Following are the List of Governors that the State of Bihar has seen since August 15, 1947:
- Jairamdas Daulatram (Tenure: 15th August, 1947 - 11th Jan 1948)
- Madhav Shrihari Aney (Tenure: 12th Jan, 1948 to 14th June, 1952)
- R R Diwakar (Tenure: 15th Jan, 1952 – 5th July, 1957)
- Zakir Hussain (Tenure: 6th July, 1957 – 11th May, 1962)
- M. A. S. Ayyangar (Tenure: 12th May, 1962 – 6th Dec, 1967)
- Nityanand Kanungo (Tenure: 7th Dec, 1967 – 20th Jan, 1971)
- Devkant Barooah (Tenure: 1st Feb, 1971 – 4th Feb, 1971)
- Ramchandra Dhondhiba Bhandare (Tenure: 4th Feb, 1973 – 15th June, 1976)
- Jagannath Kaushal (Tenure: 16th June, 1976 – 31st Jan, 1979)
- Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (Tenure: 20th Sept, 1979 – 15th Mar, 1985)
- P. Venkatasubbaiah (Tenure: 15th Mar, 1985 – 25th Feb, 1988)
- Govind Narain Singh (Tenure: 26th Feb, 1988 – 24th Jan, 1989)
- R.D. Pradhan (Tenure: 29th Jan, 1989 – 2nd Feb, 1989)
- Jagannath Pahadia (Tenure: 3rd March, 1989 – 2nd Feb, 1990)
- Mohammad Saleem (Tenure: 16th Feb 1990 – 13th Feb, 1991)
- Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (Tenure: 19th Mar, 1991 – 13th Aug, 1993)
- A R Kidwai (Tenure: 14th Aug, 1993 – 26th Apr, 1998)
- S S Bhandari (Tenure: 27th Apr, 1998 – 15th Mar, 1999)
- V. C. Pande (Tenure: 23rd Nov, 1999 - 12th June, 2003)
- M R Jois (Tenure: 12th June, 2003 – 31st Oct, 2004)
- Buta Singh (Tenure: 5th Nov, 2004 – 29th Jan, 2006)
- Gopalkrishna Gandhi (Tenure: 31st Jan, 2006 – 21st Jun, 2006)
- R. S. Gavai (Tenure: 22nd Jun, 2006 – 10th July, 2008)
- R. L. Bhatia (Tenure: 10th July, 2008 – 23rd July, 2009)
- Devanand Konwar (Tenure: 24thJuly, 2009 – Incumbent
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