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This is a list of governors of the United Provinces and the precursor offices associated with that title from the provisional establishment of the Governor of Agra in 1833 until the province was renamed as
Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
when India became officially a republic in 1950.


Governors of the United Provinces (1937–1947)

* Sir
Harry Graham Haig Sir Harry Graham Haig KCSI CIE JP ICS (13 April 1881 – 14 June 1956) Sean Scalmer''Gandhi in the West: The Mahatma and the Rise of Radical Protest'' Cambridge University Press 2011. (p. 84) was a British administrator in India. Haig wa ...
, 1 April 1937 – 7 December 1939, ''continued'' **
Nawab of Chhatari Lieutenant Colonel Saeed ul-Mulk Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan, Nawab of Chhatari also generally referred to as Nawab of Chhatari (12 December 1888 – 1982) was Governor of the United Provinces, Chief Minister of United Provinces, ...
, acting Governor, April to November 1937 * Sir
Maurice Garnier Hallett Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett (28 October 1883 30 May 1969) was a British administrator who served as governor of the United Provinces and of Bihar Province, collectively from 1936 to 1945. He also served as commander-in-chief of the British I ...
, 7 December 1939 – 7 December 1945 * Sir Francis Verner Wylie, 7 December 1945 – 14 August 1947


Governors of the United Provinces of Independent India (1947-1950)

On 15 August 1947 India achieved independence from the
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. *
Sarojini Naidu Sarojini Naidu (''née'' Chattopadhyay; 13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) was an Indian political activist, feminist and poet. A proponent of civil rights, women's emancipation, and anti-imperialistic ideas, she was an important person in Indi ...
, 15 August 1947 – 2 March 1949 * Bidhu Bhushan Malik, 3 March 1949 – 1 May 1949 acting * Hormasji Peroshaw Mody, 2 May 1949 – 25 January 1950 in the Government of Uttar Pradesh website The province was renamed
Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
on 26 January 1950, headed by the
Governor of Uttar Pradesh The following is the list of governors of Uttar Pradesh. The list also includes governors of the United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as Independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed Uttar Prade ...
.


See also

* (1732–1857) -
Nawabs of Awadh The Nawab of Awadh or the Nawab of Oudh was the title of the rulers who governed the state of Awadh (anglicised as Oudh) in north India during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Nawabs of Awadh belonged to a dynasty of Persian origin from Nishapu ...
* (1834–1836) - Governors of Agra * (1836–1877) - Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces * (1856–1877) - Chief Commissioners of Oudh * (1877–1902) - Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh * (1902–1921) - Lieutenant Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh * (1921–1937) - Governors of the United Provinces of British India * (1937–1950) - Governors of the United Provinces * (1950 – cont.) -
Governors of Uttar Pradesh The following is the list of governors of Uttar Pradesh. The list also includes governors of the United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as Independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed Uttar Prade ...


References


Provinces of British India

The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain
{{Administrators of provinces in British India * British administration in Uttar Pradesh
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