List of Lieutenant Governors of Puducherry

Puducherry, formerly known as "Pondicherry", is a Union Territory of India, not a separate State, which implies that the governance and administration of the territory falls directly under the federal authority in New Delhi. However, along with Delhi, Puducherry is one of the few two union territories in India, which is entitled by special constitutional amendments to have an elected legislative assembly and a cabinet of ministers, thereby enjoying partial statehood powers.

Lieutenant governor

The Centre is represented by the Lt. Governor, who resides at the Raj Nivas (Le Palais du Gouverneur) at the Nehru Park, the former palace of the French Governor. The Central government is more directly involved in the financial well-being of the territory, as against the states where financial administration, given a budgeted central grant is the responsibility to the state governments.

• Gouverneur Général de l'Inde française, until de facto Independence up to 1954
• Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, after de jure Independence from 1962

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	S.L. Silam	14.10.1963	13.10.1968
2	B.D. Jatti	14.10.1968	07.11.1972
3	Chhedilal	08.11.1972	29.08.1976
4	B.T. Kulkarni	30.08.1976	31.10.1980
5	R.K. Vyas	01.11.1980	26.07.1981
6	R.N. Haldipur	27.07.1981	14.05.1982
7	K.M. Chandy	15.05.1982	05.08.1983
8	Kona Prabhakara Rao	02.09.1983	17.06.1984
9	Tribhuvan Prasad Tewary	01.10.1984	21.06.1988
10	Ranjit Singh Dyal	22.06.1988	19.02.1990
11	Chandrawati	19.02.1990	18.12.1990
12	Har Swarup Singh	19.12.1990	05.02.1993
13	Rajendra Kumari Bajpai	02.05.1995	22.04.1998
14	Rajani Rai	23.04.1998	29.07.2002
15	K. R. Malkani	31.07.2002	27.10.2003
16	Nagendra Nath Jha	05.01.2004	06.07.2004
17	M. M. Lakhera	07.07.2004	18.07.2006
18	Mukut Mithi	19.07.2006	12.03.2008
19	Bhopinder Singh	15.03.2008	22.07.2008
20	Govind Singh Gurjar	23.07.2008	06.04.2009
21	Surjit Singh Barnala^	09.04.2009	27.07.2009
22	Iqbal Singh	27.07.2009	09.072013
23	Virendra Kataria	10.07.2013	11.07.2014
23	A. K. Singh	12.07.2014	Incumbent

^ appointed as Administrator of Puducherry

See also

• Puducherry
• Governors of India
• Puducherry Legislative Assembly