List of Governors of Maharashtra

The Governor of Maharashtra is the constitutional head of Maharashtra. He is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President's pleasure.

Royal Governor of Bombay State
The marriage treaty of Charles II of England and Catherine of Braganza that concluded on 8 May 1661 placed Bombay under British rule—the territory was part of Catherine's dowry. On 19 March 1662, Abraham Shipman was appointed the first Governor and General of the city, and his fleet arrived somewhere in September or October 1662. Though due to some irregularities in letters, he never technically took charge of the office. Humphrey Cooke was the second Governor-General of Bombay and first British to took the Charge of the office.

#	Name	From	To
1	Abraham Shipman	19 March 1662	October 1664
2	Humphrey Cooke	February 1665	5 November 1666
3	Gervase Lucas	5 November 1666	21 May 1667
4	Henry Gary	22 May 1667	23 September 1668

Company Governor of Bombay
On 21 September 1668, Bombay was transferred to British East India Company for an annual rent of £10 under Royal Charter of 27 March 1668. The island was handed over to British East India Company on 23 September 1668. At that point of time, Bombay was under the juridiction of Surat, but later in 1687, the seat of Governor was officially shifted from Surat to Bombay.

#	Name	From	To
1	George Oxenden	23 September 1668	14 July 1669
2	Gerald Aungier	14 July 1669	30 June 1677
3	Henry Oxenden	30 June 1677	27 October 1681
4	John Child	27 October 1681	4 February 1690
5	Richard Keigwin	27 December 1683	19 November 1684
6	Bartholomew Harris#	4 February 1690	10 May 1694
7	Daniel Annesley*	10 May 1694	17 May 1694
8	John Gayer	17 May 1694	November 1704
9	Nicholas Waite	November 1704	September 1708
10	William Aislabie	September 1708	11 October 1715
11	Stephen Strutt*	11 October 1715	26 December 1715
12	Charles Boone	26 December 1715	9 January 1722
13	William Phipps	9 January 1722	10 January 1729
14	Robert Cowan	10 January 1729	22 September 1734
15	John Horne	22 September 1734	7 April 1739
16	Stephen Law	7 April 1739	15 November 1742
17	John Geekie*	15 November 1742	26 November 1742
18	William Wake	26 November 1742	17 November 1750
19	Richard Bourchier	17 November 1750	1760	10
20	John Holkell*	1760	28 February 1760
21	Charles Crommelin	28 February 1760	27 January 1767
22	Thomas Hodges	27 January 1767	23 February 1771
23	William Hornby	26 February 1771	1 January 1784
24	Rawson Hart Boddam	1 January 1784	9 January 1788
25	Andrew Ramsay*	9 January 1788	6 September 1788
26	William Medows	6 September 1788	21 January 1790
27	Robert Abercromby	21 January 1790	26 November 1792
28	George Dick*	26 November 1792	9 November 1795
29	John Griffith*	9 November 1795	27 December 1795
30	Jonathan Duncan	27 December 1795	11 August 1811
31	George Brown*	11 August 1811	12 August 1812
32	Sir Evan Nepean, Bt.	12 August 1812	1 November 1819
33	Mountstuart Elphinstone	1 November 1819	1 November 1827
34	Sir John Malcolm	1 November 1827	1 December 1830
35	Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith*	1 December 1830	15 January 1831
36	John Romer*	17 January 1831	21 March 1831
37	John FitzGibbon	21 March 1831	17 March 1835
38	Sir Robert Grant	17 March 1835	9 July 1838
39	James Farish*	11 July 1838	31 May 1839
40	James Rivett Carnac	31 May 1839	27 April 1841
41	William Hay Macnaghten*	27 April 1841	28 April 1841
42	George William Anderson*	28 April 1841	9 June 1842
43	George Arthur	9 June 1842	6 August 1846
44	Lestock Robert Reid*	6 August 1846	23 January 1847
45	George Russell Clerk*	23 January 1847	1 May 1848
46	Lucius Cary (Lord Falkland)	1 May 1848	26 December 1853
47	John Elphinstone	26 December 1853	11 May 1860
48	George Russell Clerk	11 May 1860	24 April 1862

*Acting Governor

Crown Governor of Bombay
After Indian Rebllion of 1857, the company was accused of mismanagement, and Bombay was transferred back to the Crown. In 1858, the process of company abolition began and Crown asserted full control.

