About
| Father’s Name | Late Shri Manohar Lal Kohli |
| Mother’s Name | Late Shrimati Shiv Devi |
| Date of Birth | August 9, 1935 |
| Place of Birth | Delhi |
| Spouse’s Name | Shrimati Avinash Kohli |
| Children | Three : (Son : Vishu Kohli Daughters : Smt. Suparna Kohli and Ms. Ritu Kohli) |
| Education | MA (Hindi) from University of Delhi Prabhakar from Punjab University Sahitya Ratna from Prayag |
| Work Experience | Worked as a lecturer at Hansraj College & Deshbandhu College (University of Delhi) for over 37 years. Retired as a Reader in 1994. |
| Student activism | Was PM of Hansraj College (University of Delhi) Parliament Was a Member of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) Executive Was All India President of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for 3 consecutive terms. |
| Teacher activism | Was President of Delhi University’s Teachers Association (DUTA) from 1973-79 Was elected member of Academic and Executive Councils of the University of Delhi Was President of National Democratic Teacher’s Front (NDTF), a nationalist organization of University Teachers |
| Political activism | Was arrested under MISA for 19 months during the National Emergency and lodged in Delhi, Agra and Varanasi jails. |
| Years in Parliament | Was elected as a member of Rajya Sabha (1994-2000) Chairman, Housing Committee, Rajya Sabha Member, Committee on papers to be laid on the table of Rajya Sabha Member, Standing Committee on Urban & Rural Development Member, Standing Committee on Finance Member, Standing Committee on Finance |
| Organizational responsibilities held | President of Delhi State BJP from 1991-95 and for the second time in 2009-10 National Secretary, BJP Incharge (Prabhari) of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan Secretary, Central Disciplinary Committee, BJP President, Central Disciplinary Committee, BJP BJP Headquarters Incharge |
| Interests | Academics and educational activities |
| As Governor | He resumed the office of the Governor of Gujarat on 16th July, 2014. |
Former Governor List
| S.No | Name | From | To |
| 1 | Mehdi Nawaz Jung | 1-May-60 | 1-Aug-65 |
| 2 | Nityanand Kanungo | 1-Aug-65 | 7-Dec-67 |
| – | P.N. Bhagwati (Acting) | 7-Dec-67 | 26-Dec-67 |
| 3 | Shriman Narayan | 26-Dec-67 | 17-Mar-73 |
| – | P.N. Bhagwati (Acting) | 17-Mar-73 | 4-Apr-73 |
| 4 | Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham | 4-Apr-73 | 14-Aug-78 |
| 5 | Sharda Mukherjee | 14-Aug-78 | 6-Aug-83 |
| 6 | Kizhekethil Mathew Chandy | 6-Aug-83 | 26-Apr-84 |
| 7 | Braj Kumar Nehru | 26-Apr-84 | 26-Feb-86 |
| 8 | Ram Krishna Trivedi | 26-Feb-86 | 2-May-90 |
| 9 | Mahipal Shastri | 2-May-90 | 21-Dec-90 |
| 10 | Sarup Singh | 21-Dec-90 | 1-Jul-95 |
| 11 | Naresh Chandra | 1-Jul-95 | 1-Mar-96 |
| 12 | Krishna Pal Singh | 1-Mar-96 | 25-Apr-98 |
| 13 | Anshuman Singh | 25-Apr-98 | 16-Jan-99 |
| – | K.G. Balakrishnan (Acting) | 16-Jan-99 | 18-Mar-99 |
| 14 | Sunder Singh Bhandari | 18-Mar-99 | 7-May-03 |
| 15 | Kailashpati Mishra | 7-May-03 | 2-Jul-04 |
| 16 | Balram Jakhar | 2-Jul-04 | 24-Jul-04 |
| 17 | Nawal Kishore Sharma | 24-Jul-04 | 24-Jul-09 |
| 18 | S. C. Jamir | 30-Jul-09 | 26-Nov-09 |
| 19 | Kamala Beniwal | 27-Nov-09 | 6-Jul-14 |
| – | Margaret Alva (Additional Charge) | 7-Jul-14 | 15-Jul-14 |
| 20 | Om Prakash Kohli | 16-Jul-14 | Till Date |