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{{Infobox official post
|post = [[Lieutenant Governor]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
|native_name =
|insignia = Emblem of India.svg
|insigniasize = 50px
|insigniacaption = [[State Emblem of India]]
|flag = Flag of India.svg
|flagsize = 110px
|flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
|image =Dr-Tamilisai-Soundararajan.jpg
|incumbent = [[Tamilisai Soundararajan]]
|incumbentsince = 18 February 2021
|style = [[Excellency|Her Excellency]] (formal) <br>[[The Honorable]] (unformal)
|residence = [[Raj Niwas, Pondicherry|Raj Niwas, Puducherry]]
|reports_to = [[President of India]]<br>[[Government of India]]
|termlength = [[Term of office|5 Years]]
|appointer = [[President of India]] on the advice of the [[Government of India]]
|formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1963|10|14|br=y|p=y}}
|inaugural = [[S. L. Silam]]
|website =
}}

[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] (formerly known as "Pondicherry") is a [[Union Territory]] of [[India]]. Governance and administration of the territory fall directly under federal authority.

==Chief Commissioner (1954 {{endash}} 1963)==
After the ''de facto'' transfer of French settlements in India, on November 1, 1954, a ''Chief Commissioner'', appointed by Government of India, replaced the last ''Commissioner of French India'', Georges Escargueil. The first High Commissioner, [[Kewal Singh]] was appointed immediately after the ''Kizhoor referendum'', on 21 October 1954, as per ''Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1947''.<ref name="ref2004"/>{{rp|964}} The Chief Commissioner had the powers of the former French commissioner, but was under the direct control of the Union Government.<ref name="reference1963">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7We3DQAAQBAJ|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1963: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations|work=S. Steinberg|publisher=MACMILLAN&Co.LTD, London|year=1963|isbn=9780230270893}}</ref>{{rp|198}}

The list of Chief Commissioners is given below<ref name="ref2004">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFqbAAAAMAAJ|title=Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature|work= G. C. Malhotra|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|year=2004|isbn=9788120004009}}</ref>{{rp|977}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! Name
! class=unsortable | Took office
! class=unsortable | Left office
|-
| 1 || {{Sortname|Kewal |Singh}}
| 21 October 1954 || 16 November 1956
|-
| 2 || {{Sortname|M.K.|Kripalani}}<ref name="ref1958">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_0mAQAAIAAJ|title=Civil Affairs|volume=5|publisher=Monthly Journal of Local Govt. and Public Administration in India|year=1958}}</ref>{{rp|103}}
| 17 November 1956||27 August 1958
|-
| 3 || {{Sortname|Lal Ram Saran|Singh}}<ref name="reference1960">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7We3DQAAQBAJ|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1960: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations|work=S. Steinberg|publisher=MACMILLAN&Co.LTD, London|year=1960|isbn=9780230270893}}</ref>{{rp|197}}
| 30 August 1958||8 February 1961
|-
| 4 || {{Sortname|Sisir Kumar|Dutta}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6NbMDQAAQBAJ|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1963: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations|work=S. Steinberg|publisher=MACMILLAN&Co.LTD, London|pages=474–475|year=1963|isbn=9780230270923}}</ref>
| 2 May 1961||1 August 1963
|-
| 5 || {{Sortname|K.J.|Somasundaram}}
| 2 August 1963||13 October 1963
|}

==Lieutenant Governor==
{{see|Gouverneur Général de l'Inde française}}
The [[Lieutenant Governor]] of Puducherry resides at the Raj Nivas ({{lang-fr|Le Palais du Gouverneur}}) at the Nehru Park, the former palace of the Governor General of French India. The Central government is more directly involved in the financial well-being of the territory.

After de jure transfer in 1962, the State of Pondicherry is fully and legally integrated into Indian Union. After the formation of Union territory on July 1, 1963, the Lieutenant Governor has replaced High Commissioner in Pondicherry.

