Q. Who served as Governor of Uttarakhand when it was separated from Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Suraj Bhan
Notes: Suraj Bhan became the first Governor of Uttarakhand (then Uttaranchal) on 9 November 2000, when the state was created by separation from Uttar Pradesh. He was previously Governor of Uttar Pradesh (from 1998 to 2000) and had a significant political career in Haryana. Romesh Bhandari, Sudhakar Pandey, and B.S. Malik were governors of Uttar Pradesh at other times, not during the creation of Uttarakhand.