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1. List of Presidents of India From 1950 to 2024 List of Vice-President of India List of Attorney General of India List of Advocate Generals List of Comptroller and Auditor General of India ( 1950 to present) List of LokSabha Speaker List of Speakers of Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 1949 List of Governor of Karnataka List (1956 - Present ) List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka since 1947 List of RBI Governors List from 1935 to 2022

2. List of Presidents of India From 1950 to 2024 List of India's Presidents Names of the Presidents of India Period From To 1 Dr. Rajendra Prasad January 26th, 1950 May 13th, 1962 2 Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan May 13th, 1962 May 13th, 1967 3 Dr. Zakir Hussain May 13th, 1967 May 3rd, 1969 4 Varahagiri Venkata Giri August 24th, 1969 August 24th, 1974 5 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed August 24th, 1974 February 11th, 1977 6 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy July 25th, 1977 July 25th, 1982 7 Giani Zail Singh July 25th, 1982 July 25th, 1987 8 Ramaswamy Venkataraman July 25th, 1987 July 25th, 1992 9 Shankar Dayal Sharma July 25th, 1992 July 25th, 1997 10 Kocheril Raman Narayanan July 25th, 1997 July 25th, 2002 11 Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam July 25th, 2002 July 25th, 2007 12 Pratibha Patil July 25th, 2007 July 25th, 2012 13 Pranab Mukherjee July 25th, 2012 July 25th, 2017 14 Shri Ram Nath Kovind July 25th, 2017 July 21st, 2022 15 Droupadi Murmu July 21st, 2022 Working

3. List of Vice-President of India Vice – President of India Period From Period To Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (First Vice-President of India) 13-05-1952 12 May 1957 13-05-1957 12-05-1962 Zakir Hussain 13-05-1962 12-05-1967 V. V. Giri 13-05-1967 03-05-1969 Gopal Swarup Pathak 31-08-1969 30-08-1974 B. D. Jatti 31-08-1974 30-08-1979 Mohammad Hidayatullah 31-08-1979 30-08-1984 R. Venkataraman 31-08-1984 24-07-1987 Shankar Dayal Sharma 03-09-1987 24-07-1992 K. R. Narayanan 21-08-1992 24-07-1997 Krishan Kant 21-08-1997 27-07-2002 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 19-08-2002 21-07-2007 Mohammad Hamid Ansari 11-08-2007 11-08-2012 11-08-2012 11-08-2017 Venkaiah Naidu 11-08-2017 11-08-2022 Jagdeep Dhankhar 11-08-2022 Incumbent

4. List of Attorney General of India Attorney General of India Name of the Attorney General Starting Date End Date 1st Attorney General M.C. Setalvad 28 January 1950 1 March 1963 2nd Attorney General C.K. Daftari 02 March 1963 30 October 1968 3rd Attorney General Niren de 01 November 1968 31 March 1977 4th Attorney General S.V. Gupte 01 April 1977 8 August 1979 5th Attorney General L.N. Sinha 09 August 1979 08 August 1983 6th Attorney General K. Parasaran 09 August 1983 08 December 1989 7th Attorney General Soli Sorabjee 09 December 1989 2 December 1990 8th Attorney General J. Ramaswamy 03 December 1990 November 23 1992 9th Attorney General Milon K. Banerji 21 November 1992 8 July 1996 10th Attorney General Ashok Desai 09 July 1996 6 April 1998 11th Attorney General Soli Sorabjee 07 April 1998 4 June 2004 12th Attorney General Milon K. Banerjee 05 June 2004 07 June 2009 13th Attorney General Goolam Essaji Vahanvati 08 June 2009 11 June 2014 14th Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi 12 June 2014 30 June 2017 15th Attorney General K.K. Venugopal 30 June  2017 September 22, 2022 16th Attorney General R. Venkataramani 1 October 2022. Present

5. List of Advocate Generals Sl.No. Name of Advocate Generals’ Period From Period To 1 Shri G.R.Yethirajulu Naidu 1946 1949 1955 1963 2 Shri A.R. Somanath Iyer 10.08.1950 1954 3 Shri T. Krishna Rao 1963 22.02.1968 4 Shri V.S. Malimath 23.02.1968 04.03.1970 5 Shri E.S. Venkataramaiah 05.03.1970 24.06.1970 6 Shri S.G. Sundara Swamy 25.06.1970 16.04.1972 7 Shri R.N. Byra Reddy 17.04.1972 29.01.1980 8 Shri B.S. Keshava Iyengar 30.01.1980 23.01.1983 9 Shri R.N. Narasimha Murthy 24.01.1983 14.02.1984 10 Shri N. SANTHOSH HEGDE 15.02.1984 24.08.1988 11 Shri R.N. Narasimha Murthy 25.08.1988 09.05.1989 12 Shri C. Shivappa 10.05.1989 17.12.1989 22.10.1990 04.08.1991

