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List of Capitals, State Governors and Chief Ministers of India

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List of Indian State CM and Governor

It is not easy to remember the state capitals, the chief ministers of the states, and the governors of every state at the same time. You will need an updated list depicting the Indian state CM and Governor for memorizing them easily and to answer the questions in the competitive government exams. For aspirants, here is the information on how a state governor is appointed and the name of the chief ministers and governors of all the states and their capitals. 


Who is a State Governor and How is he Elected?

As per Article 153 of the Constitution of India, every state must have a governor. As per Article 154, a state governor is the one who wields the executive power to exercise in a state with the help of his officers. The constitutional roles are mentioned and followed by each of the governors of the state. They also reside in the capital of a state and are appointed by the President of India as per Article 155.


According to the prime criteria of Article 157, a governor should be a recognized Indian citizen with age 35 years or more. He will not be a Member of Parliament or Legislature and will also not have any office or business. As per Article 158, he will be solely entitled to the allowances and emoluments offered by the Central Government. His role is to protect, preserve, and defend rightfully and to maintain the dignity of the Constitution and Law at all costs.


To be precise, the role of a state governor is similar to that of the President of India at the national level. A state is assigned a governor whereas a union territory is assigned a lieutenant governor. A candidate is appointed as the state governor of India by the President of India when all the criteria match.


Who is the Chief Minister?

A Chief Minister is an elected politician belonging to a particular party. He or she is appointed as the head of a state to handle the administrative functions as per the Constitution of India. The role of a chief minister is similar to that of the Prime Minister of India but at the state level. A Chief Minister is chosen for 29 states based on election results conducted at regular intervals.


Even if the governor is the state head, the executive authority remains in the hand of a Chief Minister. He or she performs duties and responsibilities with the assistance of a council of ministers. Hence, a State Governor is appointed by the President of India but a Chief Minister is elected and appointed by the Indian citizens.


List of State Capitals, Chief Ministers and State Governors

This list of Indian state CM and Governor will help you memorize the names easily.

State

Capital

Governor

Chief Minister

Andhra Pradesh

Amaravati

Biswabhushan Harichandan

Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy

Arunachal Pradesh

Itanagar

Brigadier B.D Mishra (Retd)

Pema Khandu

Assam

Dispur

Jagdish Mukhi

Himanta Biswa Sarma

Bihar

Patna

Phagu Chauhan

Nitish Kumar

Chhattisgarh

Naya Raipur/Bilaspur

Anusuiya Uikey

Bhupesh Bhagel

Goa

Panaji

PS Sreedharan Pillai

Pramod Sawant

Gujarat

Gandhinagar

Acharya Devvrat

Bhupendra Patel

Haryana

Chandigarh

Bandaru Dattatreya

Manohar Lal Khattar

Himachal Pradesh

Summer Capital: Shimla

Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar

Jai Ram Thakur

Winter Capital: Dharamshala

Jharkhand

Ranchi

Ramesh Bais

Hemant Soren

Karnataka

Bengaluru

Thawar Chand Gehlot

Sri Basavaraj Bommai

Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram

Arif Mohammed Khan

Pinarayi Vijayan

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal

Mangubhai Chaganbhai Patel

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Maharashtra

Mumbai

Bhagat Singh Koshyari

Uddhav Thackeray

Manipur

Imphal

Shri La. Ganesan

N. Biren Singh

Meghalaya

Shillong

Satya Pal Malik

Conrad Kongkal Sangma

Mizoram

Aizwal

Dr. Kambhampati Haribabu

Pu Zoramthanga

Nagaland

Kohima

R. N Ravi

Neiphiu Rio

Odisha

Bhubaneshwar

Prof. Ganeshi Lal Mathur 

Naveen Patnaik

Punjab

Chandigarh

Shri Banwarilal Purohit

Bhagwant Singh Mann

Rajasthan

Jaipur

Kalraj Mishra

Ashok Gehlot

Sikkim

Gangtok

Ganga Prasad

Prem Singh Tamang (PS Golay)

Tamil Nadu

Chennai

Banwarilal Purohit

M. K. Stalin

Telangana

Hyderabad

Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan

K. Chandrashekhar Rao

Tripura

Agartala

Satyadev Narayan Arya

Biplab Kumar Deb

Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow

Anandiben Patel

Yogi Adityanath

Uttarakhand

Winter Capital: Dehradun

Baby Rani Maurya

Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami

Summer Capital: Gairsain

West Bengal

Kolkata

Jagdeep Dhankar

Mamata Banerjee


List of Lieutenant Governors of the Union Territories

The union territories have lieutenant governors working under the supervision of the President of India. Here is the list of their capitals and administrators.

Union Territory

Capital

Governor

Andaman & Nicobar

Port Blair

Shri. Devendra Kumar Joshi (Lieutenant Governor)

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

Shri. V.P. Singh Badnore (Administrator)

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Daman

Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)

Delhi (National capital Territory of Delhi)

New Delhi

Shri Anil Baijal (Lieutenant Governor)

Chief Minister: Arvind Kejriwal

Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar (May-October) Jammu (November-April)

Shri Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor)

Lakshadweep

Kavaratti

Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)

Puducherry

Puducherry

Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan (Addl. Charge) (Lieutenant Governor)

Chief Minister: N. Rangaswamy

Ladakh

Leh

Shri Radha Krishna Mathur (Lieutenant Governor)


Conclusion

These lists of Indian states and union territories CM and Governor will help you to remember the names aptly. Download the Indian states capitals and chief ministers and governors PDF file and keep it handy. You can refer to this list whenever you are preparing for the government selection exams such as IBPS, SBI PO, UPSC, LIC, Railway, etc.

FAQs on List of Capitals, State Governors and Chief Ministers of India

1. What is the difference between a Chief Minister and a State Governor of India?

The difference lies in the power and executive authority as given by the Constitution of India. A chief minister has the supreme authority of executing his power at the state level resembling the way the Prime Minister does at the national and international level. State governors are appointed by the President of India whereas Chief Ministers are chosen by the voters.

2. How can you prepare the names of state capitals, chief ministers, and state governors?

If you download the all state CM and Governor list PDF, you can easily memorize the names of chief ministers, capitals, and state governors. This PDF file can be stored on smartphones and can be accessed anytime for government exam preparations.

3. What is the difference between Governor and President?

The President is said to be the head of state at the national level. All the works at the national level are done in his name. He is said to be indirectly elected. He is part of the parliament as well along with the Lower and the Upper House. On the other hand, the Governor is said to be the executive head at the state level. He is not an elected individual but is appointed by the President and thus remains in office at the pleasure of the President of the country. He is also part of the state legislature.