On Aug 15, 1947 India became independent of the British rule
Governors of the United Provinces of Independent India (1947-1950)
Sarojini Naidu – (Aug 15, 1947 – Mar 02, 1949)
Hormasji Peroshaw Mody – (May 02, 1949 – Jan 25, 1950)
The province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh on Jan 26, 1950 which is known as Republic Day of India. Thereafter, the constitutional head of the state is known as Governor.
Governors of Uttar Pradesh (1947 – incumbent )
Hormasji Peroshaw Mody – (Jan 26, 1950 – Jun 01, 1952)
Kanhaiyalal Manaklal Munshi – (Jun 02, 1952 – Jun 09, 1957)
Varah Giri Venkat Giri – (Jun 10, 1957 – Jun 30, 1960)
Dr. Bragula Rama Krishna Rao – (Jul 01, 1960 – Apr 15, 1962)
Biswanath Das – (Apr 16, 1962 – Apr 30, 1967)
Dr. Bezwada Gopala Reddy – (May 01, 1967 – Jun 30, 1972)
Shashi Kant Varma (acting) – (Jul 01, 1972 – Nov 13, 1972)
Akbar Ali Khan – (Nov 14, 1972 – Oct 24, 1974)
Dr. Marri Channa Reddy – (Oct 25, 1974 – Oct 01, 1977)
Ganpatrao Devji Tapse – (Oct 02, 1977 – Feb 27, 1980)
Chandeswar Prasad Narain Singh – (Feb 28, 1980 – Mar 31, 1985)
Mohammed Usman Arif – (Mar 31, 1985 – Feb 11, 1990)
B. Satya Narayan Reddy – (Feb 12, 1990 – May 26, 1993)
Motilal Vora – (May 27, 1993 – May 02, 1996)
Mohammed Shafi Qureshi – (May 03, 1996 – Jul 19, 1996)
Romesh Bhandari – (Jul 19, 1996 – Mar 16, 1998)
Mohammed Shafi Qureshi – (Mar 17, 1998 – Apr 19, 1998)
Suraj Bhan – (Apr 20, 1998 – Nov 23, 2000)
Vishnu Kant Shastri – (Nov 24, 2000 – Jul 02, 2004)
Sudarshan Agarwal – (Jul 03, 2004 – Jul 07, 2004)
T.V.Rajeshwar – (Jul 08, 2004 – Jul 27, 2009)
Banwari Lal Joshi – (Jul 28, 2009 – June 23, 2014)
Dr. Aziz Qureshi – (June 23, 2014 – July 22, 2014)
Ram Naik – (July 22, 2014 – July 28, 2019)
Anandiben Patel – (July 28, 2019 – till date)
(Above is an excerpt from an under print title “Lucknow – Ethnography” and is copyrighted)