Only five Lt. Governors managed to serve more than four years. They are [[S.L. Silam]], [[B.D.Jatti]], [[B.T. Kulkarni]], [[Rajani Rai]] and [[Kiran Bedi]]. Only [[S.L. Silam]] completed his 5-year term. The list of Lt. Governors of Puducherry is given below<ref name="ref2004"/>{{rp|977}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! Name
! Portrait
! class=unsortable | Took office
! class=unsortable | Left office
! | Duration
|-
| 1 || {{Sortname|S.L.|Silam}}{{efn|T. SIVASANKAR – Addl. Charge during leave period}}
|
| 14 Oct 1963 || 13 Oct 1968
| {{age in years and days|1963|10|14|1968|10|13}}
|-
| 2 || {{Sortname|B.D.|Jatti}}
|[[File:B.D Jatti (cropped).png|100px]]
| 14 Oct 1968 || 7 Nov 1972
| {{age in years and days|1968|10|14|1972|11|7}}
|-
| 3 || {{Sortname|Chhedilal|}}
|
| 8 Nov 1972 || 29 Aug 1976
| {{age in years and days|1972|11|8|1976|8|29}}
|-
| 4 || {{Sortname|B.T.|Kulkarni}}
|
| 30 Aug 1976 || 31 Oct 1980
| {{age in years and days|1976|8|30|1980|10|31}}
|-
| 5 || {{Sortname|Ram Kishore|Vyas}}
|
| 1 Nov 1980 || 15 Apr 1981
| {{age in years and days|1980|11|1|1981|4|15}}
|-
| - || {{Sortname|Sri Sadiq|Ali}}{{efn|Governor of [[Tamil Nadu]], Additional Charge|name=tn}}
|
| 16 Apr 1981 || 26 Jul 1981
| {{age in years and days|1981|4|16|1981|7|26}}
|-
| 6 || {{Sortname|R.N.|Haldipur}}
|
| 27 Jul 1981 || 14 May 1982
| {{age in years and days|1981|7|27|1982|5|14}}
|-
| 7 || {{Sortname|K.M.|Chandy|K.M. Chandy (politician)}}
| [[File:Prof.K.M.Chandy.jpg|75px]]
| 15 May 1982 || 5 Aug 1983
| {{age in years and days|1982|5|15|1983|8|5}}
|-
| 8 || {{Sortname|Kona Prabhakara|Rao}}
|
| 2 Sep 1983 || 17 Jun 1984
| {{age in years and days|1983|9|2|1984|6|17}}
|-
| - || {{Sortname|S.L.|Khurana}}{{efn|name=tn}}
|
| 18 Jun 1984 || 30 Sep 1984
| {{age in years and days|1984|6|18|1984|9|30}}
|-
| 9 || {{Sortname|Tribhuvan Prasad|Tewary}}
|
| 1 Oct 1984 || 21 Jun 1988
| {{age in years and days|1984|10|1|1988|6|21}}
|-
| 10 || {{Sortname|Ranjit Singh|Dyal}}
|
| 22 Jun 1988 || 19 Feb 1990
| {{age in years and days|1988|6|22|1990|2|19}}
|-
| 11 || {{Sortname|Chandrawati|}}
|
| 19 Feb 1990 || 18 Dec 1990
| {{age in years and days|1990|2|19|1990|12|18}}
|-
| 12 || {{Sortname|Har Swarup|Singh}}
|
| 19 Dec 1990 || 05 Feb 1993
| {{age in years and days|1990|12|19|1993|2|5}}
|-
| - || {{Sortname|Bishma Narain|Singh}}{{efn|name=tn}}
|
| 06 Feb 1993 || 31 May 1993
| {{age in years and days|1993|2|6|1995|5|1}}
|-
| - || {{Sortname|Marri|Channa Reddy}}{{efn|name=tn}}
|
| 31 May 1993 || 1 May 1995
| {{age in years and days|1993|5|31|1995|5|1}}
|-
| 13 || {{Sortname|Rajendra Kumari|Bajpai}}
|
| 2 May 1995 || 22 Apr 1998
| {{age in years and days|1995|5|2|1998|4|22}}
|-
| 14 || {{Sortname|Rajani|Rai}}
|
| 23 Apr 1998 || 29 Jul 2002
| {{age in years and days|1998|4|23|2002|7|29}}
|-
| 15 || {{Sortname|K. R.|Malkani}}
|
| 31 Jul 2002 || 27 Oct 2003
| {{age in years and days|2002|7|31|2003|10|27}}
|-
| - || {{Sortname|P.S.|Rama Mohan Rao}}{{efn|name=tn}}
