a0years, 221\u00a0daysGujarat[20]6 July 20146 August 201431\u00a0daysMizoram[21]16Urmila Singh25 January 201027 January 20155\u00a0years, 2\u00a0daysHimachal Pradesh[22]17Sheila Dikshit11 March 201425 August 2014167\u00a0daysKerala[23]18Mridula Sinha31 August 20142 November 20195\u00a0years, 63\u00a0daysGoa[24]19Droupadi Murmu18 May 201513 July 20216 years, 56 daysJharkhand[25]20Najma Heptulla21 August 201610 August 20214\u00a0years, 354\u00a0daysManipur[26]21Anandiben Patel*23 January 201828 July 20191\u00a0year, 186\u00a0daysMadhya Pradesh[27]15 August 201828 July 2019347\u00a0daysChhattisgarh[28]29 July 2019Incumbent3\u00a0years, 244\u00a0daysUttar Pradesh[29]22Baby Rani Maurya26 August 201815 September 20213\u00a0years, 20\u00a0daysUttarakhand[30]23Anusuiya Uikey*29 July 201922 February 20233\u00a0years, 208\u00a0daysChhattisgarh[31]23 February 2023Incumbent35\u00a0daysManipur24Tamilisai Soundararajan*8 September 2019Incumbent3\u00a0years, 203\u00a0daysTelangana[32]Chronological list of lieutenant governors[edit]Key*\u00a0 Incumbent Lieutenant GovernorSee also[edit]References[edit]^ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN\u00a0978-81-8038-559-9. p. 237, 241\u201344.^ “Sarojini Naidu: The first woman to become the governor of an Indian state”. CNN-IBN. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2016.^ Shubhojit (10 July 2014). “Women Governors in India”. Elections.in. Retrieved 25 March 2016.^ “President appoints five new governors including Tamilisai Soundararajan in Telangana”. The Hindu. September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.^ “Shrimati Sarojini Naidu, Governor of UP”. National Informatics Centre, UP State Union. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2012.^ “Former Governors of West Bengal”. West Bengal Government. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2012.^ “Previous Governors List of Maharashtra”. Maharashtra Government. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2012.^ “Former Governors of Andhra Pradesh”. Andhra Pradesh Government. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2012.^ “Sharda Mukherjee, Former Governor of Gujarat”. Gujarat Government. Retrieved 25 March 2012.^ a b “Kerala Legislature – Governors”. Kerala Government. Retrieved 25 March 2012.^ “Former Governors of AP”. National Informatics Centre, AP State Union. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2012.^ “Sarla Grewal, Governor of Madhya Pradesh”. NIC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2012.^ a b c “Former Governors of Himachal Pradesh”. Himachal Pradesh Government. Retrieved 25 March 2012.^ “Former Governors of Tamilnadu”. Tamil Nadu Government. Retrieved 25 March 2012.^ “Ramadevi, Governor of Karnataka”. Karnataka Government. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.^ “Ex Governor of Rajasthan”. Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Secretariat. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2012.^ “President appoints Governors”. Press Information Bureau, New Delhi Press release dated 16 January 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2013.^ “Margaret Alva, Governor of Uttarakhand”. Uttarakhand Government. Retrieved 8 July 2015.^ “Margaret Alva, Governor of Rajasthan”. Rajasthan Government. Retrieved 17 July 2013.^ “Kamla Beniwal, Governor of Gujarat”. Gujarat Government. Retrieved 25 March 2012.^ “The story behind Kamla Beniwal’s dismissal”. The Hindu. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2018.^ “Urmila Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh”. Himachal Pradesh Government. Retrieved 17 July 2013.^ Jain, Bharti (4 March 2014). “Sheila Dikshit, Governor of Kerala”. The Times of India. Retrieved 4 March 2014.^ Kamat, Prakash (31 August 2014). “Mridula Sinha sworn-in as Goa Governor”. The Hindu.^ “Draupadi Murmu Sworn In as First Woman Governor of Jharkhand”. NDTV. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.^ “Manipur: Najma Heptulla to be sworn-in as Governor on Sunday”. Indian Express. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.^ “Anandiben Patel sworn in as Madhya Pradesh Governor“. The Hindu. 23 January 2018.^ “Anandiben Patel, Governor of Chhattisgarh”. Chhattisgarh Government. Retrieved 23 July 2019.^ “Anandiben Patel Takes Oath As Uttar Pradesh Governor”. NDTV. Retrieved 29 July 2019.^ ” Baby Rani Maurya sworn in as new Uttarakhand governor“. The Economic Times. 26 August 2018.^ “Anusuiya Uikey takes oath as governor of Chhattisgarh”. India Today. Retrieved 29 July 2019.^ “Tamil Nadu BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan sworn in as second Telangana Governor”. Hindustan Times. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.  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