Governors and Chief Ministers List 2026 in simple Exam Revision Short Notes table format. Get state-wise Governor and Chief Minister names for quick memory recall. Updated important constitutional and key state appointments. Best for UPSC, SSC, Banking and all competitive exam preparation.
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Important Appointments – Exam Revision Table
Category
Post / State
Name
Key Note
State
Delhi – Governor
Vinay Kumar Saxena
—
State
Delhi – CM
Rekha Gupta
—
State
Bihar – Governor
Arif Mohammad Khan
—
State
Bihar – CM
Nitish Kumar
—
State
Maharashtra – Governor
Acharya Devvrat
—
State
Maharashtra – CM
Devendra Fadnavis
CS: Rajesh Kumar Aggarwal
State
Odisha – Governor
Hari Babu Kambhampati
—
State
Odisha – CM
Mohan Charan Majhi
First BJP CM; ended 24 yrs Naveen Patnaik rule
State
Uttar Pradesh – Governor
Anandiben Patel
—
State
Uttar Pradesh – CM
Yogi Adityanath
CS: Shashi Prakash Goyal
State
West Bengal – Governor
C.V. Anand Bose
—
State
West Bengal – CM
Mamata Banerjee
CS: Nandini Chakravorty
State
Tamil Nadu – Governor
R.N. Ravi
—
State
Tamil Nadu – CM
M.K. Stalin
—
State
Karnataka – Governor
Thaawarchand Gehlot
—
State
Karnataka – CM
Siddaramaiah
—
State
Gujarat – Governor
Acharya Devvrat
—
State
Gujarat – CM
Bhupendra Patel
CS: Manoj Kumar Das
State
Assam – Governor
Lakshman Prasad Acharya
—
State
Assam – CM
Himanta Biswa Sarma
—
State
Rajasthan – Governor
Haribhau Bagde
—
State
Rajasthan – CM
Bhajanlal Sharma
CS: V. Srinivas
State
Madhya Pradesh – Governor
Mangubhai Patel
—
State
Madhya Pradesh – CM
Mohan Yadav
—
State
Chhattisgarh – Governor
Ramen Deka
—
State
Chhattisgarh – CM
Vishnu Deo Sai
—
State
Punjab – Governor
Gulab Chand Kataria
—
State
Punjab – CM
Bhagwant Mann
—
State
Kerala – Governor
Rajendra V. Arlekar
—
State
Kerala – CM
Pinarayi Vijayan
—
State
Telangana – Governor
Jishnu Dev Varma
—
State
Telangana – CM
Revanth Reddy
—
State
Uttarakhand – Governor
Lt. Gen Gurmit Singh
—
State
Uttarakhand – CM
Pushkar Singh Dhami
—
State
Jammu & Kashmir – LG
Manoj Sinha
CM: Omar Abdullah
State
Ladakh – LG
Kavinder Gupta
UT
State
Manipur – Governor
Ajay Kumar Bhalla
President’s Rule
Constitutional & Judicial
Category
Post
Name
Key Note
Constitutional
Vice President (15th)
C.P. Radhakrishnan
—
Constitutional
Chief Justice of India (53rd)
Justice Surya Kant
—
Constitutional
Chief Election Commissioner
Gyanesh Kumar
—
Constitutional
Attorney General
R. Venkataramani
Reappointed
Constitutional
CAG
K. Sanjay Murty
—
Constitutional
Cabinet Secretary
T.V. Somanathan
—
Defence & Security
Category
Post
Name
Key Note
Defence
Army Chief (30th)
Gen. Upendra Dwivedi
—
Defence
DRDO Chairman
Dr. Samir V. Kamat
—
Defence
RAW Chief
Parag Jain
—
Defence
DG CRPF
Gyanendra Pratap Singh
—
Defence
DG CISF
Praveer Ranjan
—
Defence
Coast Guard Chief
Paramesh Sivamani
—
Defence
NSA
Ajit Doval
Since 2014
Defence
DG RPF
Sonali Mishra
1st Woman DG
Finance & Economy
Category
Post
Name
Key Note
Finance
RBI Governor (26th)
Sanjay Malhotra
—
Finance
RBI Deputy Governor
Shirish C. Murmu
Recently Appointed
Finance
RBI Deputy Governor
T. Rabi Shankar
—
Finance
RBI Deputy Governor
Dr. Poonam Gupta
—
Finance
RBI Deputy Governor
Swaminathan J.
—
Finance
CGA (29th)
T.C.A. Kalyani
—
Finance
CBDT Chairman
Ravi Aggarwal
—
Finance
NSE Chairperson
Srinivas Injeti
—
Finance
PFRDA Chairperson
Sivasubramanian Ramann
—
Diplomacy & International
Category
Post
Name
Key Note
Diplomacy
Ambassador to USA
Vinay Mohan Kwatra
—
Diplomacy
Ambassador to France
Sanjeev Kumar Singla
—
Diplomacy
Ambassador to Israel
Jitender Pal Singh
—
Diplomacy
Ambassador to Sweden
Anurag Bhushan
—
Diplomacy
Permanent Representative to UN
Parvathaneni Harish
—
Diplomacy
Commonwealth Secretary General
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey
—
Most Repeated Exam Questions Focus
⭐ Odisha – First BJP CM (Mohan Charan Majhi) ⭐ RBI Governor – Sanjay Malhotra ⭐ CJI – Justice Surya Kant ⭐ Army Chief – Upendra Dwivedi ⭐ NSA – Ajit Doval ⭐ RAW Chief – Parag Jain