6. List of Advocate Generals Sl.No. Name of Advocate Generals’ Period From Period To 13 Shri B.V. Acharya 18.12.1989  21.10.1990 21.11.1992 21.12.1994 14 Shri P.P. Muthanna 05.08.1991 20.11.1992 15 Shri B.V. Acharya 21.11.1992 21.12.1994 16 Shri M.R. Janardana 22.12.1994 12.06.1996 17 Shri S. Vijay Shankar 13.06.1996 23.10.1999 18 Shri A.N. Jayaram 24.10.1999 15.06.2004 19 Shri B.T. Parthasarathy 16.06.2004 07.02.2006 20 Shri R.N. Narasimha Murthy 08.02.2006 09.04.2006 21 Shri Uday Holla 10.04.2006 29.10.2007 22 Shri B.V. Acharya 30.10.2007 13.11.2007 23 Shri Uday Holla 14.11.2007 22.11.2007 24 Shri B.V. Acharya 23.11.2007 01.06.2008

7. List of Advocate Generals Sl.No. Name of Advocate Generals’ Period From Period To 25 Shri Uday Holla 02.06.2008 24.06.2009 26 Shri Ashok Haranahalli 25.06.2009  09.08.2011 27 Shri B.V. Acharya 10.08.2011  12.02.2012 28 Shri S. Vijay Shankar 13.02.2012 23.05.2013 29 Prof. Ravivarma Kumar 24.05.2013 14.11.2015 30 Shri. Madhusudan R Naik 16.11.2015 16.05.2018 31 Shri. Prabhuling K.Navadgi 17.05.2018 31.05.2018 32 Shri Uday Holla 01.06.2018 29.07.2019 33 Shri. Prabhuling K.Navadgi 30.07.2019 22.05.2023 34 Shri. K. Shashi Kiran Shetty 23.05.2023  

8. List of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (1950–present) No. Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Tenure Began Tenure Ended 1 Shri V. Narahari Rao 1950 1954 2 Shri Anil Kumar Chand 1954 1960 3 Shri A K Roy 1960 1966 4 Shri Ranganathan 1966 1972 5 Shri A. Baksi 1972 1978 6 Shri Gyan Prakash 1978 1984 7 Shri Tirlok Nath Chaturvedi 1984 1990 8 Shri C. G. Somiah 1990 1996 9 Shri V. K. Shunglu 1996 2002 10 Shri Vijayendra Nath Kaul 2002 2008 11 Shri Vinod Rai 2008 2013 12 Shri Shashikant Sharma 2013 2017 13 Shri Rajiv Mehrishi 2017 2020 14 Shri Girish Chand Murmu 2020 2024

9. Supreme The first Chief Justice of India,  Hon'ble Justice Harilal J. Kania  with other Judges of the Supreme Court on the dais and the Chief Justices of all High Courts on the inaugural sitting of the Supreme Court on 28 January 1950 . Present Chief Justice of the Indian Supreme Court - Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud Since 9th November 2022 .  India's 49th Chief Justice . High Court Present Chief Justices of the Karnataka High Court - Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria  is the Chief Justice since 25 February 2024.

10. List of Lok Sabha Speaker S.No. Lok sabha speaker From To 1 Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar 15-May-52 27-Feb-56 2 M. A. Ayyangar 08-Mar-56 10-May-57 11-May-57 16-Apr-62 3 Sardar Hukam Singh 17-Apr-62 16-Mar-67 4 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 17-Mar-67 19-Jul-69 5 Gurdial Singh Dhillon 08-Aug-69 19-Mar-71 22-Mar-71 01-Dec-75 6 Bali Ram Bhagat 15-Jan-76 25-Mar-77 7 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 26-Mar-77 13-Jul-77 8 K. S. Hegde 21-Jul-77 21-Jan-80 9 Balram Jakhar 22-Jan-80 15-Jan-85 16-Jan-85 18-Dec-89 10 Rabi Ray 19-Dec-89 09-Jul-91 11 Shivraj Patil 10-Jul-91 22-May-96 12 P. A. Sangma 23-May-96 23-Mar-98 13 G. M. C. Balayogi 24-Mar-98 19-Oct-99 22-Oct-99 03-Mar-02 14 Manohar Joshi 10-May-02 02-Jun-04 15 Somnath Chatterjee 04-Jun-04 30-May-09 16 Meira Kumar 30-May-09 04-Jun-14 17 Sumitra Mahajan  6 June 2014  16 June 2019 18 Om Birla 18-Jun-19     incumbent

