First Female Governor of Indian States
| Name | From | To | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarojini Naidu | 15 August 1947 | 2 March 1949 | Uttar Pradesh |
| Padmaja Naidu | 3 November 1956 | 31 May 1967 | West Bengal |
| Vijayalakshmi Pandit | 28 November 1962 | 18 October 1964 | Maharashtra |
| Sharda Mukherjee | 5 May 1977 | 14 August 1978 | Andhra Pradesh |
| Jyothi Venkatachalam | 14 October 1977 | 27 October 1982 | Kerala |
| Sharda Mukherjee | 14 August 1978 | 5 August 1983 | Gujarat |
| Kumudben Manishankar Joshi | 26 November 1985 | 2 February 1990 | Andhra Pradesh |
| Ram Dulari Sinha | 23 February 1988 | 12 February 1990 | Kerala |
| Sarla Grewal | 31 March 1989 | 5 February 1990 | Madhya Pradesh |
| Chandrawati | 19 February 1990 | 18 December 1990 | Puducherry |
| Rajendra Kumari Bajpai | 2 May 1995 | 22 April 1998 | Puducherry |
| Sheila Kaul | 17 November 1995 | 23 April 1996 | Himachal Pradesh |
| Fathima Beevi | 25 January 1997 | 1 July 2001 | Tamil Nadu |
| V. S. Ramadevi | 26 July 1997 | 1 December 1999 | Himachal Pradesh |
| Rajani Rai | 23 April 1998 | 29 July 2002 | Puducherry |
| V. S. Ramadevi | 2 December 1999 | 20 August 2002 | Karnataka |
| Pratibha Patil | 8 November 2004 | 23 June 2007 | Rajasthan |
| Prabha Rau | 19 July 2008 | 24 January 2010 | Himachal Pradesh |
| Margaret Alva | 6 August 2009 | 14 May 2012 | Uttarakhand |
| Kamla Beniwal | 27 November 2009 | 6 July 2014 | Gujarat |
| Prabha Rau | 25 January 2010 | 26 April 2010 | Rajasthan |
| Urmila Singh | 25 January 2010 | 27 January 2015 | Himachal Pradesh |
| Margaret Alva | 12 May 2012 | 7 August 2014 | Rajasthan |
| Sheila Dikshit | 11 March 2014 | 25 August 2014 | Kerala |
| Kamla Beniwal | 6 July 2014 | 6 August 2014 | Mizoram |
| Mridula Sinha | 31 August 2014 | ------ | Goa |
| Draupadi Murmu | 18 May 2015 | ------ | Jharkhand |
| Kiran Bedi | 29 May 2016 | ------ | Puducherry |
| Najma Heptulla | 21 August 2016 | ------ | Manipur |
| Anandiben Patel | 23 January 2018 | ------ | Madhya Pradesh |