From the first Governor onward: the list the Kerala Assembly keeps of Raj Bhavan

Background

The Kerala Legislative Assembly maintains a list of everyone who has been Governor of the State. The list carries twenty six tenure entries for twenty five individuals, because H R Bhardwaj appears twice, each time as in-charge Governor. B Ramakrishna Rao is the first name on it, and his term began before the Assembly itself was first constituted. V V Giri, who later became President of India, comes second on the list. Three women appear on it, Jyothi Vencatachellum, Ramulari Sinha and Sheila Dikshit. Others include Bhagwan Sahay, Sikander Bakht, T N Chaturvedi, R L Bhatia, M O H Farook, Palanisamy Sathasivam and Arif Mohammed Khan. A Governor of a State is appointed by the President and holds office during the President's pleasure, and the same person can be given charge of more than one State at a time.