11. Speakers of Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 1949 Sl.No. Name Date From Date To 1 Shri. V.Venkatappa 1952 1952 2 Shri. H.Siddaiah 18.06.1952 14.05.1954 3 Shri. H.S.Rudrappa 13.10.1954 01.11.1956 4 Shri. S.R.Kanti 19.12.1956 09.03.1962 5 Shri. B.Vaikunta Baliga 15.03.1962 15.03.1967 15.03.1967 06.06.1968 6 Shri. S.D.Kotavale 05.09.1968 24.03.1972 7 Smt. K.S.Nagarathnamma 24.03.1972 17.03.1978 8 Shri. P.Venkataramana 17.03.1978 03.10.1980 9 Shri. K.H.Ranganath 30.01.1981 24.01.1983 10 Shri. D.B.Chandre Gowda 24.01.1983 17.03.1985 11 Shri. B.G.Banakar 18.03.1985 17.12.1989 12 Shri. S.M.Krishna 18.12.1989 20.01.1993 13 Shri. V.S.Koujalagi 15.02.1993 26.12.1994 14 Shri. K.R.Ramesh Kumar 27.12.1994 24.10.1999 15 Shri. M.V.Venkatappa 26.10.1999 07.06.2004 16 Shri. Krishna 10.06.2004 04.06.2008 17 Shri. Jagadish Shettar 05.06.2008 16.11.2009 18 Shri. K.G. Bopaiah 17.11.2009 28.05.2013 19 Shri. Kagodu Thimmappa 31.05.2013 17.06.2016 20 Shri. K B Koliwad 05.07.2016 17-05-2018 21 Shri. K.R.Ramesh Kumar 25-05-2018 29-07-2019 22 Shri. Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri 31-07-2019 21-05-2023 23 Shri. U.T. Khader Fareed 24-05-2023 <Till Date>

12. Governor of Karnataka List (1956 - Present) Sr.No. Governor From To 1 Thawar Chand Gehlot 11-Jul-21 Incumbent 2 Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala September 1, 2014 July 10, 2021 3 Konijeti Rosaiah June 29, 2014 August 31, 2014 4 Hansraj Bhardwaj June 24, 2009 June 29, 2014 5 Rameshwar Thakur August 21, 2007 June 24, 2009 6 T. N. Chaturvedi August 21, 2002 August 20, 2007 7 V. S. Ramadevi December 2, 1999 August 20, 2002 8 Khurshed Alam Khan January 6, 1992 December 2, 1999 9 Bhanu Pratap Singh May 8, 1990 January 6, 1992 10 Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah February 26, 1987 February 5, 1990 11 Ashoknath Banerji April 16, 1982 February 25, 1987 12 Govind Narain August 2, 1977 April 15, 1982 13 ! Uma Shankar Dikshit 10-Jan-75 August 2, 1977 14 Mohanlal Sukhadia February 1, 1972 January 10, 1975 15 Dharma Vira October 23, 1970 February 1, 1972 16 Gopal Swarup Pathak 13-May-67 August 30, 1969 17 V. V. Giri 02-Apr-65 May 13, 1967 18 S. M. Shrinagesh May 4, 1963 April 2, 1965 19 Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar November 1, 1956 May 4, 1963

13. Chief Ministers of Karnataka since 1947 Sl.No . Name Date From Date To 1 Sri K.CHENGALARAYA REDDY 25-10-1947 30-03-1952 2 Sri K.HANUMANTHAIAH 30-03-1952 19-08-1956 3 Sri KADIDAL MANJAPPA 19-08-1956 31-10-1956 4 Sri S.NIJALINGAPPA 01-11-1956 16-05-1958 5 Sri B.D.JATTI 16-05-1958 09-03-1962 6 Sri S.R.KANTHI 14-03-1962 20-06-1962 7 Sri S.NIJALINGAPPA 21-06-1962 28-05-1968 8 Sri VEERENDRA PATIL 29-05-1968 18-03-1971 9 PRESIDENT`S RULE 19-03-1971 20-03-1972 10 Sri D.DEVRAJ URS 20-03-1972 31-12-1977 11 PRESIDENTS RULE 31-12-1977 28-02-1978 12 Sri D.DEVARAJ URS 28-02-1978 07-01-1980 13 Sri R.GUNDU RAO 12-01-1980 06-01-1983