|
| 27 Oct 2003 || 5 Jan 2004
| {{age in years and days|2003|10|27|2004|1|5}}
|-
| 16 || {{Sortname|Nagendra Nath|Jha}}
|
| 5 Jan 2004 || 6 Jul 2004
| {{age in years and days|2004|1|5|2004|7|6}}
|-
| 17 || {{Sortname|M. M.|Lakhera}}
|
| 7 Jul 2004 || 18 Jul 2006
| {{age in years and days|2004|7|7|2006|7|18}}
|-
| 18 || {{Sortname|Mukut|Mithi}}
| [[File:Mukut Mithi.jpg|75px]]
| 19 Jul 2006 || 12 Mar 2008
| {{age in years and days|2006|7|19|2008|3|12}}
|-
| 19 || {{Sortname|Bhopinder|Singh}}
|
| 15 Mar 2008 || 22 Jul 2008
| {{age in years and days|2008|3|15|2008|7|22}}
|-
| 20 || {{Sortname|Govind Singh|Gurjar}}
| [[File:Govind Singh Gurjar.JPG|75px]]
| 23 Jul 2008 || 6 Apr 2009
| {{age in years and days|2008|7|23|2009|4|6}}
|-
| - || {{Sortname|Surjit Singh|Barnala}}{{efn|Appointed as Administrator of Puducherry}}
| [[File:H_E_Shri_Surjit_Singh_Barnala.jpg|75px]]
| 9 Apr 2009 || 27 Jul 2009
| {{age in years and days|2009|4|9|2009|7|27}}
|-
| 21 || {{Sortname|Iqbal|Singh|Iqbal Singh (politician)}}
|
| 27 Jul 2009 || 9 Jul 2013
| {{age in years and days|2009|7|27|2013|7|9}}
|-
| 22 || {{Sortname|Virendra|Kataria}}
|
| 10 Jul 2013 || 11 Jul 2014
| {{age in years and days|2013|7|10|2014|7|11}}
|-
| 23 || {{Sortname|A. K.|Singh}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Puducherry L-G Kataria sacked |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/puducherry-l-g-kataria-sacked/ |work=[[Indian Express]] |date= 11 July 2014 |accessdate=11 July 2014}}</ref>
|
| 12 Jul 2014 || 26 May 2016
| {{age in years and days|2014|7|12|2016|5|26}}
|-
| 24 || {{Sortname|Kiran|Bedi}}<ref>{{cite web | author=Cities | title=Kiran Bedi assumes charge as LG of Puducherry | website=The Indian Express | date=29 May 2016 | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/kiran-bedi-lg-governor-of-puducherry-assumes-charge-2824801/ | accessdate=29 May 2016}}</ref>
| [[File:Dr. Kiran Bedi in 2017 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 28 May 2016 || 16 Feb 2021
| {{age in years and days|2016|5|28|2021|2|16}}
|-
| - || {{Sortname|Tamilisai|Soundararajan}}{{efn|Governor of [[Telangana]], Additional Charge}}
|
| 18 Feb 2021 || ''Incumbent''
| {{age in years and days|2021|2|18}}
|}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==See also==
* [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
* [[Governor (India)|Governors in India]]
* [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]
* [[List of chief ministers of Puducherry]]
* [[List of speakers of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Lieutenant Governors Of Puducherry}}
[[Category:State political office-holders in India]]
[[Category:Lieutenant Governors of Puducherry| ]]
[[Category:Puducherry-related lists]]
[[Category:Lists of governors of Indian states|Puducherry]]

List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry - Revision history

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