List of lieutenant governors of Delhi

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{{Infobox official post
| post = Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
| image = File:Lt. Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal.jpg
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flagsize = 110px
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| flagborder = yes
| imagesize =
| incumbent = [[Anil Baijal|Anil Baijal, IAS]]
| incumbentsince = 31 December 2016
| style = The Honourable
| residence = [[Raj Niwas, Delhi]]
| appointer = [[President of India]]
| termlength = 5 years
| inaugural = [[Aditya Nath Jha|Aditya Nath Jha, ICS]]
| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1966|11|07}}
| website = {{url|http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_lg/Office/LG/Home|delhi.gov.in}}
| insignia = Seal of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.svg
| insigniasize = 150px
}}

The '''Lieutenant Governor of Delhi''' is the constitutional head of the [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Home-Lieutenant Governor Secretariat| url = http://lgdelhi.nic.in/const_provision.html| access-date = 27 August 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130825202930/http://lgdelhi.nic.in/const_provision.html| archive-date = 25 August 2013| url-status = dead}}</ref> The post was first established in September 1966, when The Delhi Administration Act, 1966 came into effect. Thus the former [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]] was replaced by the Delhi Metropolitan Council with 56 elected and 5 nominated members with the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi as its head. The Council however had no legislative powers, only an advisory role in the governance of Delhi. This setup functioned till 1990, when the Assembly was reinstated; the position of Lieutenant Governor retained its role.<ref name=hist>{{cite web|title=History of Delhi Legislative Assembly|url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/history_assembly.htm|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Delhi website }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Delhi Metropolitan Council(1966-1990)| url =http://delhiassembly.nic.in/metropoliton.htm|publisher=Delhi Legislative Assembly| access-date = 22 January 2014}}</ref>

The National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was introduced in [[Parliament of India]] and was passed by both [[Lok Sabha]] and [[Rajya Sabha]]. The bill states that the Government referred to in any law to be made by the Legislative Assembly shall mean the Lieutenant Governor.

The current Lieutenant Governor is [[Anil Baijal]], a former [[Home Secretary of India|Union Home Secretary]]. His [[official residence]] is in [[Raj Niwas, Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web| title =About Our Honorable Lieutenant Governor| publisher =Delhi Govt Portal| url =http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/DoIT/delhi+govt/aboutgov/about+lt+gov| access-date =27 August 2013| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150706234054/http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/DoIT/delhi+govt/aboutgov/about+lt+gov| archive-date =6 July 2015| url-status =dead}}</ref>

==Chief Commissioners==
Delhi was earlier head by a Chief Commissioner who was an [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] officer.
{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
|-
! 1
| Shankar Prasada, ICS
| 1948
| 1954
|-
! 2
| Anand Dattahaya Pandit, ICS
| 1954
| 1959
|-
! 3
| [[Bhagwan Sahay|Bhagwan Sahay, ICS]]
| 1959
| 1963
|-
! 4
| [[V. Viswanathan|Venkata Vishwanathan, ICS]]
| 1964
| 7 September 1966
|-
! 5
| [[Aditya Nath Jha]], [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]]
| 7 September 1966
| 1 November 1966
|}

==Lieutenant governors==
In 1966 the Delhi Administration Act was passed which set up a Delhi Metropolitan Council with the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi as its head. So far there have been 21 holders of this post, including 12 [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officers, 4 [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] officers, 2 [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officers, 2 senior [[Indian Air Force|IAF]] officers and 1 [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]] officer backgrounds who held this post. Appointees were generally retired with the exception of Najeeb Jung who resigned from the service.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_lg/Office/LG/Former+Lt.+Governors List of Lieutenant Governors of Delhi]
|-
! #
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
|-
! 1
| [[Aditya Nath Jha]], [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]]
| 7 November 1966
| 19 January 1972
|-
! 2
| M.C. Pimputkar, ICS
| 19 January 1972
| 23 April 1972
|-
! 3
| Baleshwar Prasad, IAS
| 24 April 1972
| 3 October 1974
|-
! 4
| Krishan Chand, ICS
| 3 October 1974
| 30 March 1978
|-
! 5
| Dalip Rai Kohli, ICS
| 30 March 1978
| 17 February 1980
|-
! 6
| [[Jagmohan|Jagmohan Malhotra]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| 17 February 1980
| 30 March 1981
|-
! 7
| [[Sundar Lal Khurana]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| 30 March 1981
| 2 September 1982
|-
! 8
| [[Jagmohan|Jagmohan Malhotra]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| 2 September 1982
| 25 April 1984
|-
! 9
| P. G. Gavai, IAS
| 25 April 1984
| Nov 1984
|-
! 10
| Mohan M.K. Wali, IAS
| Nov 1984
| Nov 1985
|-
! 11
| [[Air vice marshal (India)|AVM]] [[H. L. Kapur]], [[PVSM]], [[AVSM]]
| Nov 1985
| Aug 1988
|-
! 12
| [[Romesh Bhandari]], [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]]
| Aug 1988
| Dec 1989
|-
! 13
| [[Air chief marshal (India)|ACM]] [[Arjan Singh]], [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]]
| Dec 1989
| Dec 1990
|-
! 14
| Markandey Singh, IPS
| Dec 1990
| 4 May 1992
|-
! 15
| Prasannabhai Karunashankar Dave, IAS
| 4 May 1992
| 4 January 1997
|-
! 16
| [[Tejendra Khanna]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| 4 January 1997
| 20 April 1998
|-
! 17
| [[Vijai Kapoor]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| 20 April 1998
| 9 June 2004
|-
! 18
| [[Banwari Lal Joshi]], [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
| 9 June 2004
| 9 April 2007
|-
! 19
| [[Tejendra Khanna]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| 9 April 2007
| 9 July 2013
|-
! 20
| [[Najeeb Jung]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| 9 July 2013
| 22 December 2016
|-
! 21
| [[Anil Baijal]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| 31 December 2016
| ''Incumbent''
|}

==See also==
* [[Government of Delhi]]
* [[Governor (India)|Governors in India]]
* [[Union territory]]
* [[Chief Minister of Delhi]]
* [[Gupta Dynasty]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130821010227/http://lgdelhi.nic.in/ Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Official website]

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