List of Governors of Bombay
After the founding of the Bombay Presidency as a province of British India placed the crown Abraham Shipman in 1664 as a first governor of Bombay. 1668, the city to the British East India Company was assigned, which then moved its headquarters from Surat to Bombay. They appointed George Oxedender to their first Governor of Bombay. The region was at that time an archipelago of small islands, forming a small enclave on the west coast of India.
Following the extension of British rule in the hinterland of the post of governor gained in importance. 1803 was the Bombay Presidency only from the islands of Salsette and Bombay and the cities of Surat and Bankot. Until 1827, the remaining areas were added. 1862 took the British crown, the region formally in their possession.
In 1947 the area became part of the independent state of India. The government appointed Raja Maharaj Singh as India's first Governor. In 1950, the Bombay State was established, including the former princely states. After Bombay in 1956 further enlarged territorial, on May 1, 1960, the spin-off of the new state of Gujarat and the renaming of the remaining area in the state of Maharashtra. The post of Governor of Bombay was abolished and continued as governor of Maharashtra.
British Crown (1664-1668)
British East India Company (1668-1862)
British Crown (1862-1947)
Independence (since 1947)
- January 6, 1948 - May 30, 1952: Raja Maharaj Singh ( 1878-1959 )
- May 30, 1952 - December 5, 1954: Girija Shankar Bajpai ( 1891-1954 )
- December 5, 1954 - March 8, 1955: Mangaldas Pakvasa Mancharam ( 1882-1968 )
- March 14, 1955 - October 14, 1956: Hare Krushna Mahtab ( 1899-1987 )
- October 14, 1956 - December 10, 1956: Currim Chagla Mahommedali ( 1900-1981 )
- December 10, 1956 - April 16, 1962 Sri Prakasa ( 1890-1971 )