Capitals, Governors and Chief Ministers of Different States
May 6, 2011 58 Comments
| CAPITALS, GOVERNORS AND CHIEF MINISTERS OF STATES (As on February 8, 2014) |
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| India is a Union of 28 States and 7 Union Territories. Each state has its own government with a Governor as the figurehead, while each Union Territory is administered directly by the President through an administrator appointed by him.The Governor of each state is appointed by President. The Chief Minister is the real Head of the State Government. Each State has a Council of Ministers to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his functions.The council of ministers is collectively responsible to the State Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha). A list of state and union territory capitals in India, includingthe name of Governors and Chief Ministers of different States of India is given here in this post. |
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| S. No. | STATE | CAPITAL | GOVERNOR | CHIEF MINISTER |
| 1. | Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad | Shri. E. S. L. Narasimhan | Shri Nara Chandra Babu Naidu |
| 2. | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | Shri J.P. Rajkhowa | Shri Nabam Tuki |
| 3. | Assam | Dispur | Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya | Shri Tarun Gogoi |
| 4. | Bihar | Patna | Shri Ram Nath Kovind | Shri Nitish Kumar |
| 5. | Chhattisgarh | Raipur | Shri Balram Das Tandon | Dr. Raman Singh |
| 6. | Goa | Panaji | Smt. Mridula Sinha | Shri Laxmikant Parsekar |
| 7. | Gujarat | Gandhi Nagar | Shri O. P. Kohli | Smt. Anandiben Mafatbhai |
| 8. | Haryana | Chandigarh | Shri Kaptan Singh Solanki | Shri Manohar Lal Khattar |
| 9. | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | Shri Acharya Devvrat | Shri Virbhadra Singh |
| 10. | Jammu Kashmir | Srinagar and Jammu |
Sh. N. N. Vohra |
Shri Mufti Mohd Sayeed |
| 11. | Jharkhand | Ranchi | Smt. Draupadi Murmu | Shri Raghubar Das |
| 12. | Karnataka | Bangalore | Shri Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala | Shri Sidda Ramaiah |
| 13. | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Shr P. Sathasivam | Oommen Chandy |
| 14. | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Shri. Ram Naresh Yadav | Shivraj Singh Chouhan |
| 15. |
Maharashtra | Mumbai | Shri Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao | Shri Devendra Gangadhar Fadnavis |
| 16. | Manipur | Imphal | Shri V. Shanmuganathan | Okram Ibobi Singh |
| 17. |
Meghalaya | Shillong | Shri V. Shanmuganathan | Mukul Sangma |
| 18. |
Mizoram | Aizawl | Lt. Gen. Nirbhay Sharma | Shri Lal Thanhawla |
| 19. |
Nagaland | Kohima | Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya | Shri T.R. Zeliang |
| 20. |
Orissa | Bhubaneshwar | Dr. S. C. Jamir | Naveen Patnaik |
| 21. |
Punjab | Chandigarh | Shri Kaptan Singh Solanki | Shri Parkash Singh Badal |
| 22. |
Rajasthan | Jaipur | Shri Kalyan Singh | Smt. Vasundhra Raje |
| 23. |
Sikkim | Gangtok | Shri Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil | Shri Pawan Chamling |
| 24. |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Shri Thiru. K Rosaiah | Jayalalithaa Jayaram |
25. |
Telangana | Hyderabad | Shri E S L Narasimhan | Shri K. Chandrasekhara Rao |
| 26. |
Tripura | Agartala | Shri Tathagata Roy | Shri Manik Sarkar |
| 27. |
Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Shri Ram Naik | Shri Akhilesh Yadav |
| 28. |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun | Shri Krishan Kant Paul | Shri Harish Rawat |
| 29. |
West Bengal | Kolkata | Shri Kesari Nath Tripathi | Mamta Banerjee |
| CAPTIALS, LT. GOVERNORS ADMINISTRATORS AND CHIEF MINSITERS OF UNION TERRITORIES (As on February 8, 2014) |
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| S. No. | UNION TERRITORY | CAPITAL | Lt. GOVERNOR/ADMIN. | CHIEF MINISTER |
| 1. |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
Port Blair | Lt. Genera A.K. Singh | ______ |
| 2. |
Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Shri Kaptan Singh Solanki | ______ |
| 3. |
Dadar and Nagar Haveli | Silvassa | Shri B. S. Bhalla | ______ |
| 4. |
Daman and Diu |
Daman | Shri B. S. Bhalla | ______ |
| 5. |
Delhi | Delhi | Shri Najeeb Jung | Shri Arvind Kejriwal |
| 6. | Lakshadeep | Kavaratti | Sh. H Rajesh Prasad | ______ |
| 7. |
Puducherry | Puducherry |
Lt. Gen. A.K. Singh | N. Rangaswamy |
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