West Bengal Governor Full List With Name (1947 to 2022)

Full list of officials who served as the Governor of West Bengal since 1947.

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West Bengal Governor Full List With Name (1947 to 2022)

Full list of Governors of West Bengal after independence

Mr. C.V Ananda Bose is the incumbent governor of West Bengal. But do you know the names of all the previous 26 governors? In this list, we have mentioned all the eminent personalities who have graced the position before Mr. Bose.  

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GovernorServed FromServed Till
C.V Ananda Bose"November 23 2022"incumbent
Jagdeep Dhankhar"July 30 2019""November 22 2022"
Keshari Nath Tripathi"July 24 2014""July 29 2019"
D. Y. Patil (acting charge)"July 3 2014"17 July 2014
M. K. Narayanan"January 24 2010""June 30 2014"
Devanand Konwar (additional charge)14 December 2009"January 23 2010"
Gopalkrishna Gandhi"December 14 2004"14 December 2009
Viren J. Shah"December 4 1999""December 14 2004"
Shymal Kumar Sen18 May 1999"December 4 1999"
Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai27 April 1998"May 18 1999"
K. V. Raghunatha Reddy14 August 1993"April 27 1998"
B. Satyanarayan Reddy (additional charge)13 July 1993"August 14 1993"
Saiyid Nurul Hasan7 February 1990"July 12 1993"
T. V. Rajeswar20 March 1989"February 7 1990"
Saiyid Nurul Hasan12 August 1986"March 20 1989"
Uma Shankar Dikshit1 October 1984"August 12 1986"
Satish Chandra (acting)16 August 1984"October 1 1984"
Anant Prasad Sharma10 October 198316 August 1984
Bhairab Dutt Pande12 September 1981"October 10 1983"
Tribhuvana Narayana Singh6 November 1979"September 12 1981"
Anthony Lancelot Dias21 August 1971"November 6 1979"
Shanti Swaroop Dhavan19 September 1969"August 21 1971"
Deep Narayan Sinha (Acting)1 April 1969"September 19 1969"
Dharma Vira1 June 1967"April 1 1969"
Padmaja Naidu3 November 1956"June 1 1967"
Phani Bhusan Chakravartti8 August 1956"November 3 1956"
Harendra Coomar Mookerjee1 November 1951"August 8 1956"
Kailash Nath Katju21 June 1948"November 1 1951"
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari15 August 194721 June 1948

Also Read: President of India Full List (1947-2022) - Dr. Rajendra Prasad to Draupadi Murmu

Who is the current Governor of West Bengal? 

Mr. C.V. Ananda Bose, an IAS Officer from 1977 batch was appointed as the new Governor of West Bengal on 23rd November 2022. He was the former Secretary of Government of India and Chief Secretary to State governments, as well as University Vice-Chancellor. Mr. C.V Ananda Bose has authored 40 books in English, Malayalam, and Hindi spanning the genres of fiction and nonfiction alike. 29  national and international honours have been bestowed upon him for his work in a wide range of subjects. He has also led the team that created Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan for national growth.

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