#	Name	From	To
1	Sir Bartle Frere	24 April 1862	6 March 1867
2	Sir William Vesey-FitzGerald	6 March 1867	6 May 1872
3	Sir Philip Wodehouse`	6 May 1872	30 April 1877
4	Sir Richard Temple, Bt.	30 April 1877	13 March 1880
5	Lionel Robert Ashburner*	13 March 1880	28 April 1880
6	Sir James Fergusson, Bt.	28 April 1880	27 March 1885
7	James Braithwaite Peile*	27 March 1885	30 March 1885
8	The Lord Reay	30 March 1885	12 April 1890
9	George Robert Canning Harris	27 March 1890	16 February 1895
10	Herbert Mills Birdwood*	16 February 1895	18 February 1895
11	The Lord Sandhurst	18 February 1895	17 February 1900
12	The Lord Northcote	17 February 1900	5 September 1903
13	James Monteath*	5 September 1903	12 December 1903
14	The Lord Lamington	12 December 1903	27 July 1907
15	John William Muir Mackenzie*	27 July 1907	18 October 1907
16	Sir George Sydenham Clarke	18 October 1907	5 April 1913
17	The Lord Willingdon	5 April 1913	16 December 1918
18	Sir George Lloyd*	16 December 1918	8 December 1923
19	Maurice Hayward	8 December 1923	10 December 1923
20	Sir Leslie Orme Wilson	10 December 1923	20 March 1926
21	Sir Henry Staveley Lawrence	20 March 1926	8 December 1928
22	Sir Frederick Sykes	9 December 1928	9 December 1933
23	John Ernest Buttery Hotson[e]*	1931	1931
24	The Lord Brabourne	9 December 1933	30 May 1937
25	Robert Duncan Bell*	30 May 1937*	18 September 1937
26	The Earl of Scarbrough	18 September 1937	24 March 1943
27	Sir John Colville	24 March 1943	5 January 1948

*Acting Governor

Governor of Bombay State (Independent India) and Maharashtra*

#	Name	From	To
1	Raja Sir Maharaj Singh	6 January 1948	30 May 1952
2	Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai	30 May 1952	5 December 1954
3	Dr Harekrushna Mahatab	14 March 1955	14 October 1956
4	Sri Prakasa	10 December 1956	16 April 1962
5	Dr P. Subbarayan	17 April 1962	6 October 1962
6	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit	28 November 1962	18 October 1964
7	Dr P V Cherian	14 November 1964	8 November 1969
8	Ali Yavar Jung	26 February 1970	11 December 1976
9	Sri Sadiq Ali	30 April 1977	3 November 1980
10	Air Chief Marshal O P Mehra	3 November 1980	5 March 1982
11	Air Chief Marshal I H Latif	6 March 1982	16 April 1985
12	Kona Prabhakara Rao	31 May 1985	2 April 1986
13	Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma	3 April 1986	2 September 1987
14	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy	20 February 1988	18 January 1990
15	Dr. C Subramaniam	15 February 1990	9 January 1993
16	Dr. P.C. Alexander	12 January 1993	13 July 2002
17	Mohammed Fazal	10 October 2002	5 December 2004
18	S.M. Krishna	12 December 2004	5 March 2008
19	S.C. Jamir	9 March 2008	22 January 2010
20	Kateekal Sankaranarayanan	22 January 2010	24 August 2014
21	Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao	30 August 2014	Present

*After Bombay State reorganization in 1960, Bombay State became to be known as Maharashtra.

Vijaylakshmi Pandit is the first and only female Governor of Maharashtra till date.

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