Chief Ministers and Governors of India: In the general awareness or general knowledge section of the upcoming Railway exams including RRB NTPC CBT, 2, RRB NTPC group D, and SSC exams including SSC CHSL, you can expect questions from the topic “list of Chief Ministers and Governors of India”.
It is also extremely important for all other competitive exams like IBPS PO, Clerk, SBI PO, Clerk, Insurance Exams, RBI Grade B exam, and state PSCs exams.
If you remember this table thoroughly as it will enable you to fetch 2-3 marks very easily. Just revise the table consistently. It will allow you to retain these names when they are asked in the exam.
In the table below, we have listed the current Chief ministers and governors of all Indian states and union territories in the year 2022. At present India has 28 states and 8 Union Territories.
At the end of the table, we provide some important facts about the Chief Ministers of India.
Table of Contents
A Brief Introduction to the number of States and Union Territories of India
â—˜ Currently It consists of 28 states and 8 union territories.
â—˜ Previously India has 29 states and 7 Union Territories.
â—˜ newly formed state- Telangana.
• Telangana formed on 2 June 2014, the area was separated from the northwestern part of Andhra Pradesh.
â—˜ Newly formed Union Territories are – Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir.
â—˜ Until 2019, Ladakh was a region of the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir.
â—˜ In August 2019, the Parliament of India passed an act by which Ladakh became a union territory on 31 October 2019.
â—˜ Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are union territories in western India.
â—˜ It was formed by the merger of the former union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
â—˜ The territory is made up of four separate geographical entities Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman, and the island of Diu.
List of current chief ministers and governors of India (updated)
â—˜ According to the constitution of India, the governor is the nominal executive authority (de jure executive) and the Chief Minister is the real executive authority (de facto executive).
â—˜ According to the Constitution of India, at the state level, the governor is de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister.
â—˜ The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers is collectively responsible to the assembly.
â—˜ The chief minister’s term is usually for a maximum of five years; there are no limits to the number of terms they can serve.
Current Chief ministers and Governors of India
In the below table, we provided the recent cm and governor list.
| State | Chief Minister | Governor |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Andhra Pradesh | YS Jagan Mohan Reddy | Biswa Bhusan Harichandan |
| 2. Arunachal Pradesh | Pema Khandu | Brig. (Dr.) B. D. Mishra (Retd.) |
| 3. Assam | Himanta Biswa Sarma | Jagdish Mukhi |
| 4. Bihar | Nitish Kumar | Phagu Chauhan |
| 5. Chhattisgarh | Bhupesh Baghel | Anusuiya Uikey |
| 6. Goa | Pramod Sawant | P.S. Sreedharan Pillai |
| 7. Gujarat | Bhupendrabhai Patel | Acharya Dev Vrat |
| 8. Haryana | Manohar Lal | Bandaru Dattatraya |
| 9. Himachal Pradesh | Jairam Thakur | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar |
| 10. Jharkhand | Hemant Soren | Ramesh Bais |
| 11. Karnataka | Basavaraj Bommai | Thaawarchand Gehlot |
| 12. Kerala | Pinarayi Vijayan | Arif Mohammed Khan |
| 13. Madhya Pradesh | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel |
| 14. Maharashtra | Eknath Shinde | Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
| 15. Manipur | N. Biren Singh | La Ganesan |
| 16. Meghalaya | Conrad Kongkal Sangma | Satya Pal Malik |
| 17. Mizoram | Pu Zoramthanga | Hari Babu Kambhampati |
| 18. Nagaland | Neiphiu Rio | Jagdish Mukhi |
| 19. Odisha | Naveen Patnaik | Ganeshi Lal |
| 20. Punjab | Bhagwant Mann | Banwarilal Purohit |
| 21. Rajasthan | Ashok Gehlot | Kalraj Mishra |
| 22. Sikkim | PS Golay | Ganga Prasad |
| 23. Tamil Nadu | M. K. Stalin | R. N. Ravi |
| 24. Telangana | K Chandrasekhar Rao | Tamilisai Soundararajan |
| 25. Tripura | Manik Saha | Satyadeo Narain Arya |
| 26. Uttar Pradesh | Yogi Aditya Nath | Anandiben Patel |
| 27. Uttarakhand | Pushkar Sing Dhami | Gurmit Singh |
| 28. West Bengal | Mamata Banerjee | La. Ganesan (additional charge) |
Also, See the States and union territories of India
| Union Territory | Lt. Governor & Administrator |
|---|---|
| 1. Andaman and Nicobar Island (UT) | Admiral D K Joshi (Lieutenant Governor) |
| 2. Chandigarh (UT) | Banwarilal Purohit (Administrator) |
| 3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (UT) | Shri Praful Patel (Administrator) |
| 4. Delhi (NCT) | Vinai Kumar Saxena (Lieutenant Governor) Arvind Kejriwal (Chief Minister) |
| 5. Jammu and Kashmir (UT) | Shri Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor) |
| 6. Lakshadweep (UT) | Shri Praful Patel (Administrator) |
| 7. Puducherry (UT) | Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan (Addl. Charge) (Lieutenant Governor) N. Rangaswamy (Chief Minister) |