14. Chief Ministers of Karnataka since 1947 Sl.No. Name Date From Date To 14 Sri RAMAKRISHNA HEGDE 10-01-1983 29-12-1984 15 Sri RAMAKRISHNA HEGDE 08-03-1985 13-02-1986 16 Sri RAMAKRISHNA HEGDE 16-02-1986 10-08-1988 17 Sri S.R.BOMMAI 13-08-1988 21-04-1989 18 PRESIDENT`S RULE 21-04-1989 30-11-1989 19 Sri VEERENDRA PATIL 30-11-1989 10-10-1990 20 PRESIDENT`S RULE 10-10-1990 17-10-1990 21 Sri S.BANGARAPPA 17-10-1990 19-11-1992 22 Sri VEERAPPA MOILY 19-11-1992 11-12-1994 23 Sri H.D.DEVEGOWDA 11-12-1994 31-05-1996 24 Sri J.H.PATEL 31-05-1996 07-10-1999 25 Sri S.M.KRISHNA 11-10-1999 28-05-2004 26 Sri DHARAM SINGH 28-05-2004 02-02-2006

15. Chief Ministers of Karnataka since 1947 Sl.No. Name Date From Date To 27 Sri H.D.KUMARA SWAMY 03-02-2006 08-10-2007 28 PRESIDENT`S RULE 08-10-2007 12-11-2007 29 Sri B.S.YEDDYURAPPA 12-11-2007 19-11-2007 30 PRESIDENT`S RULE 20-11-2007 29-05-2008 31 Dr B.S.YEDDYURAPPA 30-05-2008 04-08-2011 32 Sri D.V.SADANANDA GOWDA 05-08-2011 11-07-2012 33 Sri JAGADISH SHETTAR 12-07-2012 12-05-2013 34 Sri SIDDARAMAIAH 13-05-2013 15-05-2018 35 Sri B.S.YEDDYURAPPA 17-05-2018 23-05-2018 36 Sri H.D.KUMARA SWAMY 23-05-2018 23-07-2019 37 Sri. B.S. YEDIYURAPPA 26-07-2019 26-07-2021 38 Sri. BASAVARAJ BOMMAI 27-07-2021 20-05-2023 39 Sri SIDDARAMAIAH 20-05-2023 <Till Date>

16. List of RBI Governors List from 1935 to 2022 Sl.No RBI Governors Names Time Period 1935-2022 1 Sir Osborne Smith April 1, 1935 – June 30, 1937 2 Sir James Braid Taylor July 1, 1937 – February 17, 1943 3 Sir C.D. Deshmukh August 11, 1943 – June 30, 1949 4 Sir Bengal Rama Rau July 1, 1949 – January 14, 1957 5 K.G. Ambegaonkar January 14, 1957 – February 28, 1957 6 H.V.R Lyengar March 1, 1957 – February 28, 1962 7 P.C Bhattacharya March 1, 1962 – June 30, 1967 8 L.K. Jha July 1, 1967 – May 3, 1970 9 B.N. Adarkar May 4, 1970 – June 15, 1970 10 S. Jagannathan June 16, 1970 – May 19, 1975 11 N.C. Sen Gupta May 19, 1975 – August 19, 1975 12 K.R. Puri August 20, 1975 – May 2, 1977

17. List of RBI Governors List from 1935 to 2022 Sl.No RBI Governors Names Time Period 1935-2022 13 M. Narasimham May 3, 1977 – November 30, 1977 14 I.G. Patel December 1, 1977 – September 15, 1982 15 Manmohan Singh September 16, 1982 – January 14, 1985 16 Amitav Gosh January 15, 1985 – September 4, 1985 17 R.N. Malhotra February 4, 1985 – December 22, 1990 18 S. Vpnldraramanan December 22, 1990 – December 21, 1992 19 C. Rangarajan December 22, 1992 – November 21, 1997 20 Bimal Jalan November 22, 1997 – September 6, 2003 21 Y.V. Reddy September 6, 2003 – September 5, 2008 22 D. Subbarao September 5, 2008 – September 4, 2013 23 Raghuram G. Raj an September 4, 2013 – September 4, 2016 24 Urjit Ravindra Patel September 4, 2016 – December 10,2018 25 Shaktikanta Das December 12, 2018 – to date