Governors of Nagaland
1. Vishnu Sahay, ICS(Retd.)
Period - 1 Dec1963 to 16 Apr 1968
2. B.K. Nehru, ICS(Retd.)
Period - 17 Apr1968 to 18 Sep 1973
3. L.P. Singh, ICS(Retd.)
Period - 19 Sep1973 to 9 Aug 1981
4. S. M. H. Burney,IAS (Retd.)
Period - 10 Aug1981 to 12 June 1984
5. Gen.(Retd.) K. V.Krishna Rao, PVSM.
Period - 13 June1984 to 19 July 1989
6. Dr. Gopal Singh
Period - 20 July1989 to 3 May 1990
7. Dr. M.M. Thomas
Period - 9 May1990 to 12 Apr 1992
8. Loknath Mishra
Period - 13 Apr1992 to 1 Oct 1993
9. Lt.Gen.(Retd.)V.K. Nayyar PVSM, SM
Period - 2 Oct1993 to 4 Aug 1994
10. O.N. Shrivastava,IPS (Retd)
Period - 5 Aug1994 to 11 Nov 1996
11. Om PrakashSharma, IPS (Retd.)
Period - 12 Nov1996 to 27 Jan 2002
12. Shyamal Datta,IPS (Retd.)
Period - 28 Jan2002 to 2 Feb 2007
13. K. Wilson
Period - 3 Feb2007 to 4 Feb 2007
14. K.Sankaranarayanan
Period - 4 Feb2007 to 28 July 2009
15. Gurbachan Jagat,IPS (Retd.)
Period - 28 July2009 to 14 Oct 2009
16. Nikhil Kumar, IPS(Retd.)
Period - 15 Oct2009 to 20 March 2013
17. Ashwani Kumar
Period - 21March 2013 to 27 June 2014
18. Krishan Kant Paul(Additional Charge)
Period - 2 July2014 to 19 July 2014
19. PadmanabhaAcharya
Period - 19 July2014 to present