| 8. Ladakh (UT) | Shri Radha Krishna Mathur (Lieutenant Governor) |
Important questions and answers regarding Chief Ministers and Governors of India
1. Oldest Chief minister by age, serving any state in India?
Answer: Captain Amarinder Singh
• Former Chief Minister of Punjab (15th CM of Punjab)
• Constituency – Patiala
• Bhagwant Mann is the Current Chief Minister of Punjab.
2. Who was the longest-serving female chief minister of India?
Answer: Sheila Dikshit
• She served as the chief minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
3. Youngest chief minister by age, serving any state in India?
Answer: Pema Khandu, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
4. Top 4 Longest-serving Indian chief ministers.
Answer:
♦ 1. Pawan Kumar Chamling – Sikkim – 24 years
♦ 2. Jyoti Basu – West Bengal – 23 years
♦ 3. Gegong Apang – Arunachal Pradesh – 22 years
♦ 4. Naveen Patnaik – Odisha – 21 years
5. Chief minister with the longest incumbency?
Answer: Naveen Patnaik – Odisha – 21 years
6. First woman Chief Minister of India?
Answer: Sucheta Kripalani – CM of Uttar Pradesh
7. First Chief Minister of India?
Answer: Govind Ballabh Pant – CM of Uttar Pradesh
8. Youngest chief minister of any Union Territory of India?
Answer: M. O. Hasan Farook Maricar
• Youngest CM of – Pondicherry (Now Puducherry)
9. Youngest chief minister of any Union Territory as well as any states of India?
Answer: M. O. Hasan Farook Maricar
• Youngest CM of – Pondicherry (Now Puducherry)
10. The first Muslim woman to become the Chief Minister of any state of India?
Answer: Anwara Taimur
• Chief Minister of Assam (1980 to June 30, 1981)
11. The only woman Chief Minister to have remained in office for a short tenure of 23 days is?
Answer: Janaki Ramachandran
• Political Party – AIADMK
• State – Tamil Nadu
12. Who is the only incumbent female chief minister in India?
Answer: Mamata Banerjee
• Chief minister of West Bengal
• Political party – All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
13. First female chief minister to die in office?
Answer: J. Jayalalithaa
• Political Party – AIADMK
• State – Tamil Nadu
14. Who was India’s 18th and Goa’s second chief minister to die in office>?
Answer: Manohar Parrikar
15. Who was the first Dalit Chief Minister of any Indian state?
Answer: Mayawati
• Political Party – Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
• State – Uttar Pradesh
Important Articles related to Chief ministers of India
| Article-No | Subject Matter |
|---|---|
| 163 | Council of Ministers to aid and advise the Governor |
| 166 | Conduct of business of the Government of a State |
| 167 | Duties of the Chief Minister respect the furnishing of information to the Governor, etc. |
Important Articles related to Governors of India
| Article-No | Subject Matter |
|---|---|
| 153 | Governors of states |
| 155 | Appointment of Governor |
| 156 | Term of office of Governor |
| 157 | Qualifications for appointment as Governor |
| 159 | Oath or affirmation by the Governor |
| 161 | Power of the Governor to grant pardons and others |
| 163 | Council of Ministers to aid and advise the Governor |
| 213 | Power of Governor to promulgate ordinances |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Chief ministers and Governors of India
Q1. Who is the chief minister of Maharashtra?
Answer: Eknath Shinde
Q2. Who is the governor of West Bengal?
Answer: La. Ganesan (Additional Charge)
• He had assumed the additional responsibility of State’s Governor after the resignation of former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Q3. Who is the chief minister of Punjab?
Answer: Bhagwant Mann
• He leads the cabinet ministry of Punjab and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Q4. Who was the first woman chief minister of Punjab?
Answer: Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
• She is the first and so far the only woman to hold the post of Chief Minister of Punjab.
Q5. Which former chief minister of Maharashtra studied aerospace engineering?
Answer: Prithviraj Chavan
• He was the 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
