Table
Governors of Bihar
| Governors | Tenure |
|---|---|
| Jairamdas Daultram | 15 August, 1947 – 11 January, 1948 |
| Madhavrao Srihari Aney | 12 January, 1948 – 16 June, 1952 |
| Ranganath Ramachandra Diwakar | 15 June, 1952 – 15 July, 1957 |
| Zakir Husain | 6 July, 1957 – 11 May, 1962 |
| M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar | 12 May, 1962 – 6 December, 1967 |
| Nityanand Kanungo | 7 December, 1967 – 20 January, 1971 |
| Ujjwal Narayan Sinha (Acting) | 21 January, 1971 – 31 January, 1971 |
| Dev Kanta Borooah | 1 February, 1971 – 4 February, 1975 |
| R.D. Bhandare | 4 February, 1975 – 15 June, 1976 |
| Jagannath Kaushal | 16 June, 1976 – 27 May, 1978 |
| K.B.N. Singh (Acting) | 27 May, 1978 – 26 June, 1978 |
| Jagannath Kaushal | 26 June, 1978 – 31 January, 1979 |
| K.B.N. Singh (Acting) | 31 January, 1979 – 9 September, 1979 |
| A. R. Kidwai | 10 September, 1979 – 15 March, 1985 |
| Pendckanti Venkatasubbaiah | 15 March, 1985 – 25 February, 1988 |
| Govind Narayan Singh | 26 February, 1988 – 23 January, 1989 |
| Deepak Kumar Sen | 24 January, 1989 – 28 January, 1989 |
| R. J. President | 29 January, 1989 – 2 March, 1989 |
| Jagannath Pahadia | 3 March, 1989 – 21 September, 1989 |
| T.V. Rajeshwar | 22 September, 1989 – 5 February, 1990 |
| Mohammad Yunus Saleen | 6 February, 1990 – 13 February, 1991 |
| B. Satyanarayan Reddy | 14 February, 1991 – 19 March, 1991 |
| Mohammed Shafi Qureshi | 19 March, 1991 – 15 July, 1993 |
| A. R. Kidwai | 15 July, 1993 – 21 April, 1998 |
| Sunder Singh Bhandari | 22 April, 1998 – 3 October, 1999 |
| Brij Mohan Lal (Acting) | 15 March, 1999 – 6 October, 1999 |
| Suraj Bhan | 3 October, 1999 – 18 November, 1999 |
| Vinod Chandra Pande | 19 November, 1999 – 12 June, 2003 |
| M. Rama Jois | 12 June, 2003 – 31 October, 2004 |
| Shri Buta Singh | 4 November, 2004 – 22 June, 2006 |
| R.S. Gavai | 22 June, 2006 – 10 July, 2008 |
| R.L. Bhatia | 10 July, 2008 – 29 June, 2009 |
| Devanand Kunwar | 29 June, 2009 – 22 March, 2013 |
| D. Y. Patil | 22 March, 2013 – 26 November, 2014 |
| Keshari Nath Tripathi (Acting) | 27 November, 2014 – 15 August, 2015 |
| Ram Nath Kovind | 16 August, 2015 – 20 June, 2017 |
| Keshari Nath Tripathi (Acting) | 20 June, 2017 – 29 September, 2017 |
| Satyapal Malik | 30 September, 2017 – 23 August, 2018 |
| Lalji Tondon | 23 August, 2018 – 28 July, 2019 |
| Phagu Chauhan | 29 July, 2019… |
